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Kevin Na earns his fifth PGA TOUR victory after a stellar final-round 65 at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Here’s a look inside his winning bag. RELATED: Final leaderboard Driver: Callaway GBB Epic (9 degrees) Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD GP 6 TX 3-wood: Callaway Epic Flash Sub Zero (13.5 degrees) Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana RF 70 TX 5-wood: Callaway Epic Flash Sub Zero (18 degrees) Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana RF 80 TX Hybrid: PXG 0317 X Gen 2 (19 degrees) Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 95X Irons: Callaway Rogue Pro (4), Callaway Apex Pro 16 (5-PW) Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 Wedges: Callaway Mack Daddy 4 (54), Vokey Design prototype ('18) (60/06K ) Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 Putter: Odyssey Toulon Madison Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Plus4 Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

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SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth have won 12 majors between them, including two U.S. Opens, so it was odd to see this super-group go a combined 11 over for their first four holes at the 118th U.S. Open at windy Shinnecock Hills on Thursday. And they were just getting started. Mickelson hit 13 of 14 fairways but still made just one birdie and signed for a 77. Spieth triple-bogeyed the par-3 11th, the “shortest par-5 in America,â€� and hit several good shots on the way to a 78. McIlroy had to play the last seven holes in even for an 80. “Just tried to do a little too much on the second hole and it kind of bit me,â€� said Spieth, who found a greenside bunker at 11 and failed to hold the slippery green with his next two shots before two-putting for his triple. “From there it was just kind of a grind. Played pretty well to be even through the rest of the nine and then just didn’t make very good swings. “There were certainly some dicey pins,â€� Spieth added, “but at the same time there was guys that shot under par. I could have played better.â€� England’s Ian Poulter and American Scott Piercy each shot 1-under 69 to share the early lead. “This golf course is an extremely difficult course to play with no wind,â€� said Poulter, who hit 11 of 14 fairways and made three birdies. “Playing at 25-mile-an-hour wind is pretty stressful.â€� Justin Rose (71), a two-time winner this season and one of the pre-tournament favorites, said Thursday was about maintaining composure and minimizing the damage.   “Happy it’s over,â€� he said. He meant the first round, but others were left to wonder if it wasn’t over in the larger sense, having perhaps shot themselves completely out of the tournament. Scott Stallings had a long par putt at the par-4 14th hole, but not only missed, he watched his ball sail past the pin, off the green and down a swale. He made a 9 on the way to an 80. Satoshi Kodaira, who won the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head earlier this season, failed to make a birdie and shot 81. Jason Day, a two-time winner so far this season, came in with a 79. At least they didn’t enter the record books. Scott Gregory, a promising young player who won the 2016 British Amateur and now plays on the European Challenge Tour, shot 92, the first U.S. Open round in the 90s since the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black.      Day, who hit just seven of 14 fairways, cited not just the stiff wind but also the USGA’s choice of pin positions as contributing to the difficulty Thursday. “It’s hard enough,â€� he said after making just one birdie. “We’ve got at least 20 miles an hour of wind. Shinnecock is hard. If you’re not quite there, you don’t hit enough fairways—you’ve just got to hit fairways first, and I didn’t do that and that’s why I played bad.â€� Mickelson hit fairways but still didn’t score. His group racked up a triple-bogey (Spieth), and back-to-back doubles (McIlroy at 13 and 14) before the day’s first birdie (McIlroy at 15). While Mickelson was trying to become just the sixth player to win the career Grand Slam, he now has work to do just to make the cut on a course where he finished second to Retief Goosen in 2004. The carnage continued in the afternoon as Tiger Woods’ second shot missed long at the first hole, his next two pitches rolled back off the turtle-back green and he made a triple-bogey 7. Brooks Koepka tied the record score in relation to par when he shot 16 under to win the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills, but there was no such magic this time around as he shot an opening 75. On the bright side, no one will come close to 16 under at Shinnecock. “It’s a U.S. Open,â€� Koepka said. “You can shoot, whatever, 5 over today and shoot 1 under tomorrow and be just fine going into the weekend. So, I’m not too concerned.â€� For him and others who were blown away, the promise of tomorrow was all they had left. 

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Robert Garrigus is a huge fan of the Chicago Cubs, who ended a 108-year world championship drought last fall. He feels a special kinship with recently retired catcher David Ross, too. Not because of that home run he hit that helped clinch the title in Game 7 of the World Series, though. Actually, Garrigus likes Ross because he can relate to what the baseball player went through as he competed on the most recent season of “Dancing With The Stars.â€� He didn’t win a mirror ball trophy either — Ross ended up a surprising second to former NFL running back Rashad Jennings. But Garrigus was impressed with Ross’ effort because he knows what it takes.  “(He was) kicking butt,â€� Garrigus said. “… I admire him for that.â€� Garrigus, you see, took ballroom dancing lessons with his wife Ami several years ago. Dances like the waltz and the salsa and the cha cha  became second nature to the couple. “It was my wife’s idea for sure, but I was like, you know what, that’s not a horrible idea,â€� Garrigus said. “I was willing to do it just because I thought it would be a lot of fun just to be with her and focus on something other than golf and the crazy life that we have.  “It was definitely a lot of fun.â€� Garrigus admits to feeling self-conscious at first. But then he realized that everyone else on the dance floor was busy doing his or her own thing, rather than watching him. “It’s a very enjoyable thing to do,â€� said Garrigus, who won the 2010 Children’s Miracle Network Classic. And as it turned out, learning the intricate steps at the dance studio isn’t that different than the thought process Garrigus goes through when he’s trying to hit a draw or a fade. “It was almost like golf shots, like you’re focusing on technique and executing and stuff,â€� Garrigus explained. Garrigus and his wife Ami, who have two sons, actually enjoyed dancing so much they thought about competing. But the competitions at their studio were usually held on weeks when he was playing on the PGA TOUR. When he was home, though, Garrigus and his wife went out to dance as often as twice a week.  They got to be pretty smooth, too. “It’s just funny how you can work around the room when there’s a bunch of people in there,â€� he said. Garrigus said the couple took nearly 30 lessons. Even though they’ve quit going to the classes, the two still like to put on their dancing shoes – Robert’s are brown and white, like “old-school 50s shoes,â€� he says – and hit the floor. One of their favorite spots is an outdoor music venue in Providence, Rhode Island. It’s a must-stop for Garrigus when he advances to the second round of the FedExCup Playoffs. “And sometimes if we’re in Vegas, there’s places where you can go and dance,â€� he said. “Not like it’s crazy dancing with the kids but you can go out and hang with people your age at a piano bar and dance. “We’ve started not to worry about what everybody is thinking. Just go out and have fun. I guess that’s what it’s all about.â€� And his favorite dance? There are elements of the waltz that he enjoys but the salsa wins out over all the dances Garrigus and his wife learned. “It was kind of upbeat and kind of gave us a little bit of a workout, too,â€� he explained. “Salsa was our favorite, for sure.” While he leaves the “flash and the hipsâ€� to the instructors, Garrigus is up for any challenge. And he once showed off his salsa skills to settle a bet on the range. “He was like, you know how to salsa?  He’s like, show me,â€� Garrigus said with a smile. “I was like, I’ll do it myself right here.â€� Suffice it to say, Garrigus won the bet. And ballroom dancing has definitely won him over, too. “We ended up getting pretty good and enjoying it, having a lot of fun with it,â€� Garrigus said. Can “Dancing With The Starsâ€� be next on the horizon? 

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