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Video: Did Nick Flanagan get the luckiest bounce ever?

Jason Dufner's walk-off birdie on the 72nd hole at the HP Byron Nelson Championship rightfully received the most attention of any golf shot hit over the weekend. But what about a grandstand birdie on a tournament's final hole? That's exactly what Nick Flanagan pulled off at the Nationwide Tour's BMW Charity Pro-Am. Trailing by a shot on the final hole, the 2003 U.S. Amateur champ blew his approach over the green and, well, you have to see what happened to believe it: Following this stroke of luck, Flanagan converted the birdie and wound up winning in a playoff for his fourth career Nationwide Tour title. After winning the developmental tour's player of the year award in 2007, Flanagan was unable to stick on the PGA Tour, finishing 169th on the money list. Related: Golf's Greatest Strokes Of Luck His big break, though, will go a long way towards him getting back to the big leagues. Despite this being just his second Nationwide event of 2012, the win propelled him to 11th on the money list that guarantees a PGA Tour card for the following season with a top-25 finish. -- Alex Myers Follow @AlexMyers3 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");

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New course, same challenge for NCAA Women's field

FRANKLIN, TENN.--For 11 years the best teams in women's college golf have come to Vanderbilt Legends Club each fall to compete in the Mason Rudolph Championship. Familiarity with the South course wouldn't seem to be...

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Clubfitting research: Unconventional improvement

Our research project on the effect of clubfitting, which is being conducted in conjunction with Club Champion, is just getting started and already the results are educating us in ways we haven't thought about before.Case...

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LPGA throws baby out with the bath water

"Slow play" has become golf's most bandied-about expletive in recent months, for good reason. A round of golf is supposed to take no more than four hours, but at many public and resort courses, a...

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Video: Dufner's dramatic birdie earns him second win in past month

If beating Ernie Els in a playoff to get his first PGA Tour win didn't elicit much of a celebration, it shouldn't be too surprising that Jason Dufner didn't exactly start doing cartwheels on the green after draining a 25-footer for the win on Sunday. Dufner's dramatic birdie gave him a one-shot victory over Dicky Pride at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. It also led to one of the least-excited reactions you'll ever see for a walk-off putt. Check out the final-round highlights. After waiting until after he turned 35 to collect his first tour win, Dufner now has two in the past month. Who knows, he might have won at Quail Hollow too -- if he didn't have to get married that week. And how about Dicky Pride? Dufner's closing birdie kept him from a second career PGA Tour title as well, but considering that first win came in 1994 and he hasn't been fully exempt on tour since 2007, a solo second and a check for $702,000 must have seemed like a win. Judging by his reaction to his finish -- which guarantees him full status on tour -- it did. -- Alex Myers Follow @AlexMyers3 !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");

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Costliest Rules Mistakes

Slideshow: A look at some of the most costly mental mistakes in golf history

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Quick Tips: The One-Handed Pitching Drill

PGA Professional Brian Crowell offers a simple drill to work on crisper contact and better tempo.

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10 Things About Slow Play

A quick summary of all things S-L-O-W in golf

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Dufner wins and spikes the ball (or not)

Jason Dufner is not sleepwalking to stardom, though his demeanor might suggest otherwise. If he weren't an Auburn man, one might conclude that he is an adherent of the old Bear Bryant line, that when you get to the end zone, act like you've been there before. He's now gotten to the end zone twice in three starts, the second coming when he holed a 25-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole of the HP Byron Nelson Championship on Sunday to beat a 'Bama man, Dicky Pride, by a shot. "Jason won by one, but we've got the national title, big man," Pride said, showing more emotion for finishing second than Dufner did for winning, perhaps for good reason. Pride, 41, had been 354th in the World Ranking and has now earned a return to the PGA Tour full-time. "All my buddies on the Nationwide Tour?" he said. "Guys, I love you, but I'm staying out here." Meanwhile, Dufner, 35 and following a nondescript start to his career, is now, in fact, sprinting to stardom, this victory carrying him into the top 10 in the World Ranking and evoking a hint of a smile in the aftermath. His two PGA Tour victories have come in the last month, in between which he got married. Presumably, though not undoubtedly, he smiled in the wedding photo. These days, Dufner, like another 'Bama man, Forrest Gump, seems to be showing up everywhere. He was part of the story of the last two major championships, for instance, losing to Keegan Bradley in a playoff at the PGA Championship last summer and leading the Masters last month.

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Morgan Pressel in position to capture first victory since 2008

GLADSTONE, N.J. -- Winning the Sybase Match Play Championship would be quite an early birthday present for Morgan Pressel, who turns 24 next Wednesday. Given the recent arc of her career, though, just making it to Sunday morning's semifinals is a well-earned gift in itself. Pressel's best finish in 2012 was a T-20 at the Kia Classic. She is looking for her first victory since 2008. After a rousing comeback victory over No. 2 seed Na Yeon Choi Saturday morning, Pressel defeated Anna Nordqvist 5 and 4 Saturday afternoon. For Pressel, who will face 24-year-old Azahara Munoz of Spain on Sunday, this week has been a big step forward. (Candie Kung and Vicky Hurst will square off in the other semifinal.) "No matter what happens, this is the best I've played in a long time," Pressel said. "I finally feel comfortable with my game again to a point where I haven't been in a while. I'm going to give it everything I have tomorrow. But I just have a lot of confidence going into the heart of the season." Pressel has been working recently with instructor Ron Stockton, previously her short-game coach, on all parts of her game. She is trying to recapture some of the magic that made her the youngest winner (18 years, 10 months, 9 days) of an LPGA major championship at the 2007 Kraft Nabsico. "Certainly people put expectations on me -- the media, the fans, my sponsors, everybody wants me to play well," Pressel said. "Having won the Kraft so young, I'm never going to say it was a bad thing. I mean, I'm a major champion, the youngest in LPGA history. I probably more than anybody else put extra pressure on myself to really be a world-beater, and I don't think I was quite ready for that and don't think I was quite mature enough for that." -- Bill Fields