AUGUSTA — Memorable duels between playing partners in the closing round of a major championship don’t happen very often. After what happened in the 81st Masters, there have now been two in the past nine months. In July at the British Open at Royal Troon, Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson went toe-to-toe, with Stenson winning with an 8-under 63 while Mickelson had 65. Stenson ended up shooting 20-under-par, the lowest 72-hole score in a major championship. On Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club, Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose traded haymakers all day, especially over the final five holes of regulation, in one of the classic Masters finishes. They went to sudden death where Garcia birdied the first hole – No….
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