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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 17 > Most pro golfers try to avoid the bogeyman

Most pro golfers try to avoid the bogeyman

Avoiding negative more important than gaining positive

By Alan Schwarz / The Bulletin
June 17, 2009

When PGA Tour golfers from Tiger Woods down to the greenest rookie draw back their putters this week at the U.S. Open, their scorecards will be sabotaged by a force as human as it is irrational: risk intolerance.

Even the world’s best pros are so consumed with avoiding bogeys that they....

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