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Barnes finds lead easier to grab than hang ontoPublished 06/22/09
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Everything Ricky Barnes accomplished this weekend had magic written all over it.
He came into the U.S. Open as the 519th-ranked player in the world. If Barnes somehow manages to hang on, a win would make Ben Curtis' shocking victory at the 2003 British Open — Curtis was No. 396 and playing in his first major — seem positively ho-hum.
But that began to look like a very big "if" after Barnes bogeyed the first hole of the fourth round Sunday evening to fall into a tie at 7-under with Lucas Glover, then hooked his tee shot at No. 2 into the hay on the left before play was...
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