For more than five hours, over more than 18 holes, two good friends, two Florida neighbors, Mark Calcavecchia and Russ Cochran threw haymakers at each other.
It was golf as pugilism.
Calcavecchia holed a diabolical downhill bunker shot on nine. Cochran curled a 10-foot putt on 14. Calc finished birdie, birdie, birdie. Cochran finished birdie, eagle.
"Calc didn't have any let-up on him," Cochran said.
"Every time Russ had to make a putt, he made one," Calcavecchia said.
It was Sunday on the tour and four players — Calcavecchia, Cochran, Jeff Sluman and Kenny Perry — were tied for the lead. It was Sunday on the Champions Tour, where entering the day, 15 different golfers had won this season. Sunday on the tour and the day was thick with possibilities.
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