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• Paula Creamer is captaining the American team at The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship, a high honor for a 23-year-old golfer. We think she'll do okay. [Golf Babes] 

• Great story about an Army veteran who is looking to make the Champions Tour despite the fact that he lost a leg in combat. Highly recommended read. [FanHouse]

• There's this new kid out there named Bobby Jones who's going to be a hell of a golfer! Why's nobody talking about him? (/checks article, realizes it's from 1924) Oh. Never mind. Anyway, good read on Jones from Grantland Rice, the dean of sportswriters. [The One-Eyed Golfer]

• The spookiest shots in golf. And no, the putt into the jack-o-lantern at the pitch-and-putt doesn't count. [Armchair Golfer]

• Robert Allenby is pulling out of the Australian Masters, but insists it's because of his crowded schedule, and not because he's boycotting a bunch of events in his home country. [Daily Telegraph]

• Steve Elling makes an interesting suggestion in his "Up & Down" this week: the PGA should add an extra $1 million to the pot of the season-ending Disney finale to make up for the money lost in the Viking Classic washout. [CBS Sports]

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