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Alan Shipnuck

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30+ years on the golf beat, now Writer at Large @Skratch. Author of 10 books including RORY; PHIL; LIV AND LET DIE; THE SWINGER; BUD, SWEAT & TEES.
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What Noah Kahan taught me about sucking at golf Original

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By Alan Shipnuck, Kevin Cunningham , Nick Piastowski 
| Golf Magazine
The first and most important thing I’ve learned about golf is that I suck at it. Don’t worry — not in any special kind of way. The shanks would be exciting. The hooks would be riveting. The yips would at least give me a reason to go back to therapy. Nope, I just suck. I suck when I’m thinking about every shot. I suck when I try to get lost in the round. I suck when I’m unburdened by the weight of expectation.
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'We All Admire Him': Aaron Rai Is a PGA Champion For Our Times

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By Alan Shipnuck
| Yahoo Sports
'We All Admire Him': Aaron Rai Is a PGA Champion For Our Times PHILADELPHIA—On Sunday evening, as Aaron Rai was tearing up the back nine at Aronimink to snatch this PGA Championship, a couple of proper British blokes were discussing what is the most English thing about Rai. “It’s the Brummie accent,” said Mark Fulcher, Justin Rose’s caddie, referencing the melodic, sing-songy lilt that evokes Rai’s hometown of Wolverhampton in the Midlands of England.
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‘One of the Craziest Pins That I’ve Seen’: Golf’s Goliaths Bemoan Aronimink’s Teeth

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By Alan Shipnuck
| Yahoo Sports
‘One of the Craziest Pins That I’ve Seen’: Golf’s Goliaths Bemoan Aronimink’s Teeth PHILADELPHIA—Philly native A.W. Tillinghast once described one of his golf courses as a “coy but flirtatious maiden with mocking eyes flashing at you from over her fan.” He was talking about Merion, across town, but that is the perfect description for Aronimink. Much of the early week chatter at this PGA Championship centered on how the golf course was too pliable.
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