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What happened to Jim Simons?

By Bill Fields
Golf World

Wednesday, February 1, 2006

Deliberate and cautious as a golfer, Jim Simons was known for his precision, as someone who enjoyed peppering the 100-yard flag on a practice range more than hitting tee shots toward its distant end. "Jim could really get the job done," says Ben Crenshaw. "He could pick a course apart." But Simons' exacting style, which very nearly earned him the 1971 U.S. Open title at Merion in Ardmore, Pa., when he was a 21-year-old amateur and resulted in three victories on the PGA Tour, belied the fact that ...

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