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Andrew Magee during the the 2005 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Andrew Magee during the the 2005 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Rich Skyzinski

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — It didn’t take long for Andrew Magee to get reacquainted with life on tour.

The four-time winner on the PGA Tour made his debut as a senior this week at Harbor Shores in the 73rd Senior PGA Championship, just two days after turning 50, and after all the niceties, Magee found himself late Friday afternoon sweating out another cutline.

“The guys out here have been super, super nice,” said Magee after a second-round 74 that put him at 5 over after two days, a position that wobbled on both sides of the cutline as the day wore on. “I just turned 50 on Tuesday, and I’ve just had a lot of well-wishers and seen a lot of friendly faces. I’m not sure I’m believing they’re sincere because I really don’t fall on the sincere side of anything with my sarcasm.”

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