Get to know golf's newest major champion: 35-year-old Gary Woodland, who won the 2019 U.S. Open for his first-ever major

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As if the friendship between the U.S. Open champ and the Special Olympian golfer couldn't get any sweeter, see what happens when they meet on the “Today” show

One of the biggest arguments against defensive shifting in baseball is that it takes away hits. Hits are action. More action on the base-paths is good. Nobody wants to watch a line drive to right get scooped up by a second baseman who playing 10 yards deep into the outfield. But the fact of the matter is it's allowed, and outlawing it would be giving into the stubborn hitters who refuse to lay down a bunt.
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Some would counter that bunts are boring, and that the sluggers who defenses shift for have no idea how to lay one down. That's A. embarrassing, since it's a fundamental of baseball that every player should be required to practice, and B. that's it, I don't have a B. The other argument is that these big hitters should be swinging for the fences at all times, and laying down a bunt for a measly single doesn't compute in some dumb analytical formula. This line of thinking could n..

(Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)Gary Woodland celebrates on the 18th green after winning the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links.The below is adapted from a recent Action Network story on U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland a buddies trip he took a couple years ago to Pebble Beach.
As part of a buddies’ golf trip, Woodland and three friends from his hometown in Kansas took a trip to Pebble Beach. Woodland was a world top-50 golfer at the time; his buddies were decidedly not professionals.
Even so, there was some betting action, which got a little out of control when the lone pro golfer started winning every hole. This is the story of how Woodland kept these friendly wagers from becoming unfriendly. Note: This article was first published by the Action Network's Jason Sobel.
“I went out to Pebble Beach with some buddies. Me and another guy were playing a shamble against two guys scrambling. Each team got three presses. The money got up to where it got to be a little uncomfortabl..

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Analysis: A major competitor, Gary Woodland channels his inner athlete into US Open champion

It doesn't matter what it is. Your wedding day. The birth of your first child. The moment you heard Deadwood was coming back. There can't be a single better feeling on god's beautiful green earth than winning your state softball championship on a triple play. Then again, don't take our word it. Just ask the lucky ladies of Michigan's Unionville-Sebewaing High, who clinched their D-4 state title this weekend on one of the rarest plays in sports. Who needs closers, amirite?
Can you imagine? One second you're standing on the mound with runners on first and second about to become the Girl Who Blew It bagging grocery's at the local IGA for the rest of your days, and the next a comebacker ricochets off your arm, flies straight into the shortstop's glove, and one bang-bang later its ballgame, curtains, goodnight. I don't know how the good, hearty folks of the U.P. feel about tattoos, but if that we're me, I'd be walking straight down to t..