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Final Scores: Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge golf tournament at Bethpage Black

GOLF DIGEST U.S. OPEN CHALLENGE

Check Out How They Did It

They didn't all break 100, but they all met the challenge. Contest winner Larry Gibelhausen missed the magic mark with a 101. Ben Roethlisberger went low at 81 followed by Michael Jordan with an 86 and Justin Timberlake at 88.
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2009 Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge

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The Real Deal

When amateurs take on Bethpage Black under U.S. Open conditions, the old lesson applies: Golf humbles. Amid the two birdies, 24 pars, 28 bogeys, nine doubles, seven triples, one quintuple and one sextuple, there were some quality shots.
Meet Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge winner Larry Giebelhausen

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Meet The Winner

Phoenix police lieutenant Larry Giebelhausen received nearly 30 percent of 109,712 votes to get a chance to play Bethpage Black.
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Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge winner Larry Giebelhausen

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Gearing Up For The Challenge

Contest winner Larry Giebelhausen has won the right to give Bethpage Black his best shot in the U.S. Open Challenge. He appeared on ESPN2 to talk about how he's preparing to play.
Golf Digest U.S. Open Challenge: Meet The Final Four

The Final Four

We went through 73,581 entries and from all of the deserving authors, four finalists were selected: a police lieutenant from Scottsdale, an internal-medicine doctor from Virginia, a fire chief from Maryland and an ER physician from outside Philadelphia.
 

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