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To: altair19 who wrote (72280)	7/18/2008 3:47:37 PM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104157

ha! you're just another DOM!

To: altair19 who wrote (72280)	7/18/2008 8:05:53 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 104157

Norman continues to turn back the clock at British Open sports.espn.go.com

To: altair19 who wrote (72280)	7/18/2008 10:15:08 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 104157

Second-half MLB predictions thesportscolumnist.blogspot.com

To: altair19 who wrote (72280)	7/19/2008 12:12:36 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 104157

Nicklaus: Pros Today Are Too Soft washingtonpost.com <<...SOUTHPORT, England, July 18 -- When Jack Nicklaus arrived at Royal Birkdale at midday Friday to do some promotional work for a bank, he couldn't help but notice 53-year-old Greg Norman high on the 36-hole British Open leader board and other veterans such as Tom Watson and Tom Lehman posting decent rounds. It made him ask out loud whether the new generation of golfers know what it's like to work hard for the big money they're being paid in purses and endorsements, or are truly willing to tough it out in what is becoming one of the more demanding British Opens in recent years. "If they don't win, they still walk away with a big check," Nicklaus said. "They don't have to do some of the things the Watsons had to do, the Normans, the Lehmans, and that's to gut it out. It doesn't mean the young guys are out of it. It just makes it appear as though the guys with that experience are going to the top. . . ." "These kids today play perfect conditions every week. If they don't like what's going on, they're finishing 10th or 15th and still making a check. I don't think it makes them as tough." Nicklaus said that when he joined the PGA Tour in 1962, only one or two players made a living from their purse earnings. "Then it got to five or 10," he said. "Now there are a couple of hundred guys who make a living playing golf. We really had to play well and scratch it out to be in a position to get endorsements. We worked to try to build the tour so they didn't have to do that. Is that producing better golfers? I don't know . . ." "When we played, it wasn't to make a living. It was to make a name for yourself so you could make a living. . . . I always took the attitude that the more I worked at the game and the better I played, then the money would take care of itself."...>>