By Art Spander
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NAPA, Calif. — He said it would be a validation, one that Stewart Cink contends he didn’t need. “Hey,” he told us, “I know I’ve got enough game to compete out here, I really do.”
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By Art Spander
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NAPA, Calif. — Phil Mickelson knows, as we all know. The tournament this week, the Safeway Open, here in the smoke and haze at Silverado, is a trifle. A warm-up, if you will.
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Phil Mickelson, Safeway Open, U.S. Open Email Article By Art Spander
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NAPA, Calif. — The round was better, two under par, three shots lower than the previous day. Yet it wasn’t good enough to get Jordan Spieth to the weekend.
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By Art Spander
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NAPA, Calif. — Sometimes fortune is more important than results. Sometimes it isn’t exactly what you do but indeed when you do it.
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Safeway Open, Stewart Cink, Tom Watson Email Article By Art Spander
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NAPA, Calif. — His talent made him fascinating. So did his personality. "The problem is, I'm one of the guys that has to say something,” Sergio Garcia once told us. "A lot of people think about it but don't want to say anything."
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