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SOUTHPORT, England (AP) \u2014 The image of Scottie Scheffler at Royal Birkdale might be the world’s No. 1 player missing one birdie chance after another to waste a great week from tee-to-green in the British Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All he could think about Sunday when he finished were the bounces that didn’t go his way.<\/p>\n

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