Our Weeklong National Nightmare Ends: Rickie Gets Win #2

This will be a Players to read about once the writers have penned their words inspired by thrilling shots and fueled by pretzels dipped in the last remaining press center dip. (DiMeglio filed this gamer in case you missed the heroics.)

Especially when the winner may have been pushed by a measly anonymous poll, a week of overrated talk, and then birdied the fearsome 17th hole 5 of 6 times he played it.

Throw in the equally clutch play down-the-stretch by several contenders, the golf course combating the players over the first three days and NBC's traditionally strong production values from Sawgrass, and it was a Players for the ages.

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