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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - The leader of the U.S. Open golf tournament walked up one fairway Sunday afternoon, and nearly the entire gallery strode the opposite direction. On a day when golf's national championship is traditionally decided, it makes complete sense to follow Tiger Woods. So gigantic throngs did just that.
The problem: Woods wasn't leading. Far from it. The man in front, who was walking up one fairway as Woods teed off from an adjacent hole, was some guy named Ricky Barnes. Their differences can be described thusly: Woods has won 14 of golf's major championships, trailing only the legendary Jack Nicklaus, and is one of the pre- eminent athletes of his generation. Barnes is 28, hails from Northern California, is using his brother as his caddie and has won precisely nothing as a professional golfer.See the full content of this document
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Oddity rules as U.S. Open nears its finish
And that dichotomy isn't even the strangest thing about this U.S. Open, which is still ongoing. The list of oddities that have occurred on the vau...
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