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Seventh heaven? Not at Shinnecock

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Wednesday, June 16, 2004

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- Everything you learned about the formation of continents will make sense the moment you set foot on the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club this week. The zip code may be American, but in a previous life, this windswept course must have been on the part of Scotland that broke off and headed west. From the tall grasses framing the fairways to the simple lack of trees, Shinnecock is an ideal site for the British Open. Pardon the 104th U.S. Open, which begins Thursday morning, if it su ...

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