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Rory vs. Rickie: Next Great Rivalry?

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Separated by the Atlantic Ocean and divergent pathways to careers in golf, the highly regarded can't-miss kids lost touch before reconnecting on the PGA Tour in 2010. As instant fan favorites for the style of their play and their connections with fans, parallels were quickly drawn.

On Sunday, Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy— fellow 23-year-olds separated at birth by five months — met up again in a playoff for the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C.

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