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From 20 feet away, Dustin Johnson was just trying to hit the green. Womens Saucony Jazz Original Retro Sneakers Green White . From 190 yards, he was going at the flag. Henrik Stenson made a 50-foot putt across the 15th green at Royal Troon and found as much value in the putt he made from 4 feet on the next hole.The long and short of every golf season is defined by major championships. This year brought a collapse at the Masters, chaos over a ruling at the U.S. Open, a duel at the British Open and a marathon at the PGA Championship. There were signature shots from each, and a shot that held particular significance to each winner.Interviews with the four major champions revealed both.THE MASTERSDanny Willett was in dire need of a bathroom break for more than obvious reasons. Coming off the 15th green, he saw the large leaderboard that showed him leading the Masters after Jordan Spieth put two in the water on the 12th hole and made triple bogey.People were cheering, shouting, `Look, youre leading the Masters. It probably was good timing for a bathroom break, Willett said. I locked the door and at least got a minute to myself.What followed were the winning shots -- an 8-iron to 7 feet and the putt for birdie. On a day that until then had been mostly about Spieth, that was his signature moment.But there was another shot that stood out to Willett.He had hit 3-wood toward the pine trees on the par-5 13th in the previous rounds. On Sunday, he was five shots behind and running out of holes, so he opted for driver.Because I dont draw it, thats a tough tee shot for me, Willett said. I stood up there and hit a 5-yard draw and got it down there, and it left us a 5-iron in.He still could have made birdie even if he had driven in the trees. He still needed help from Spieth. But pulling off that shot did wonders for his confidence.It was one of the real good ones of the week, he said.U.S. OPENFour months after his U.S. Open victory, Dustin Johnson still doesnt know the final margin and still doesnt think he should have been penalized for his ball moving on the fifth green at Oakmont. But he wont forget two shots.The highlight was a 6-iron from 190 yards from the 18th fairway that settled 5 feet away for birdie. Johnson was leading by three, though he said he stopped looking at leaderboards after the USGA told him he might be penalized one shot after the round.The wind was off the left. I wanted to hit a cut to the middle of the green and let it drift to the flag, he said. I knew if I hit it straight, Id be fine. I hit the shot I wanted. I knew when I hit it close I was going to win.He was more excited about the short par-4 17th, where he hit his tee shot into the right bunker. Thats where he wanted to be, though he knew the bunker shot would be his toughest. Anything too strong and the ball would go across the green into another bunker. Anything short and it would roll back into the bunker he was in.It just cleared the lip and was 20 feet short of the hole and set up the par he needed.It was not an easy bunker shot, he said. I was ecstatic when it was on the green. It was a really hard shot. Just really hard.BRITISH OPENAsk Henrik Stenson for one shot and he cant help but mention six of them. The battle at Royal Troon with Phil Mickelson was that good. Stenson tied a major record by closing with a 63, and his 264 was the lowest 72-hole score in major championship history.The biggest shot was his 50-foot birdie putt across the 15th green for a two-shot lead.I had a long putt on 11, he said. The greens are fairly slow at links, and sometimes on a long putt youre taking it back and think, `This is too much, and I decelerated on the putt and came up 6 feet short and ended up three-putting. I looked at the hole during my practice strokes and said, `It doesnt matter how it feels, just commit to whatever length of stroke youre making. It felt like a bit of a slap shot when I hit it. It dropped over the edge at perfect pace.As for that one shot of special significance? He nearly went hole-by-hole for the entire weekend until settling on No. 10 in the third round.Mickelson had a one-shot lead when Stenson got in trouble off the tee and had 35 feet left for par. He holed it to stay one behind, and after a pair of two-shot swings on the par 3s on the back nine, the Swede had a one-shot lead going into Sunday.That one kept the momentum, Stenson said of his par putt. That one kept me in the ball game.PGA CHAMPIONSHIPJimmy Walker was walking toward his third shot on the par-5 17th in the final round at Baltusrol when he saw that Jason Day failed to make birdie in the group ahead of him. Walker was still two shots clear of the No. 1 player in the world. Thats when he turned to caddie Andy Sanders.I said: `This is it. I birdie this and its over, we win. Lets do it now as opposed to doing it on the last hole. That was the goal, to birdie right there, he said.He made birdie from 8 feet, but only after he backed off