Because if these merchandise sales are at all a reflection of the passion and excitement fans in attendance will exude at Medinah, then sports fans everywhere will want to tune in to the most pressured filled event in all of golf.

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Fortunately, golf fans can look forward to a much more star-filled slate of players next week, when the Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid takes to the fairways of Harbor Shores, Michigan.

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In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, golf was played mostly with long, slender wooden clubs and feather-filled balls.

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