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...nation in mortgage fraud, second in foreclosures, last in high school graduation rates. Our consumer confidence just hit an all-time low, and our icons are in trouble - the citrus industry, battered by freezes and diseases; the Florida panther, displaced by highways and driveways; the space shuttle, approaching its final countdown. New research suggests that the Everglades is collapsing, that our barrier beaches could be under water within decades, that a major hurricane could cost us $150 billion. (See pictures of Miami: Paradise Lost...
...This is the greatest match I've ever seen.' JOHN MCENROE, three-time Wimbledon champion, after Rafael Nadal (right) defeated Roger Federer in the longest men's singles final in the tournament's history...
...miraculously as it appeared, Rose's form deserted him. After Birkdale, he went on to miss 21 consecutive cuts in professional tournaments, trailing the leaders by such a distance that it seemed he might never again make it to the final day of play. His slump sent him searching. He started out by hiring one of the great experts on golf technique, David Leadbetter, who showed him how the mechanism of his swing could be broken down into components that could be rebuilt for greater reliability. Then, in 2006, Rose hired Nick Bradley, a Buddhist who told him that successful...
...across this alien landscape, players must seek through technique and concentration a peculiarly thrilling reward: the perfect control of a ball's trajectory over hundreds of yards, through contact that lasts less than a split second. When it all goes right, as it did for Justin Rose on the final hole at Birkdale a decade ago, no sport offers a greater sensation of mastery. It is this elusive joy that explains the golfer's endless pursuit of perfection. As Leadbetter says, "That's what it's all about in golf: the quest...
...After all that time spent in his company, I felt a terrible sense of withdrawal when the book was done; it was like the sun going out of one's life. We have seen each other occasionally over the years, but I wanted to make what might be a final visit and have my sons meet him one more time...