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Just call Oakmont the Green Monster

By Jeff Bradley
ESPN The Magazine

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

It was at a cocktail party during Masters week that word of Vijay Singh's practice rounds at Oakmont started to circulate. "Vijay says 10-, maybe 12-over will win the Open," Tom Pernice Jr. reported, pointing out that even without the U.S. Open rough, Singh, the third-ranked player in the world, struggled to break par. "He says it could be the hardest Open course ever." With memories of last year's championship at Winged Foot (winning score: plus-5) still fresh -- and images of players rolling ...

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