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Some players keep eye on World Cup

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Thursday, June 13, 2002

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Focus -- pure, unadulterated concentration -- is a quality possessed by only the elite athletes. Consider the monumental distractions at work on Sergio Garcia on Thursday as the U.S. Open began: Not only is the Black Course at Bethpage State Park brutally difficult -- as the mostly black first-round numbers on the scoreboard attested -- but Garcia had his girlfriend, tennis star Martina Hingis, in tow as well. And then there's this minor issue of the World Cup socc ...

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