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Article: Wilson edged out of PGA FedEx Cup
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 17, 2009
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By KELLY SMITH
Menomonee Falls native Mark Wilson stood in the Cog Hill fairway
Sunday afternoon in Lemont, Ill. after launching a 305-yard drive
that put him about 187 yards away from the 18th hole.
A nearby electronic leader board indicated Wilson had to birdie
the 497 yard, par-4 to have any hope of advancing to the PGA Tour's
FedEx Cup championship round.
Rather than playing a conservative second shot to near the center
of the green, Wilson took aim at the flag stick on the far left edge
of the putting surface near the edge of a pond.
He later said the shot felt good as it left his iron and began
soaring over the fairway and across the pond.
Wilson, whose parents live in Pewaukee, has ...