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First day on the job

Article Abstract:

In January 2001, three weeks after his 29th birthday, Michael Muehr teed off for his first PGA tournament as a professional on the PGA golf tour. Muehr is unusual for a young professional golfer because he chose to go to a university he liked rather than one with a good golf program, and he has never had a teacher or a sports psychologist.

Membership, Professional Golfers' Association, Muehr, Michael

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For better and for worse

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Curtis Strange, the son of golfer Tom Strange, seemed destined to become a golfer himself. After he turned pro, he and his wife, Sarah, traveled together and shared victories and defeats. Strange reached his peak in the late 1980s, but he seemed to lose his need to win during the 1990 tour.

Strange, Curtis

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A changed man

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Golfer Payne Stewart, who died in a plane crash, always sought to make his family proud of him. He tried extremely hard to improve himself.

Stewart, Payne

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