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a little wobble right in front of the hole. and bill can't believe it. i'm sure michael can't either. >> let's take one for look at this little bobble. >> yeah, right in front of the hole. right there. and that just kicked it to the left. just enough and with that speed, it wasn't going to go in. >> he knows how close he to being the u.s. amateur champion right there. >> he has to regroup. he has to regroup and do it quickly. and they're going to move right over to the first hole, mark, the arnold palmer tee and play 338 yards today. there is his dad allen and his coach mark june. i'm sure they feel like they
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just beat fate. there is the good look at the hole location. set right down in the low portion of the green. perhaps the easiest place you could put a hole on this green. and as you can see, the tee up in the background there. it does play down hill. we documented the fact that oren a arnold palmer drove it on the green in '60. >> so steven fox will be on the tee first and would appear like he may not take a rip at it. >> i'm a little surprised at this. there is a creek that runs up the right hand side of the hole. but that's really the only issue, the only problem with this hole. if you can get it into one of the bunkers on the green, it's not that hard a shot where the hole is cut. >> his caddie kind of came in there with the bag just in case he changed his mind. >> gary, we talked about how he
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does what he does. you know, he doesn't leave his game plan. so he is staying true to form as far as i'm concerned. >> this should be fine. going down right center. >> there's no question by playing the hole this way, it is relatively stress free. if you're taking a 4 or 5 iron off the tee, you have a very wide target. and he'll have a wedge left into the green. now michael weaver has gone the other route. he has taken the driver. >> he hit it at 17, why wouldn't you hit it here? >> that's true. you have a lot more room to play with here. >> this is what he did when he won 17 and 18 to get square with albin choi and drove it in. got it into the green side bunker. >> able to get it up and down. if you can get it into that same position today, mark, it's an even easier bunker shot where
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the hole is cut in the green right in that low area. >> this is turning left. toward the gallery left. that's going to get on the other side of the second tee across the cart path. that's going to be very interesting if there are several trees in that area. >> well, let's go back and take one more look. this putt was to win the u.s. amateur for michael weaver. takes a little hop. gets airborne. and it is still above ground. he cannot believe it. and now they are in extra holes. [ male announcer ] the views at tpc sawgrass: reserved on your world elite mastercard. clinics with a course pro: lockers next to pros. ♪ a golf trip that leaves you speechless... hi guys. hey tom.
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. they are now on the first extra hole, the 19th. steven fox was trailing after the first 18. look at this list right here. the champions who actually trail. >> tiger woods, three straight times. he was behind after the morning 18. and three times he went on to win. >> that's really where the legend began. what is the situation for michael beaver?
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>> across the cart path, there is a tree that nearly is in his way, just not quite. there is the sign, the tee sign to the right of the tee but i think they're going to try to remove if possible. i think that could be a bit of a concern. he does have an angle. he does have an angle to play. >> steven fox is very good from this distance. still a lot of pressure. a lot of ways to get it close, mark. can you land it short and catch a down slope. can you go back behind the hole.
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>> 85 yards. >> and gets up on top and stays. >> that's going to be fast, fast, fast. >> wow. >> so a little unfortunate there for steven fox. i'm sure he's not feeling too bad after seeing what happened to his opponent at the 18th hole on his six foot putt to win. let's go to steve burkowsi. >> thanks so much. what is more stressful on the bag all week or watching your son try to win the u.s. amateur? >> just watching instead of being on the bag. there is little more stress. >> how are the feet? i know a lot of blisters. you're getting a little tired. >> a little tired. blisters. i'll walk as much as i have to.
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>> you're enjoying it, aren't you? >> absolutely. it's great for me. >> head up to the green. >> okay, thanks. >> so michael weaver now, it would appear only appropriate we have sunday night football. roger, the green sloping as his ball gets to the green away to his right? >> correct. correct. i wouldn't say contact is necessarily guaranteed. he wants to pitch i just on to the green and trickle to the right. nope, nope, not going to get there. >> and guys deep into that rough. and now that's going to be where the players have exited the first green and walked over toward the second tee. so there's a good chance the grain of the grass is going to be growing against him in this situation. and that is going to make this next shot even tougher.
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>> what has to be going through michael weaver's mind now? >> i guess the angle. he did have a tee sign that was not directly in his path but being played as temporary removable instructions. he had the opportunity to move the ball. i guess he liked the lie enough and the angle enough that he wanted to play from there. but you could see that kind of shot maybe happening the way the ball was sitting on the ground. now this is a very tough pitch down the hill.
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>> he needed to get down that slope. >> he might still be away. still trying to creep. but that is way short. man oh, man. >> so it would appear that michael weaver has not lost his turn. >> he's asking the referee exactly that information, mark. make sure. >> they determined that fox is, in fact, away.
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this is when you just get started, gary. this will find its way and you just got to get it going. >> in the end, it's probably too hard much it's almost impossible to stop it short of the hole. you see her he's walking up the slope right there. at the high point. this isn't the type of putt you can move a couple of inches. >> but if he makes it, he's the u.s. amateur champion. >> he does! how about this finish for steven fox?
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two down. two holes to play. he wins 17 and 18. he birdies the first extra hole. he is now the united states amateur champion. and what a disappointed michael weaver. take one more look at this putt. just barely -- >> we talked about it all week long. his stroke was so good on the super fast putts. and there was none faster than that one right there. it just drips right over the front edge of the hole. right to the bottom of the cup. >> it wasn't a straight path either. there was a lot of break.
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what a moment. roger maltbie is with the champion. >> thank you, mark. steven fox, u.s. amateur champion. how does that sound? >> it sounds amazing. i'm at a loss for words. this is unreal. >> when you stood on the 17th tee, two down, two to go, did you think this could happen or would happen? >> you know, i fought all day. you know, i had to keep pushing and try to make birdie. >> can you imagine your name on a trophy with bobby jones? arnold palmer. that's a good start. >> this is unreal. >> terrific. congratulations. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> mark, back to you. >> what a win and it has been an emotional michael weaver all week long. cannot hold back tears now. be sure to join us labor day weekend. the pga tour playoffs to the fedex cup continue with the deutsche bank championship on
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there is more to the west even though these guys are beginning to clear. more shower activity could be moving in later on. kind of a cool day because of the cloud cover. highs only in the 70's. 71 notion city. 70 westminster. 66 frederick. a large scale of moisture is coming in from the southwest and looks like we will be stuck with this for a while as the weather system and paul says, out of the southwest and are aiming at us for overnight tonight. -- weathert system pulses at us out of the southwest. during the day tomorrow, the rain chances continues. maybe rumble of thunder. 72-79 with temperatures held down because of the clouds. south wind at 5-10 miles per
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>> breaking news. baltimore police need your help finding a missing 12-year-old boy. his name is richard foster. he was last seen around 1:00 p.m. this afternoon on liberty heights avenue. he is autistic. five-foot, 7 inches tall, 120 pounds wearing green shorts, a white shirt, black sneakers. if you have any information on his whereabouts,íúñ
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what the body of a man shows up in the inner harbor earlier. an anonymous person called to report the body around 3:00 a.m. dive teams responded and are working to identify the person. it looks like the young man was between 15-20 years old and we are awaiting more in formation once the medical examiner investigates. they're not appear to be any
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