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Leading up to the start of men’s Olympic golf tournament, there has been some easy banter about the defending champion’s chances in the golf competition. Of course, the chatter has been lighthearted because the last time golf was in the Olympics was 112 years ago. The 1904 gold medal winner, George Lyon from Ottawa, passed away in 1939 after a golf career worthy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and Golf Hall of Fame.

Two Canadians, Graham DeLaet and David Hearn, are in the field starting today and could be labeled the proxy defending champions as their late countryman’s 112-year reign as Olympic golf champion comes to an end. DeLaet is in the first group off Thursday morning in as a symbolic nod to Lyon.

This week does coincide with another historic reign, but one that’s got quite a lot more life to it. It was on Aug. 12, 1973, …