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WATCH IT AGAIN: Open champ Woodland surprises Special Olympics athlete

He's a U.S. Open Champion, and Gary Woodland is also an all-around good guy.

In case you may have forgotten what happened earlier this year, Woodland, who won the Open at Pebble Beach, was playing a practice round at the Waste Management Phoenix Open earlier this year, when what he did for a special teenager went viral.

Woodland, who was the defending champion at that tournament, asked Amy Bockerstette from Special Olympics Arizona to play the infamous 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale. Amy recently became the first collegiate golfer to compete with an intellectual disability such as Down Syndrome.

You can check the video out below.


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