LYCOS RETRIEVER
Stewart Cink: Southern Hills
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On the 72nd hole last time at Southern Hills, Cink found the middle of the fairway and was in perfect shape with a 5-iron in his hand. But he pulled it left and could only get his chip shot within 15 feet.
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"They dug up the green that did that to me," Cink said of the revamped 18th green at Southern Hills that ruined his chance to win the 2001 U.S. Open. "It doesn't exist anymore."
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"If anything I got out of that lesson is I have what it takes to contend in a major at a course like Southern Hills," Cink said. "And I haven't really had a great record in a major since then, but when the time comes and I get close again on a Sunday, I'll know that I did it once before and I can get there.
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