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Little one-armed golfer stuns PGA Tour pros in Las Vegas with distance, accuracy

Five-year-old Tommy Morrissey recently shot 1-over-37 on a regulation golf course designed by Tom Fazio. Missing most of his right arm, he has made a hole-in-one, has holed out from 90 yards and can recite the winners of golf’s major tournaments.

 
Brooks Koepka takes long road to Shriners Open

Brooks Koepka hasn’t been one to embrace a golf journey that provides little opposition, that physical or metaphorical track allowing one to move forward in the most uncomplicated of ways.

Grinder McGirt takes his best shot at Shriners Open

He signed the scorecard and then stopped at his golf bag for a quick check of things, and when William McGirt noticed there were only 20 messages awaiting on his cellphone, he was a bit surprised.

Ex-Rebel Campbell finds age no PGA handicap

Remember that critically acclaimed but short-lived TV show called “Men of a Certain Age” starring Ray Romano, about guys who were closing in hard on middle age and trying just as hard to deal with it?

Children take No. 1 spot at Shriners Open

I’m not sure attendance or quality of field should ever hold a significant place in the evaluation of the annual PGA Tour stop in Las Vegas, not until those wearing rhombus-shaped, tasseled red hats are no longer involved.

PGA Tour card math part of job for former Rebel Lunde

Lunde said he grew complacent about playing on the PGA Tour and had to work his way back through the Web.com tour. He’s playing this week’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on a sponsor’s exemption and is 6-under under two rounds.

Harrington ‘trying to get back’

An Irish proverb: A man who holds good cards would never say if they were dealt wrong. I have a feeling, friendly and accommodating as he is, that Padraig Harrington owns such a competitive nature.

Compton hopes play helps others

Rickie Fowler and Erik Compton finished tied for second in the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst. Fowler is the guy who plays pro golf with the sort of shaggy haircut style you may have sported in high school. Compton is the guy who plays pro golf with a transplanted heart.