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            <title><![CDATA[Florida Man At Rest]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[GHIN & Tonic, Vol. 30 (KVV)]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[On beating the winter blues with cold weather golf, the lifelong inspiration of SNL and the real meaning of BallKnowing.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What's Burning at the Killhouse: 2024 Round-Up]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Saying goodbye to 2024 and gearing up for 2025: KVV surveys the crew on golf predictions, reflections, and some random topics in between. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[NLU 2024: What We’re Thankful For]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 02:24:30 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[We took a moment to say thank you to the places, faces and life lessons golf gave us in 2024.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[2024 Nest Invitational Tournament: Reinben Reigns Supreme]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[On lifelong friendship, fun and the 2025 NIT champion finding his draw when he needed it most.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[GHIN & Tonic, Vol. 22 (KVV)]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2024 04:52:11 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[How the High Cotton Club's victory at the Roost Club Championship embraced the true magic of Roosts, Ryder Cup ticket price commentary and some TV recommendations.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[High Socks, Dad Backs, Determination: Who is the NLU Golfer of the Year?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Born from the curiosity of an 11-year-old, the NLU Club Championship evolved into one of the most meaningful meaningless competitions in NLU history.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[GHIN & Tonic, Vol. 19 (KVV)]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[KVV talks tackling self-loathing on the golf course, the funeral of a local country club and some favorite recent reads. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The True Gift of the Solheim Cup]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[How attending the Solheim Cup symbolized the relationship between KVV and his daughter, Keegan.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[GHIN & Tonic, Vol. 15 (KVV)]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[After an arduous departure and a golf itinerary gone wrong, KVV still left Scotland with a full heart  — and pens some additional thoughts on his controversial take of The Bear.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What's Burning At The Killhouse? August 2024 Check-In]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[We're due for a squad check-in. KVV presents some timely questions, including golf etiquette, the Olympics, seasoning and more!]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[GHIN & Tonic, Vol. 13 (KVV)]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[On Xander, Lauren Coughlin and when your self-belief and others' seems impossible — and the way non-linear art imitates life a little more accurately.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Open 2024: Scenes from Xander Schauffele's Victory]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Xander Schauffele is once again a major champion: Illustrating what capturing the Claret Jug meant for him, his challengers and his place in golf.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Open 2024: Every Reason to Get Out of Bed Early Sunday Morning]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Even as we approach the final day, this Open Championship is far from over. Here's every reason why sleeping in until the final group would be a mistake.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Plea to the Postage Stamp]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2024 13:31:19 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The first two days at the Postage Stamp have proven plenty entertaining. And in the final major championship weekend of the year, one of golf's great par 3s deserves to be a messy plot point.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Three Things I Learned from 48 Hours in Troon]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:42:44 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Troon, in all its simplicity, beautifully defies everything a host city of a major sporting event is expected to be — and a few other defiance-themed observations from the start of KVV's week on site.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[KVV Mailbag: Ranking One-Time Major Winners, Training Aid Update and More]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[KVV's mailbag is BACK to tackle the important questions: Could Rory team up with Bones? Where do we stand with five specific one-time major winners? And how's the no-buy on training aids going?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[By the Minute: The Back Nine at the 2024 U.S. Open]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2024 05:02:13 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The tension, the heartache, the happiness: Relive every moment and the ones you didn’t see, from the back nine between Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bryson DeChambeau's Magnum Opus]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 04:02:21 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Yes, Bryson DeChambeau is back and better than ever. And his last act at Pinehurst might be his best one yet.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Five Observations from Friday at the U.S. Open]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Missed cuts, Mickelson memories, merch: This is GHIN & Tonic, U.S. Open edition.]]></description>
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