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Tolan back in the groove after accident

By Ryan Herrington
Golf World

Monday, October 17, 2005

Search your memory for a moment and the name starts to ring a faint bell. Derek Tolan … oh, yeah -- the lanky kid with the glasses and the aw-shucks grin who lived every golfer's dream when he holed a 50-foot birdie chip during sectional qualifying to earn a spot in the 2002 U.S. Open. Arriving at Bethpage Black as the second-youngest person to play in the national championship, the then 16-year-old became an instant attraction, the raucous Long Island crowds treating the suburban Denver na ...

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