A Special Anniversary

On this day, February 6, 49 years ago, Alan Shepard became the first person to hit a golf ball on the moon. He smuggled the head of a 5 iron and a couple of golf balls on board Apollo 14, and when he was on the moon, he attached the head to an excavation tool and made an admittedly clunky one-handed swing. On Earth, such a swing wouldn't be very impressive, but when you've got one-sixth the gravity, it was enough to send a golf ball "miles and miles." So take that, other sports, you may be more popular, but let us know when someone's beaten golf on the moon.