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    • Let me tell you a story about a man named Bobby Clampett. He hit one of the best shots of the weekend, and he wasn't alone. Check out gems from John Cook, Ben Curtis, Cameron Tringale and others right here. The theme of the day is "don't bring your putter." And how was YOUR weekend game, friends?

    • Butch Harmon and Tiger Woods in 2002. (Getty Images)

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      These days, you can't swing a cat without hitting someone with an opinion on Hank Haney's Tiger Woods-themed book "The Big Miss," and one of those with the best perspective on the book — another of Woods' former swing coaches — has broken his silence on Haney and Woods.

      Harmon coached Woods from 1993 to 2004, taking him through his early successes and his initial exposure to the world. And the Woods he sees now is a far different player than the one he coached, both physically and mentally. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Harmon was direct: "For me, and I think we saw this at the Masters, he looks like he's playing 'golf- swing' and not golf," he said. "In my opinion, he's very robotic. And you could see that at Augusta with all his practice swings and the double-cross shots when he's trying to fade it and he hooks it. I think everyone thought because he won at Bay Hill that he was back; well, he didn't hit it great at Bay

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    • Remember Ben Curtis? No? That's OK; the guy hasn't won since 2006. Well, hadn't won; he took down this past weekend's Valero Texas Open by bringing home a steady on-par 72 that was enough in rough conditions. Matt Every, who earlier in the week had recorded a course record, got close, but couldn't quite make the pass. Congrats to Curtis on the win. Now, it's on to New Orleans for the Zurich Classic!

    • Ben Curtis wasn't at his best on Saturday, but on a day where only 19 players in the Valero Texas Open field managed to break par, his 1-over 73 was good enough to extend his two-shot lead to three heading into the final round. But don't expect the British Open champion to run away and hide, given all of the Sunday collapses we've seen this year, there's a good chance Matt Every (6-under), Seung-Yul Noh and John Huh (all currently at 4-under), among others, could take home the title. CBS's final round coverage starts at 3 p.m. EST.

    • Bubba and his son are twins. — Twitter: @BubbaWatsonBubba Watson's son Caleb may be a few years out from qualifying for the Masters, but the kid already has his very own green jacket in the closet.

      On Saturday, Watson tweeted a photo of his Masters green jacket alongside a mini-me version for his son, replete with matching white slacks and Travis Mathew shirt (the exact outfit he wore during the tournament).

      Watson and his wife, Angie, adopted their son just last month, and from the looks of the photo, they're already playing the role of doting parents perfectly.

      The only thing missing from the shot? A miniature version of Watson's pink Ping driver. Who knows, maybe that's already in the works.

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    • John Huh / Getty ImagesThrough nine holes on Thursday morning it looked like John Huh would be on the last flight out of San Antonio on Friday evening.

      The 21-year-old rookie, who won earlier this year at the Mayakoba Classic on the eighth playoff hole, failed to make a single par during his front nine, going out in 8-over 44 and putting his hopes of making the weekend at the Valero Texas Open on life support.

      This is the point in the story where you'd expect Huh to shut it down and become a WD footnote. But the thing about this kid is he doesn't seem to have any quit in him. Forget just grinding to make the cut, Huh now has himself in a position to go from potential MC to two-time tour winner after putting together one of the more impressive runs we've seen this year, going bogey-free over his last 45 holes to get within five of the leaders going into the final round.

      The insane stretch included an impressive 12 birdies, including back-to-back birdies to finish off a third round 67 on one of the toughest

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    • Tony Romo and an unidentified friend. (Getty Images)Good news, Dallas Cowboys fans! Your quarterback won't be focused on golf this summer! That means more time for him to focus on ... well, whatever it is he needs to focus on to get the Cowboys to make a little more postseason noise.

      Like many jocks, Tony Romo is an avid golfer. Unlike most, however, he believes he's good enough to take his golf to a higher level, and has tried on three occasions to qualify for the U.S. Open.

      There won't be a fourth, at least not this year. While Romo had been listed in a local qualifying field at the Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas, he will not be participating in the May 14 event. He said that he didn't make the application to play in the event, which means either 1. he's changing his story, 2. he's got an overeager team of handlers, or 3. there's another Tony Romo out there.

      Whichever, it's probably for the best. He reached sectional qualifying in Houston two years ago, but has never gotten any farther than that. And the Cowboys have

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    • Ben Curtis hasn't hoisted a trophy since the now-defunct 84 Lumber Classic in 2006, but the major champion is back in contention at the Valero Texas Open following a second straight 5-under 67. He'll take a two-shot lead into Saturday's third round. David Mathis (who's missed every cut but one this year) is only couple back at 8-under; Cameron Tringale and Matt Every are three behind.

    • On the right: luxury condos. On the left: the as-yet-undeveloped site for 2016 Olympic golf. (AP)

      When it comes to the Olympics, nothing is ever easy, as the organizers of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro are learning. While golf is slated to return to the Olympics slate for the first time in more than a century, the chosen site for the course in Rio is now the focus of a legal dispute.

      The exact nature of the dispute has not yet made news, but Olympic organizers said they are "evaluating the measures" necessary to deal with it, according to the Associated Press. We'll leave said "measures" to your imagination.

      If the dispute is severe enough to force organizers to find a new site, there may not be enough time to get the course ready for planned trial runs in 2015. Either that, or they'll be handing everybody at the Opening Ceremony a shovel and a map.

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    • Anthony Kim, Erik Compton (Getty Images)Two well-known players, one on the rise and one apparently on the decline, have withdrawn from the Valero Texas Open.

      Anthony Kim is trying to make a career comeback, but he continues to run aground. He withdrew from the tournament after 14 holes because of a wrist injury, citing numbness in his arm. He'll seek an MRI for his injury. This marks the second consecutive tournament, after the Shell Houston Open, from which Kim has withdrawn. The days of 2008, when he was one of golf's brightest young stars, seem far away now.

      Meanwhile, Erik Compton, the two-time heart transplant recipient who's now playing on his first Tour card, withdrew after just nine holes. He cited weakness, but told Golf Talk Central via text that he's "fine." Up till now, Compton had made seven of nine cuts.

      Different concerns for both — with Kim, this is another career setback; with Compton, you never want to see any kind of weakness — so, bottom line, as unfortunate as it is to see familiar names out of the

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