Jordan Spieth won the British Open with a flourish at the end. Justin Thomas hit 7-iron that had to be perfect for him to seal his first major at the PGA Championship.

Both wonder if they would have been in position to win on Sunday if not for key shots earlier in the week.

It’s like that just about every year. There is a signature shot from a major, the one that gets replayed more than the others. And there is another shot – or one moment, as was the case for Masters champion Sergio Garcia – that is just as meaningful to them.

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For all the Sunday drama at Augusta National, Sergio Garcia made only one birdie on the back nine in regulation. The signature shot of this Masters, however, led to eagle. After smashing a drive on the par-5 15th, Garcia hit 8-iron that nicked the pin and set up a 15-foot eagle putt to tie Justin Rose for the lead.

”One of the best shots I hit all week,” Garcia said.

Just as meaningful to him was the 15th club..

Here in North America, beard and hockey season are fully upon us, and last night the two collided in odd fashion, when Edmonton Oilers winger Pat Maroon collided with San Jose Sharks defenseman Brent Burns near the crease. As both players kneeled prone on the ice, Maroon lovingly reached around Burns, stroked his beard thrice, and both went on their merry way.
https://twitter.com/NBCSSharks/status/942962595782303744
No punches. No trash talk. No Three Stooges-esque referee scrum. Just admiration for another man's facial hair proudly displayed on live TV. It probably goes without saying, but we'll say it anyway: This is simultaneously the oddest and greatest moment of the NHL season thus far and a friendly reminder that, especially around the holidays, nothing brings the world together like a badass beard.

Four Seasons Golf & Sports Club in the Dallas suburb of Irving, is the 2017 National Private Course and Overall winner in the Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards, a program co-sponsored each year by Golf Digest and the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.

Ben WaltonAthletes and coaches will testify that fan goals can be unrealistic, if not downright cumbersome. Even in that regard, this child's expectations for Sergio Garcia are, ahem, ambitious.
Garcia, fresh off his European Golfer of the Year coronation, shared this heartwarming letter from a kid. It's basked in adulation, although lays out some pretty lofty objectives for the Spaniard:
https://twitter.com/TheSergioGarcia/status/942887661370355712
Props to Tony Jacklin for the shout-out.
Given it took Sergio two decades to win his first major, another 23 titles — to say nothing of seven FedEx Cups — seems a bit aggressive for the 39-year-old. Hopefully little Alex stays a fan if Garcia falls just short of those targets.

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SamuelBrownNGWaiting for a night flight in airportThis weekend, the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport descended into hopeless chaos — well, more hopeless chaos than usual — when a power failure disrupted the busiest airport on planet Earth, stranding travelers on planes, forcing cancellations and leaving thousands of people sitting cross-legged on gross carpet next to outlets for no reason whatsoever. (The failure screwed over more than a thousand flights, higher than Atlanta’s usual number of daily delays, which is 980.)
Being the pre-Christmas week, there’s a decent chance that you or one of your loved ones will be trapped in an airport in the next seven days, which is bad, since we now know that the galaxy’s major air hub can go offline because someone kicked a surge protector or something. If you do find yourself stuck, entertain yourself by looking around and finding the following people and events. It’s like Where’s Waldo, except not as fun and you’re probably eati..

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Angel Cabrera and Angel Cabrera Jr. closed with a 12-under 60 for a three-shot victory in their debut at the PNC Father-Son Challenge.

The Cabreras opened with a 59 at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club and were challenged briefly by the defending champions, David Duval and Nick Karavites, in the scramble format Sunday. The Argentines went out in 30, and they had a two-shot lead with Cabrera’s son came within an inch of chipping in for eagle on the final hole.

They finished at 25-under 199 for a three-shot victory over Duval and Karavites, and Bernhard Langer and Jason Langer. The Langer team won in 2014.

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Mark O’Meara and Shaun O’Meara tied for fourth at 21 under with Jerry Pate and Wesley Pate.

Cabrera wasn’t even in the field until two-time U.S. Open champion Curtis Strange and his son, Tom Strange, had to withdraw.

Duval and his stepson went out in 28, but the Cabreras regained control by starting the back nine with back-to-back bird..