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| Eduardo Romero deemed himself strong and spirited at the start of the U.S. Senior Open on Thursday. |
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| The adage in golf is the fun doesn't start until the back nine - "fun" being a relative term. |
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| There were lots of smiles on late Saturday afternoon at The Broadmoor. There were 13 cards turned in under par, three more at par. There was peace and harmony. |
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| Looking at the dearth of red numbers on the 29th U.S. Senior Open scoreboard on Saturday, all was good again at The Broadmoor East Course. |
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| We're not talking about blind squirrels finding acorns here – or even black bears - but both Jeff Klein and Scott Simpson were quick to admit their third-round scores of 64 on Saturday at the U.S. Senior Open came out of nowhere. |
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| It was a round for former university golf coaches. On a day when former University of Maryland golf coach Fred Funk stayed near the top of the leaderboard, Keith Fergus (formerly of the University of Houston) put in his own bid for low honors. |
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| A bear ran across a couple of fairways at the The Broadmoor during the second round of the U.S. Senior Open. Of course, it wasn't the Bear, Jack Nicklaus. |
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| Fred Funk felt a pain in his neck. The majority of the field at the 29th U.S. Senior Open felt a pain in their scores. |
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| Talk about getting acclimated to the altitude, talk about the record heat in Colorado this week. Talk about the difficulty of club selection, the important of hitting fairways and greens. |
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| Tom Kite took a long drink of his post-round beverage and provided a weary overview of his above-par 71 at the U.S. Senior Open Friday. |
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| First impressions aren't always reliable at golf tournaments, major championship no exception. |
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| Do not tell Fred Funk that walking the 7,524-yard Broadmoor East Course is either trying or tiresome. |
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| Greg Norman has been doing some globe-trotting of late, honeymooning with new wife Chris Evert, contending in the British Open and British Senior Open. |
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| John Cook calls himself a golfing veteran, crafty or crusty, depending on the day of the week. |
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| John Cook needed just one round to wipe away the disappointment of Sunday’s playoff loss at the Senior British Open. |
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| Mark Wiebe gives lots of credit to his son, 19-year-old Gunner Wiebe, for helping him get back on track. |
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| For a Scottish fortnight, Greg Norman reminded us there really was an era before Tiger Woods said, "Hello, world." |
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| As a golfer, Jay Haas is an outstanding senior. The 54-year-old has won 12 times on the Silver Circuit, dramatically improving his bank account and embellishing a career that already included nine PGA Tour victories. |
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| Few hold the illusion of hoisting the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy at this week’s 29th U.S. Senior Open. |
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| When Judy Bell enters, the timbre of the room inevitably changes. The din of conversations spindles into excited jitters as all present try to sneak a word in with former USGA President Bell. |
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| The altitude will be especially high at the base of Cheyenne Mountain this week for R.W. Eaks. |
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| U.S. Senior Open rookie Bernhard Langer might be a relative newcomer on the 50-and-over circuit, but the two-time Masters champion is starting to get a decades-old feeling. |
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| By the time The U.S. Senior Open is over at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs this week, Jim Holtgrieve will have known this championship in every way a player can possibly know it. |
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| On June 24, Loren Roberts celebrated his 53rd birthday. That milestone, in itself, does not make him long in the tooth, but in terms of winning a U.S. Senior Open, the opportunities are dwindling. |
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| It took less than one hole to convince me that history still had a bite. |
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| Players arriving at the historic Broadmoor East Course for this year’s U.S. Senior Open will find a traditional Donald Ross design that has confounded golfers for decades. |
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| The first entry came from Tom Nosewicz of Aurora, Colo., and the last entry was submitted less than four minutes before the 5 p.m. (EDT) deadline on June 11 by Fred Douglas of Silver Spring, Md. |
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| The East Course at The Broadmoor is set up at 7,254 yards and par is 36-34—70. It will be the longest course in Senior Open history, surpassing the 7,177-yard setup at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis in 2004. |
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| Brad Bryant's name was low, but at least on the main scoring standard overlooking the 18th green when U.S. Senior Open final-round play commenced. |
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