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Merion adds 300 yards for Walker Cup

Associated Press

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

ARDMORE, Pa. -- The history of golf and future of the game will collide again at Merion Golf Club. The venerable East Course that tested Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus will challenge the modern golfer when it hosts the Walker Cup Match in September, a sort of dress rehearsal for hosting the 2013 U.S. Open. Merion showed its mettle only a few years ago. Its narrow fairways, deep rough and sculpted greens held up against some of the country's top nonprofessionals during the 2005 U.S. A ...

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