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Great story. He almost didn't play in The Open. His second child's birth was due this week and he planned to stay home. The daughter, Belle, arrived earlier than expected on July 3rd. Sam's wife encouraged him to go. I believe he had time to play only one practice round. Sam had a pretty bad first round and ended up 3 over par. He had bogeys on the last 3 holes. His second round was a record tying 62 followed by a solid 65 (2nd best round of the day) today.

I didn't get to see most of today's round but did have the good sense to record it. Watching it now while enjoying a J.T. Meleck Louisiana Small Batch. It is great watching already knowing how the round ended up.

Geaux Sam. Get your first major.

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Admins may be willing to let this one slide but don't want to openly advertise it.

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Agree. Chicken and Tiger Droppings are helping out with this as much as any donor by bending their rules for a deserving cause.

What a sad but inspiring story. It makes us remember that many aren't so well off and those of us that are better off can help. Also, as another posted he wished he could have Zelled some money to the family. They posted a Gmail account that could be used for Zelle if the OP has a back account. I don't like giving the middleman, Go Fund Me, anything.

Paging Vince Vance.

Holding

Burns just made a 40 something foot putt for a birdie. Only two back and Clark is in trouble on #5.

The worst day I can remember in my trading account. Down a little over 3%. I do have some dry powder and picked up some OUST near the low for the day. Now on to Monday.

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There is 0 aggression by Austin Metcalf and it was pure murder.

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This might be a problem. I believe it is alleged that Austin shoved Kamelo before he was stabbed. So not zero aggression but certainly not enough to be stabbed to death. I will wait for all the evidence to be presented.

The Travelers are playing Frisco in the middle of June. I hope to see Kade pitch.

I watched her swing several times, ok maybe more than several. Her stroke is a little too slow, but I 'd enjoy her slow stroke for all 18 holes.

I'm bought a little at $9.25 before I saw the below news. I'm holding off to see how this shakes out.

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10:24 AM EDT, 04/29/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Merlin (MRLN) has entered into a securities purchase deal with a fundamental institutional shareholder to raise $80 million of equity capital through a private investment in public equity, the company said Wednesday.

Under the terms of the agreement, the company said it will issue 8 million shares of common stock, and warrants to buy 4 million shares at a strike price of $6.67 per share, with an expiry date of 5 years from the issue date.

The company said it plans to use the proceeds to support advancement of core platform development, regulatory approval funding, program capacity scaling, and the execution and expansion of existing and new customer contracts.

The transaction is expected to close on or about Friday, Merlin said.

Price: 9.45, Change: -2.12, Percent Change: -18.30

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