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Game of inches! Rickie Fowler came disgustingly close to a hole-in-one on a par-four

This was as good as it got for Rickie, unfortunately.

A LOT HAS already been said about the crazy greens at the US Open, but they nearly led to a moment of magic on an otherwise bleak day for Rickie Fowler.

Fowler is currently second-last after stinking out Chambers Bay with an opening round off 11-over-par 81 on Thursday.

Standing on the 12th tee โ€” a par-four โ€” Fowler landed his ball on the middle of the green and watched as it scooted yards by the hole.

Had it stopped, it would have left him with a putt of 40 feet or so but it caught the slope and trickled back towards the hole.

Getting closer.

A little closer.

So close.

Fowler ended up tapping in for an eagle two which isnโ€™t too shabby, but on a day when nothing else seemed to go his way, this would have been a nice break.

Tiger Woods had the nightmare round that everyone feared at the US Open

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    Mute Seamus Donoghue
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    Oct 5th 2012, 12:20 PM

    Lovely stuff

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    Oct 5th 2012, 3:44 PM

    Good man Sham, real intelligent argument there, please enlighten us with more pearls of wisdom

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    Oct 5th 2012, 2:56 PM

    I bet most Leinster โ€œfansโ€ couldnโ€™t tell you the name of the previous coach without googling it, worse than Man City for fair weather support. Once they lose their edge (happens to every great team eventually) these โ€œfansโ€ will vanish into thin air and its back to 6,000 at a home Heineken Cup game

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    Oct 5th 2012, 3:48 PM

    Jesusโ€ฆ those Munster lads have a fair old chip in the shoulder! ;-)

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    Oct 5th 2012, 5:23 PM

    โ€œAh here.. leave it out!โ€

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    Oct 5th 2012, 5:59 PM

    Speaking from raw experience Sham?

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    Oct 5th 2012, 3:47 PM

    Woop! Good man joe!

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