Score one for the short guys. Plus: LeBron James, golfer?
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BigwinforBrianCampbellattheJohnDeere.(BrianSpurlock/IconSportswireviaGettyImages)IconSportswireviaGettyImagesWelcometotheMondayLeaderboard,wherewerundowntheweekend’stopstoriesinthewonderfulworldofgolf.GrabanArnoldPalmer,pullupachairandenjoythecalmbeforetheOpen…uh,opens…
BrianCampbellnotchessecondplayoffwinof2025TherearecatsonthePGATourwhocanblasttheballhalfwaytoSaturn…andthenthere’sBrianCampbell,whoranks172ndinstrokesgainedofftheteeand174thindrivingdistance.ButafterSundayattheJohnDeereClassicinIllinois,Campbell,shortstrokeandall,nowhastwoPGATourvictoriesthisseason,bothinplayoffs.Campbellhasdefinedtheterm“journeyman,”withnowinsonTourbeforethisseason,buthisone-holeplayoffwinoverEmilianoGrillocameatthesametournamentwherehemadehisPGATourdebut.CampbellandGrillobothfinishedat18-underinregulation,butCampbell’sstraightforwardpar4onthe18thwasgoodenoughtowinoverGrillo’swaywarddriveandapproach.Campbellstillhasawaystogobefore
