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From The News Items Sports Desk.

I spent yesterday watching Matthew Wolf work his way around Winged Foot’s West Course, a fiendishly difficult track that is home to this year’s US Open Golf Championship. Mr. Wolf, 21 years of age, shot 30 on the front nine — five-under-par — which defies belief. He ended the day at five-under-par (65) having hit two fairways (out of 14). Shooting a fiv…