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"I don't know why I did that," American Express Golf Championship tickets he later told the writer and ac-torn Heywood Hale Braun, who thought he knew the reason."It's because you've spent your life searching for perfection," Broun said, "and you finally saw it." Watching Tiger Woods in full flight feels a bit like that. It didn't have to be golf. As a matter of fact, it's a little embarrassing that it's golf.

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