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Dustin Johnson skeptical about defending Canadian Open with new course, tougher field

©Universal/Courtesy Everett ColEver since Chubbs Peterson convinced Happy Gilmore to trade his Bruins sweater for a sweater vest, golf and hockey have been irrevocably intertwined—an odd couple united by apparatus, cultural dissimilarity, and the comedy therein. Now, as the Canadian Open and Stanley Cup Finals collide, we put on our thinking and drinking caps, imagining what some of the PGA Tour's top pros would look like if they picked up a different sort of stick all those years ago. Needless to say, the country club ain't gonna know what just hip checked it.
FacebookPinterestName: Rickie Fowler
Team: Fargo Woodchippers
Urban Legend: The real-life inspiration for Billy from Stranger Things.
FacebookPinterestName: Dustin Johnson
Team: Vegas Blackjacks
Urban Legend: The son-in-law of Wayne Gretzky.
FacebookPinterestName: Tony Finau
Team: Gainesville Gatorcats
Urban Legend: Was born with that beard.
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While many of golf's biggest names are doing their U.S. Open prep at the RBC Canadian Open, Phil Mickelson decided he'd go straight to the host site to begin mapping out his game plan. First up was a practice round on a beautiful morning at Pebble Beach, where Lefty even found time to give his followers a bump-and-run tutorial on “MC Tip Tuesday,” as he calls it.
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Looks like a strong day at Pebble. Somehow, it got better for Phil in the afternoon, when he went to the next best place at Pebble Beach besides the course itself: Jim Nantz's backyard, which features a replica of the famous par-3 seventh hole.
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Mickelson, who always has a flair for the dramatic, stepped to the tee and struck a perfect chip that found the bottom of the cup, yielding a mic/wedge drop on the haters. And yes, the Masters theme was playing while all this was going on (we think it plays on loop at Nantz's house..

Tadd Fujikawa, the first openly gay male professional golfer, is featured in a new video where he talks about his decision to come out, and the aftermath of doing so.

Each year on the PGA Tour, there are golfers who stand out for how often they're in contention yet just can't quite break through

From the bold-yet-patriotic camo pants to the classic knit flag sweater, the new Polo Golf x Justin Thomas collaboration brings style to your 'ol stars and stripes

A few weeks ago, the inimitable Shane Ryan wrote at length about the change in the weather surrounding the New York Yankees. Once the MLB's “Evil Empire”—the team people with no creativity, no stomach for losing, and a closet full of pink Gucci “NY” caps would always root for—Ryan called these new Yankees “the gritty, gumption-y, big-heart boys of baseball,” saying of their resilience in the face of a MAYDAY, MAYDAY injury situation:
With a quarter of the season in the books, haters have to accept a
bitter truth: the Yankees have shown more toughness in the face of
adversity than any team in baseball. Embrace the pluck, America.
Embrace the pinstripes.
Now we don't expect you to toss and turn in the dead of the night wracked with sympathy for a team that has a Giancarlo Stanton and an Aaron Judge to lose to the IL. That is the very definition of a champagne problem, which most Yankees “fans” are sipping at the Met instead of watching the game anyway. But on Tuesday night, yet..

The best golfers in the world hit the green to support a worthy cause.

Of the many game-day traditions at Wrigley Field, throwing a home run ball back on the field that was hit by an opposing player is probably the least unique among them. Cubs fans are hardly the only fan base that does it, though everything you read about Wrigley traditions would suggest they believe came up with it. Given they are such great, passionate baseball fans, we'll allow it.
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As for foul balls or balls tossed into the stands by players, umps, coaches, etc. I don't care who is throwing it or hitting it, those you have to keep. As long as it didn't result in a run for the other team, that's a free baseball that you'll remember forever, or one you could do the right thing with by giving it to a kid and give them something to remember forever. One Cubs fan was having none of that on Tuesday night at Wrigley.
In the bottom of the fourth, with two out..