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For a burly, long-hitting Ryder Cup star, J.B. Holmes has remained remarkably anonymous
John Holmes is 9 years old. His dad Maurice knows that the golf coach at the local high school is desperate for warm bodies, so he rings up David Parsons and asks what a kid has to shoot to make the team. Parsons says in the 50s for nine holes, to which Maurice (pronounced Morris) replies, "I've got a third-grader doing that right now!" Little John, with his jug ears and a tuft of blond hair, joins the Taylor County High team, becoming the Doogie Howser of Kentucky schoolboy golf. Yes, he's picked on, but as he likes to say now, "The easiest way to get somebody to be quiet is to just beat him."
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