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Ten years ago, Brian Watts was at the pinnacle of golf -- The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club. At the end of regulation play, he was tied with Mark O'Meara, but lost in the four-hole playoff. The most recent decade has been marked with injury, frustration and perseverence, a story well chronicled by noted golf writer Lorne Rubenstein in Sands of Time, a 4-page article in this week's issue of Golf World (July 11).

LBG Contributor Rob Noel www.robnoelgolfacademy.com is Brian's long-time instructor, and he brought me into the picture in the spring of 2005. Lorne interviewed us both early in his research, and we hopefully paved the way for some of the insights in the article.

If you get a chance, read Brian's story. It is real (and ongoing) and worth your time.