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Thursday 28 sepTember 2017

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Minnesota closes in on playoff berth

Cleveland Indians’ Edwin Encarnacion, center, is tagged out at home plate by Minnesota Twins’ Jason Castro, right, as home plate umpire Todd Tichenor makes the
call during the third inning in a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Cleveland.
Associated Press
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Column: American golf sees a resurgence of youth

By DOUG FERGUSON only difference was a car I’ve always been on the
AP Golf Writer company promotion — outside looking in. You’ve
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A and the size of the group. got Justin, you’ve got Jor-
few generations before Thomas won the FedEx Cup dan, you’ve got Daniel
Jordan Spieth and Justin when he pulled away from Berger, you’ve got Emiliano
Thomas were even born, Spieth over the final hour. Grillo. Hideki (Matsuyama)
Ford Motor Co. put togeth- They won the final two ma- is also young. Jon Rahm is
er a group of golfers known jors of the year. Both are even younger than us. It’s
as the “Young Thunder- 24 and have been close kind of weird being in their
birds” to promote the rising friends since they first met company. I said I got an-
stars on the PGA Tour. at a junior event in Texas noyed talking about them
“We played a lot of prac- that Spieth won 10 years so much before, but yeah,
tice rounds together,” said ago. they push me. And I can’t
Johnny Miller, part of that Xander Schauffele won the thank them enough.”
group that included Lanny Tour Championship by sav- Complete records on the Justin Thomas, right, watches his shot after teeing off on the sixth
Wadkins, Jerry Heard, Jim ing par four times on the PGA Tour date to 1970, but hole as Jordan Spieth steps up to hit during the second round of
Simon and Grier Jones. back nine and closing with this one was no less stag- the Tour Championship golf tournament at East Lake Golf Club
“You just push each other, a birdie. He ended his rook- gering. Players under the in Atlanta, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017.
and we separated our- ie season with two victories, age of 25 won 18 times Associated Press
selves from all the other though it was too late to this season, shattering the victories, or 58 percent of can in his 20s at the 2004 Ry-
young players.” be considered for the Presi- previous mark of 10 set in PGA Tour events. der Cup and the 2005 Presi-
What caused Miller to think dents Cup. He turns 24 later 2000. And the previous re- The Presidents Cup features dents Cup. Then he turned
back to the early 1970s was this year and is — or was cord deserves an asterisk six players in their 20s on 30, and the Americans had
what he saw at East Lake — an unheralded member because Tiger Woods won both teams. The Americans no one in their 20s at The K
for the Tour Championship, of that fabled high school nine of those events at age haven’t been this stacked Club in Ireland for the 2006
and what he will see this class of 2011. 24. with youth since before Ryder Cup.
week at Liberty National “It’s not just the three of Throw in anyone in their 20s, these guys were born.
for the Presidents Cup. The us,” Schauffele said. “I think and they accounted for 28 Woods was the only Ameri- Continued on Page 18