It's an old, familiar ploy, one that New England really hasn't been able to use with a straight face in a full decade, when a long-shot Patriots outfit with a random backup QB met Kurt Warner and the unstoppable Rams.

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There will be some amongst us that will point their smart phone before every shot on every hole, oblivious to the accumulated delay to the foursome behind them and the backup consequences for the entire course.

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