Emergency Golf: How to survive your first rounds

Everything Every Man Needs to Know to Survive His First Round of Golf Everyone is due for a round of golf at some point or another. Either your boss plays.
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Gamers were leery entering the season as they saw Jimmy Walker deal with Lyme disease last year. The season-long and weekly investors have both been rewarded for their patience as he's now rattled off nine of his last 10 weekends. On top of that he's cashed four top checks in a row with a pair of top 10's. All eyes were on Tiger Woods -Jordan Spieth pairing Sunday after they both shot 65 in Round 3 to break into the top Woods played his first 13 holes on Saturday in eight-under. He played his first 13 holes on Sunday six-under and was on the prowl.

For the second round in a row he bogeyed No. He fell out of the top 10 with a double on No.

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There were plenty of positives to take but he's not the finished article. Charl Schwartzel rebounded from a tough 73 in Round 3 as he stormed home in 32 to T2.

He only made six bogeys on the week and that play as resulted in three top finishes on the bounce. Justin Thomas posted on the weekend with the only blemish on the card to finish T11 and take over the No. He'll never be happy with T11 but not too many guys have been No. Thomas will be bummed this event is moving to March as eight of his 15 rounds have been in red figures and his stroke average is Johnson, who needed to beat Thomas and end up in the top 10, achieved neither as he ended T For the 36th time at TPC Sawgrass the defending champ went quietly into the good night.

Only Adam Scott T8, posted a top finish in defending this century. Si Woo Kim opened with the best score of a defender with 67 on Thursday but faded playing his final three rounds three-over for T I could have stuck Jordan Spieth in Play72 above since his quad on the final hole knocked him from T17 to T I'm not sure which rounds I'll remember most from the week, the 75 to open and 74 to close or in the middle two rounds.

I don't think I saw one shot of his on Sunday as he crept up the leaderboard while others faded away. The final round scoring average was the lowest of the week at The scoring average for the week was Brooks Koepka tied the course record 63 but couldn't crack the top 10 T His bogey-free round was one of four on Sunday.

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Bubba Watson's form couldn't carry through four rounds this week. His was followed by for T Cheri Carver, another nurse, has been at Shock Trauma for 15 years, raising eight children along the way. But you never know how to handle it. Some families are stoic, like if their kid sells drugs and they thought they might get this call someday.

Early Saturday evening, a minor, shot in the face below his left eye, is wheeled into a bay, accompanied by police. Conscious, wide-eyed and scared, blood dripping from his wound, his chin and neck swelling with fluid, a dozen doctors, fellows, residents, nurses, and trauma techs surround his stretcher.

An IV gets started. Blood pressure gets checked. Doctors look for exit wounds. An anesthesiologist begins a sedative, preparing him for tracheal intubation. The three-day Labor Day weekend total was admissions. Many were discharged within a day or so, but the bed hospital remained at capacity. Shock Trauma admits 8, annually. Ninety-seven percent of those patients survive.

And you will never hear any grumbling from anyone. Ultimately, Labor Day was not dramatically different from other summer weekends. The new tower will add 64 ICU beds and 10 operating rooms.


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Stein, like Scalea, acknowledges the pace and uncertain nature of Shock Trauma, while not for everyone, fits her personality—and is rewarding at the same time. Yet the workload and the tragedy, she admits, can be overwhelming at times. Doctors typically work or hour shifts to minimize handing off fragile patients. Since taking over as physician-in-chief in , when Shock Trauma admitted 5, patients, Scalea has significantly expanded clinical services while also reorganizing research and education programs.

He leads by example, performing some operative procedures annually; hour weeks are not unusual. He says his brothers and sisters are all very accomplished in a variety of challenging fields. Carnell Cooper, who founded VIP 12 years ago. A published study revealed participants were three times less likely to get arrested than non-participants; six times less likely to become a victim of gun violence again.

It was one of the first hospital-based anti-violence programs in the country, and Cooper has since assisted other trauma centers in developing similar programs. Scalea, in fact, has flown with missions in Iraq and Kuwait, observing military procedures and protocols. Trooper First Class Eric Workman and Montgomery County police officer Alanna Ward knew Shock Trauma from their earliest days in law enforcement, but their first visits to the trauma center were as accident victims.

Both reserve special praise for the individuals at Shock Trauma, and speak specifically of Scalea in near reverential terms.

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In , while working uniformed patrol, a negligent driver struck Workman from behind. Thrown 60 feet, he spent two weeks on life support, undergoing a dozen operations, and made a full recovery. In December of , Workman was shot while part of a team delivering a warrant in a pre-dawn raid. He spent two days on life support, undergoing three operations and the removal of his spleen. Scalea served as his primary physician both times.

While off-duty in , a road-raging driver forced Alanna Ward off Interstate Her husband, Michael, also a police officer, received a call from firefighters, who told him there had been a crash and his wife was trapped beneath her SUV. Her vital signs started to crash as soon as she was pulled out and her heart stopped in the helicopter.

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Also, like Ward, Allie intends a career in public service. One of the nurses called us on our cell phone right away. They were so invested, cared so much, it was incredible. It changed my perspective. I know that feeling and the difference people make. Events Calendar Our Events.