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More than 170,000 watch as Holmes' edges ahead at FBR Open

Associated Press

Saturday, February 2, 2008

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The enormous crowd wasn't behind leader J.B. Holmes. But he wasn't alone. "I don't think the crowd was behind anybody," Holmes said after taking a two-shot lead at the FBR Open on Saturday in front of a record 170,802 fans, most of them more interested in partying than golf. "Especially on 16 and 17," he said. "Usually if you miss the green they boo you. We were hitting the green and they were booing you. When the putt went in they cheered, but they're rough on you ...

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