Last week, he conceded to Island View Golf Club pro Johnny Schwaller on the 17th tee in a Minnesota PGA match-play event at Mendakota Country Club. On Thursday, golf store manager Derek Holmes competes in a major championship against Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and 153 other professionals of both the touring and club kind. He'll do so at South Carolina's famed, wind-swept Kiawah Island Ocean course, site of the Ryder Cup's 1991 "War on the Shore" and McIlroy's 2012 PGA Championship victory. "It can blow 90 and I'll have a smile on my face," Holmes said.

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