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Fewer Tour pros gamble in practice

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Tens of thousands of patrons inside the Augusta National Golf Club gates couldn't have had any idea what was at stake as they watched practice rounds involving Phil Mickelson, John Huston, and John Daly before the 1999 Masters. There was money on the line. Serious, serious money, and there wasn't a whiff of concern about policies against gambling on the PGA Tour. A player who confirmed details of a four-ball match in which Daly lost $60,000 to the Mickelson-Huston team. "It's different out here. It's way too serious," said Brett Quigley, whose colleagues seem to prefer the company of swing coaches, sports psychol ogists, and agents as they walk the fairways in practice rounds. Vijay Singh is known as a guy who will gladly take you along in his practice round -- so long as you put up some cash. Tom Pernice Jr., Paul Azinger, and Pat Perez will get involved. Charley Hoffman is another, especially when he hooks up with his onetime teammate at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Adam Scott.

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