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Four years ago—or long before we got used to seeing quarantined tour pros hitting indoor shots—European Tour winner Nicolas Colsaerts went viral with a smashed 3-iron through a sliding door of his hotel room. It was a spectacular and dangerous display of skill and guts. It also turns out to have been a lie.
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Well, sort of. Colsaerts definitely pulled off the shot, but the two-time European Tour winner apparently needed two takes. And now years later, golf coach Kevin Craggs has revealed a first attempt that could have killed someone. Have a look and listen:
https://twitter.com/kevincraggsgolf/status/1243656207694471168
Sounds like a hockey player dinging a slapshot off the goalpost. And keep in mind the former Ryder Cupper is one of the most powerful players in the world. So, yeah, that could have been bad.
Why is this coming out now? Good question. Also, who cares? We need this stuff now more than ever with no live go..

BettmannThe coronavirus pandemic has hit a giant pause button on fans being able to watch golf on TV, and in some cases, even kept people off courses. But while we hunker down and hope for a speedy return to normalcy, we can also use this time as an opportunity to learn more about the game we love. Here’s our latest installment of “Did you know?”
“Triple Crown” is a term usually reserved for horse racing and baseball, but Ben Hogan brought it to golf during one of the great seasons in any sport's history. And it could have been even better if not for some bizarre scheduling. Let's explain.
Many people think Tiger Woods came the closest to pulling off the modern calendar Grand Slam (Bobby Jones pulled off the ancient one as an amateur) in golf when he won four consecutive majors, beginning with the 2000 U.S. Open and ending with the 2001 Masters. But while Woods has argued it should count since he held golf's four biggest titles at the same time, it was actually Hogan who..

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Had things gone according to plan, Oregon point guard Payton Pritchard could have been preparing for a monumental Elite Eight game on this fine Saturday. Instead, he's stuck inside without sports like the rest of us. It gets sadder every time you think about it.
But at least Pritchard is keeping busy in his garage, where he shot this video of a figure 8 dribbling routine and tweeted it out to his 10.7 K followers late Friday night. Would we rather be watching him make it rain from beyond the three-point line in a game right now? Of course, but this mesmerizing video of his handles will have to do for now:
https://twitter.com/fastpp3/status/1243699750307631104
Pretty impressive. The closest thing we will get to a “SportsCenter Top 10” play right now. To those replying with comments like “not impressed” or “every player can do this,” please, do us all a favor and throw your device in a sewer so you aren't allowed to tweet your garbage takes anymore. Thanks.
By the way, for the ..

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Bettmann(Original Caption) Gene Sarazen getting out of a sand trap during an Exhibition Match at Shorehaven Country Club.The coronavirus pandemic has hit a giant pause button on fans being able to watch golf on TV, and in some cases, even kept people off courses. But while we hunker down and hope for a speedy return to normalcy, we can also use this time as an opportunity to learn more about the game we love. Here’s our latest installment of “Did you know?”
Long before the Alien or C3i sand wedges were hawked on infomercials, promising an automatic out from the bunker, Gene Sarazen was on the case, seeking a better method of escape from such hazards.
Now to be clear, Sarazen didn’t truly invent the sand wedge. However, he essentially designed the forerunner for what we today call the sand wedge. Other such clubs were in play prior to The Squire taking things into his own hands, but some had concave faces (which at times hit the ball twice—once in front and once in back) and other desig..

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