... and Open Thread ...

PGA Tour
Anthony Kim picked up career win No. 2, this time taking the AT&T National by two strokes. Kim closed with a 65 and finished at 12-under 268. Fredrik Jacobsen was second.

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European Tour
England's Ross Fisher ran away with the European Open title, winning by seven strokes over runner-up Sergio Garcia. Fisher opened with a course-record 63 on Thursday and closed with a 68 to finish at 20-under 268.

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Champions Tour
Eduardo Romero began the final round of the Dick's Sporting Goods Open with a 1-stroke lead over Joey Sindelar and Fulton Allem, and ended with a 1-stroke win over Allem and Gary Koch.

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LPGA Tour
On the par-5 final hole, Seon Hwa Lee spun her approach back to 3-4 feet, then sank the birdie putt to second the victory at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship. Jane Park and Meena Lee finished a stroke behind, Park after shooting 62.

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Ladies European Tour
Rebecca Hudson won for the second time in three weeks, this time at the Oxfordshire Ladies English Open. Hudson stormed through the final round with a 64 to pip fellow Englishwoman Mel Reid by one stroke.

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Fred Funk has a novel explanation a poor tee shot struck during Thursday's first round of the AT&T National: A dragonfly made me do it.

“I had a dragonfly hit my shaft on the way down,” Funk said. “And I just totally flinched and hit 150 yards off the tee dead right in the trees.”

If you think you flinched, Fred, imagine how the dragonfly felt ...

Funk had plenty to say in this tournament notebook, especially about one of Congressional's member par-5s that is playing as a 518-yard par-4 for the touring pros:

“I don’t like their mentality with that hole,” said Funk, who double-bogeyed the hole to mar his even-par round of 70. “I think it’s downright stupid, actually.” ...

“It’s a one-dimensional hole,” Funk said. “If you hit the fairway and you’re a long hitter, you can get your shot to fit in there. The shorter hitters are going to have a long, long, long shot in there with a green that’s really designed for a wedge.”

And stupid it may be, but all the guys have to play it, and at the end of the day the par of any individual hole doesn't really matter - only the total number of strokes each player has taken over the full 18 holes. Approach the hole as you need to in order to make the best score, whether that is firing a long club at a small green, or laying up - which is what Corey Pavin did - even though it's a par-4 so you'll have a wedge into that small green.

Still, Funk's ire is understandable. When the PGA Tour or the USGA turns a par-5 into a par-4, it does disproportionately affect the short hitters.