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Jim McCabe

Senior Writer

Jim McCabe joined Golfweek in December of 2008 after 23 years working for what he insists is the greatest sports department in newspaper history – the Boston Globe. Baseball was his passion, at least until college (North Adams State in the far northwest corner of Massachusetts) when he fell in love with golf thanks to spring days at nine-hole Stamford Valley (2,955 from the tips) in Vermont and the sneak-on excursions at Taconic in nearby Williamstown.
 
• Favorite golf course: Boston Golf Club (U.S.), Crail Golf Course (Scotland).
• Dream vacation: To play the great courses of Australia.
• Best golf shot seen live: Tiger Woods’s chip-in for birdie from behind the 16th hole in the final round of the 2005 Masters.
• Describe your perfect day: Wake up at dawn, fresh coffee, good newspaper, early round of golf with friends, watch Red Sox beat Yankees in day baseball, twilight golf with my sons, then watch highlights of Red Sox victory over Yankees.

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Numbers don't lie: Merion was simply a beast

Here’s a look at some of the key junctures at Merion Golf Club and how those who played all 72 holes handled things at the 2013 U.S. Open.

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Notes: 'Moving Day' at majors hasn't been kind to Tiger

Tiger Woods certainly has been active on “Moving Day” in each of the past six major championships. Unfortunately for him, the direction in which he has moved has been backward.

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Going by-the-numbers through 36 holes at Merion

From the start -- two par 5s at Nos. 2 and 4 -- to the finish -- especially No. 18 -- Merion offers up a layout that will simply cause heartburn, and the numbers prove it.

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Big names find big trouble on Friday at Merion

While Adam Scott and Lee Westwood both hold their breath to get inside the cut line at 7 over, Merion showed its teeth on Friday in sending some of golf's best out of contention at the U.S. Open.

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At even, Donald finally in contention at a U.S. Open

Luke Donald posted a 2-under 68 in the completion of the first round on Friday morning and followed it with a solid 2-over 72 to keep himself one shot off the clubhouse lead.

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Legend of Amanda Mickelson grows after dad's 67

Given that she’s eight days shy of her 14th birthday and has never swung a club professionally, it wouldn’t figure that Amanda Mickelson would be part of U.S. Open folklore. But she is. Twice.

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Mother Nature packs more punch than Merion East

While Merion wreaked havoc with a few scorecards early -- just ask Keegan Bradley -- it was Mother Nature that stole the attention on the morning of the first round at the U.S. Open.

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For family, Mickelson ducks away from Merion

Phil Mickelson decided a while back to be home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., on the Wednesday before the first round of the U.S. Open to attend his daughter Amanda’s graduation from eighth grade.

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Sisk, 48, brings perspective to the U.S. Open mix

Geoff Sisk entered the U.S. Open local qualifier in an attempt simply to get a competitive round under his belt. A few short weeks later, the 48-year-old will tee it up in his seventh U.S. Open.

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U.S. Open a surprising struggle for Donald, Johnson

Look up and down the entry list and you’ll find curiosities with players when it comes to the U.S. Open, but nothing confounds quite like the overall record of Luke Donald and Zach Johnson.

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