twice upon hearing the cheers of Days approach to the par-5 18th that set up eagle.Walker held on to win by one, ending a 36-hole Sunday caused by rain delays.He found the confidence to win earlier Sunday during the third round with what looked like an ordinary shot into the sixth green.Walker said he had been horsing around with his two sons the night before and tweaked his neck. During his warmup for a marathon final day, he felt pain from the right side of his neck when he turned in that direction, though it didnt affect his swing. Even so, he was conscious of it and hit some loose shots being overly protective.That changed at No. 6.I said: `Dude, its not hurting. Get over it. Lets go play, Walker said. I hit a great 7-iron to 5 feet and made it. And that was the shot that started to right the ship. It was quality golf after that.Mens/Womens Saucony Shadow 5000 OG Suede Pack Grey Jade Red . The 27-year-old Scrivens will be joining his third NHL club since signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in 2010. The move also reunites with him with head coach Dallas Eakins from their time together with the American Hockey Leagues Toronto Marlies. Mens Saucony Jazz Original Retro Sneakers Black White . On June 12, just as the sun sets on the magnificent historical city of Sao Paulo the inventors, innovators and purveyors of “joga bonitowill” open their campaign. The opponent, Croatia and all its football might and will. As opposites do attract we are set for a corker of an opener. http://www.iviloan.com/ . Its 1987 and a Brazilian playmaker, known as Mirandinha, is being paraded around St James Park to the passionate Newcastle fans. It was a bit of a job trying to explain R Ashwin was the worlds No. 1 bowler.Fifty-six overs for two measly wickets in Rajkot. How could he do this? That too at the start of a marquee series. Against an opponent who was supposed to read spin bowlers about as well as a toddler reads hieroglyphs. Clearly, this Test has been nothing short of a big smiley face sticking its tongue out at every prediction anyone has ever made about it. England are on top, if you didnt know.So maybe it wasnt surprising that after getting no reward with the ball, Ashwin scored a chanceless, effortless half-century after Indias situation had got as dicey as it ever had in the four days of play so far.Still, he could at least have thrown his bat around and got a few nicks over the slips and third man. Nope. Middled pretty much everything. Played beautiful little late cuts and cover drove like a champion.On the fourth day, the one Indian batsman averaging over 50 misjudged length, hit across the line and was bowled. Another trod onto his stumps. With five and a half sessions left, and a lead of 176 still intact, England had gained a substantial opening. Except, Ashwin stood in the way. Probably just to spite them. Or maybe it was to haul his team out of trouble. You decide whats more plausible.The hallmark of a batsman, it has long been said, is how much time he has to play his shots. The slowness of the pitch lent Ashwin a hand, but the ease with which he was picking good-length balls and manoeuvring them into gaps either side of the pitch was just too much. Sure, his stance is like VVS Laxmans. And yes, some of their shots are similar too. The running, definitely. Now he has gone and taken up the role as the rearguard specialist too?India wouldnt have won in St Lucia without Ashwin the batsman. He made 118 off 297 balls having come in at 87 for 4. Saucony Shadow 5000 Grey. They may yet lose in Rajkot but his 70 off 139 meant that might only happen if Englands bowlers can take 10 wickets in two sessions or so. Considering it has taken four days for the teams to bowl each other out, and with the turn expected of the pitch arriving to the party subdued and fashionably late, India have a good chance of keeping the series level despite trailing for most of it so far.Ashwin showed the magic in his hands every time he played the late cut. He also did the one thing that is inextricably associated with a pure batsman: farming the strike.India lost their ninth wicket in the 156th over. England needed six more overs to bowl them out because Ashwin kept finding a single off the last two balls of an over to make sure he was on strike for the next one. He would exploit Rashids drift by coming down the track and taking the ball on the full to find a single at long-on. He met wide yorkers from Ben Stokes with the open face and steered the ball behind point. He left Mohammed Shami with at best two balls per over.Ashwin was caught on the midwicket boundary going for a six off the last ball of the 162nd over. The field was brought up and offspinner Moeen Ali was bowling around the wicket, cramping him up and reducing the chances of working the ball into a gap. He saw the ball was tossed up, he realised runs were on offer, he backed himself to clear the fielder and he went for it. Hmmm. 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