Welcome to another edition of The Grind where we are glad no one was injured during Sergio Garcia’s baby gender reveal. Seriously, these things have become dangerous, but the Garcias kept it (relatively) simple with an exploding blue golf ball that also allowed Sergio to groove his driver swing during this soft spot in the schedule. How efficient!
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Of course, there were plenty of other golf balls hit over the past week—both on purpose and accidentally—that also drew attention. Here's what else has the golf world talking.
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Brendon Todd: Calling this one of the most remarkable turnarounds in sports history isn’t an exaggeration. Todd’s case of the full-swing yips caused him to miss 37 of 41 cuts at one point and fall out of the top 2,000 in the Official World Golf Ranking. But now The Toddfather is the toast of the PGA Tour after winning a second consecutive start. He also has a thing for … wooden trophies?
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The internet loves broken ankles. Chicks dig the long ball. No one cares about Colgate basketball. You've heard all the cliches before, and they're cliches mostly because they're true. So on paper there's nothing not to love about the dirtiness that Auburn's Samir Doughty did to the little old Raiders last night, but the more we watch—and we mean really watch—the more this absolutely incredible three-pointer begins to feel, well, just plain mean. Ladies and gentleman, behold the most disrespectful tre of the year maybe ever.
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Now, we know what you're thinking. You're thinking about James Harden and this doozy from 2018. And granted, it's still pretty darn good.
But that is 1/5th of the disrespect Doughty dished out to Colgate last night. Harden breaks Wesley Johnson's spirit and then drains a three over his corpse, pausing for dramatic effect. But Doughty puts his defender on Apolo O..

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