KNBR Radio: Art discusses the Masters with Murph and Mac

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"Legendary Bay Area writer Art Spander gives us his take on the drama that unfolded at Augusta National G.C. over the weekend."



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CBS Sports: Norman's ending inevitable, but still not easy to take

SOUTHPORT, England -- It was painful, but it wasn't unexpected. For three days, Greg Norman had defied logic, defeated nature, beaten back the years. We kept hoping he might go on, while deep down we knew he could not.

It was a fairy tale, a delight, a lesson in living.

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Contra Costa Times: Old Greg Norman's stormin' at wind-blown British Open

SOUTHPORT, England -- Windy? Candlestick Park was never close to this. We're lucky not to have been blown back to the 19th century. In the immortal words of Greg Norman, "It was just brutal today.''

But not brutal enough to keep Norman from the lead after three rounds.

Not brutal enough to keep more than 40,000 spectators from scrambling up and down the 40-foot dunes at Royal Birkdale.

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Oakland Tribune: Can Norman continue amazing re-emergence?

SOUTHPORT, England -- He held the lead for so long on this memorable day. Then it was snatched from Greg Norman in the early evening, taken from him by K.J. Choi on a birdie putt the last hole, a hard bit of reality after hours of fanciful possibility.

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London Daily Telegraph: The Open: World No. 1 Tiger Woods texts Mark O'Meara to provide support and motivation

The text message was there in the morning. If Tiger Woods could not be at Royal Birkdale, at least his words were, directed at longtime pal and 1998 Open champion Mark O'Meara.

"He told me to go out and kick some butt," O'Meara said, then laughed in reflection. "I didn't kick any butt. I was just getting my butt kicked."

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