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COUTURE

SHOCK

Tiger Woods wears his green
jacket holding the winning
trophy after the final round for
the Masters golf tournament
Sunday, April 14, 2019, in
Augusta, Ga.
Associated Press
Tour better

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Tigermania

By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
The phone started ring-
ing in the days after Tiger
Woods won the Masters.
This was in Minnesota,
though it could have been
most any city that hosts a
PGA Tour event. His 15th
major, and most improb-
able considering what
Woods had to overcome,
set off a fresh round of Ti-
germania. “I got called San Jose wins Game 7 in OT
by two affiliates, either the
Monday or Tuesday af-
ter the Masters, and they San Jose Sharks center Logan Couture celebrates
wanted to come over with after scoring against the Vegas Golden Knights
a camera crew,” said Pe- during the third period of Game 7 of an NHL hockey
ter Mele, tournament di-
rector of the new 3M Open first-round playoff series in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday,
the first week in July. April 23, 2019.
Rumors were swirling that Associated Press
Woods might return to Page 19
the Twin Cities, which al-
ready has a loaded field
with Brooks Koepka and
Phil Mickelson, Jason Day
and Bryon DeChambeau.
Mele could only tell them
that Woods has a history of
playing two weeks before
a major — the British Open
in this case — so the tim-
ing was favorable and the
tournament was cautiously
optimistic.

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