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Florida student shoots 60 to break USGA record; Darren Clarke added to European Ryder Cup squad

Tuesday August 22, 2006 | 03:17:06 pm 132 words, 1599 views  

Billy Horschel, a sophomore at Florida, shot a USGA-championship record 60 in the first-round lead of the U.S. Amateur stroke play qualifying at the Chaska Town Course, in Chaska, Minn. Horschel used an eagle and nine birdies to post his score of 11-under …

While the recent death of his wife Heather is still the only thing of importance on the mind of Darren Clarke, European captain Ian Woosnam has done his best to make sure the Irishman has no worries regarding the Ryder Cup, giving Clarke one of the Captain’s picks for the Europeans …

Sure, Steve Stricker is disappointed he wasn’t included on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. But after some lean years, he told The Capital Times in Madison, Wisc., that he was happy just to be in the running …

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Comment from: Judge Smails [Visitor]
Hey, who cares? He might have shot sixty, but he's not the illustrious Bubbles.
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