He endured round after round of chemotherapy, one infection after another and a bone marrow transplant.

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"If you survived to the third or fourth round of layoffs, the company was probably cutting to the bone, " says Tim Honn, president of Fortis Recruiting Solutions in Lisle, Ill.

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The recent hot spell had left the course fast-running and bone-hard before the rain took the edge off for the first round.

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