"We didn't want to go into overload in creating all these entities, " says DiMarco.

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And Colin Montgomerie partners Chris DiMarco, both of whom have lost twice in play-offs in the majors.

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Kelly has fewer seconds than DiMarco, at six, but more top 10s: 78, compared with DiMarco's 61.

WSJ: Jerry Kelly and Chris DiMarco, Grinding It Out on the PGA Tour | Golf Journal by John Paul Newport

Stephanie DiMarco started Advent Software in 1983 and began her estate planning when the first of her two children was born in 1991.

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Literally 15 hours after the leaders Chris DiMarco and a certain Tiger Woods had graced the back nine in the tournament, so would I.

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They've made an almost identical number of cuts, 325 for Kelly and 323 for DiMarco, in a similar number of tournaments (504 and 483).

WSJ: Jerry Kelly and Chris DiMarco, Grinding It Out on the PGA Tour | Golf Journal by John Paul Newport

Of the two, DiMarco has had the closest brush with stardom.

WSJ: Jerry Kelly and Chris DiMarco, Grinding It Out on the PGA Tour | Golf Journal by John Paul Newport

DiMarco, making his first appearance in a European Tour event outside the majors and world golf championships, hit back from a double-bogey six at the first to keep within one shot of Stenson.

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With today's enormous purses on Tour, and younger, more fully developed players like Rory McIlroy and Ryo Ishikawa arriving from around the world, DiMarco said that going forward, fewer players might play as long as he and Kelly.

WSJ: Jerry Kelly and Chris DiMarco, Grinding It Out on the PGA Tour | Golf Journal by John Paul Newport

Kelly and DiMarco have similar games.

WSJ: Jerry Kelly and Chris DiMarco, Grinding It Out on the PGA Tour | Golf Journal by John Paul Newport