The GOP is not quite in checkmate but it is on the horizon, as Republicans have entered into what chess masters call Zugzwang, a situation in which every move available to a player simply worsens his position.

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They call themselves Masters At Work.

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Day closed with a 70, his second close call at the Masters in three years.

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The other exception is if you combine golf with watching golf, like trying to score Masters tickets and lodging, in which case you should definitely call a golf tour operator (see below).

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The Masters does provide phone banks, where a patron can make a free call to the outside world, but locating another person on the course is tricky.

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Murray's call for a players' meeting before last month's Shanghai Masters did not eventuate in any action, and the Scot himself later stated that he did not think a strike was necessary -- but that the issue of fixture scheduling needed to be addressed.

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But Everton are past masters when it comes to party-pooping, and for a few minutes they looked likely to call the festivities to an abrupt halt.

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