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2011 U.S. Open

They were, comparatively, kids then and not yet married when Ernie Els wrapped his girlfriend Liezl in an embrace 14 years ago after he won the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club . The group hug included Els’s father Neels, who thwacked Ernie on the back on Father’s Day, though he missed his mark in the bedlam and ended up slapping Ernie’s mother, Hettie. No matter. Els was 27, a two-time major champion. His nickname, the Big Easy, fit his style of play, his demeanor, his life. What problems could the future hold? Major championships would come in bundles. Life would bring no bumps. Read full article > >

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After months of public anticipation, President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) have settled on a date to play golf together: Saturday, June 18. Both Obama’s and Boehner’s offices confirmed the date Friday afternoon, as reports emerged after months of playing coy about whether the golf addicts from different political parties would ever play together. No other details would be released about the golf match, according to the speaker’s aides. The rest of the golf world will be transfixed by another major event in the Washington region, the U.S. Open, being held June 16-19 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. The political world, however, will view the Obama-Boehner match with bated breath, looking for any insight into whether the left-handed-playing president and right-handed-playing speaker can forge a lasting relationship that will spill over into legislative deal-cutting. Read full article > >

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLA. – Tiger Woods withdrew from The Players Championship after just nine holes Thursday morning, visibly limping after he aggravated injuries to his left knee and Achilles’ tendon – ailments that now put his availability for next month’s U.S. Open at Bethesda’s Congressional Country Club in question. “I’m having a hard time walking,” Woods said. Woods said he felt pain in his knee – originally injured on the 17th hole at last month’s Masters, the last tournament he played – on the opening tee shot, which he hit in the left rough, giving him a stance on pine straw. He slipped on the approach – “It obviously would have probably felt better if it would have held,” he said – and faced an awkward, uphill stance for his third shot beside the green. Read full article > >

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