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Too much red, too little frustration

By Gene Wojciechowski
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, June 12, 2003

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. -- Here at the FBR Capital Open ... Oh, wait -- this is the U.S. Open? The one where red numbers go to die? The one where entire lower limbs disappear in the first cut of rough? The one where the world's best players often look as if they need a hug and two sessions of therapy? Not Thursday, it wasn't. Olympia Fields Country Club played like a neutered muni. It was as forgiving as your grandma. Players kept giving this little par-70 beaut a wedgie and Olympia had to s ...

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