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Phil Mickelson endangers popular CBS drama with high kick over Chris O’Donnell

Are you a fan of NCIS: Los Angeles? Well, you'll be alarmed to learn the popular CBS drama almost abruptly ended at the hands of Phil Mickelson on Thursday. Or rather, at the feet of Phil Mickelson.
The five-time major champ turned Twitter fiend posted a video of him doing a high kick over one of the show's co-stars, Chris O'Donnell. And fortunately, Mickelson cleared the head of O'Donnell while he covered his eyes in fright. We're not sure if LL Cool J would have been as bold foolish. Anyway, check it out:
https://twitter.com/PhilMickelson/status/1035209460803751937
Say what you will about Phil — or his, um, interesting Twitter feed — but the dude is pretty freaking limber for a 48-year-old golfer (Mickelson happens to be 10 days older than O'Donnell). That is rock-star-lead-singer flexibility right there.
Also, it appears that Mickelson was clad in that same eye-catching leather jacket he wore during his interview with David Feherty last year. Let's..

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Justin Thomas on his off-the-mark first pitch at Fenway: “I’m pretty disappointed”

Jim RogashBOSTON, MA – AUGUST 29: Golfer Justin Thomas throws out the first pitch at Fenway Park before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Miami Marlins on August 29, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)NORTON, Mass. — A year ago, Justin Thomas shot 63-66 on the weekend at TPC Boston to coast to a three-stroke victory in the Dell Technologies Championship. It was his fifth victory of the season and a couple of weeks later he put a nice bow on a Player of the Year campaign by claiming the FedEx Cup.
If only throwing out the first pitch at Wednesday night’s Red Sox-Marlins game at Fenway Park went as well. Thomas, who grew up a Red Sox despite being from Kentucky, missed the plate badly, tossing the ball high and outside like a pulled drive.
https://twitter.com/RedSox/status/1034934963857174529
“I'm pretty disappointed with an effort for my first pitch,” he said Thursday. “But I was nervous, man, out of my comfort zone. I'm more than happy to..

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Dustin Johnson hit Jack Nicklaus’ old 1-iron and persimmon driver really, REALLY far

We all know how far today's star golfers hit the ball, but how would they fare with older equipment? It's a question that's sort of been answered in the past and one that will continued to be explored if tour pros keep buying hickory clubs. But on Wednesday, Dustin Johnson was the latest to give this experiment a try. And the results didn't disappoint.
At the behest of Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, the current World No. 1 tried both the Golden Bear's old 1-iron and persimmon driver from his playing days. Here's how it looked:
https://twitter.com/DJGolfSchool/status/1034866052654612480
Sounded like pretty good contact, huh? Yep. Johnson tweeted out the distances of the two shots:
https://twitter.com/DJohnsonPGA/status/1034891239278174209
Not too shabby. Oh, and those are just the carry distances:
https://twitter.com/dougferguson405/status/1034919232599994368
That's 318(!) yards. With a an actual 1-WOOD. Amazing. Not surprisingly, even the 18-time majo..

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