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Masters Aftermath

It was Zach Johnson Day in Cedar Rapids Tuesday and Zach Johnson Night in Augusta, Ga., this Friday.

The Augusta Spartans of the World Indoor Football League is letting anyone named Zach Johnson (or even Zack Johnson) into its game with the Osceola Ghostriders Friday evening at the James Brown Arena. Valid identification is required.

"Anyone who can win a major by shooting over par is okay in my book," said Spartans coach Bubba Diggs.

The only funny parts of this story is that there is something called the World Indoor Football League and that one of its teams is in the South and has a head coach named Bubba Diggs.

Since the golfer Zach Johnson will be playing at Hilton Head, S.C. in this week's Verizon Heritage tourney on the PGA Tour and can't attend the Augusta Spartans' big game against the Osceola Ghostriders, what does he have to look forward to other than the remaining three majors?

Well, his win put him in October's Grand Slam of Golf, which annually matches the winners of the four majors. It's a 36-hole, 2-day event with the winner bagging $600,000; second place $300,000; third place $250,000; and fourth place $200,000. Nice work if you can get it.

From pgatour.com: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Johnson were guests on David Letterman's television show Sunday. Obama came up to Johnson's dressing room to meet Johnson.

Asked whether he thought Obama was looking for votes in the Iowa Caucus, Johnson laughed and said "My vote counts in Florida."

From cnbc.com: Johnson's sponsors got $7.5 million in exposure time Sunday on CBS, according to  sponsorship evaluation firm Joyce Julius & Associates.

He thanked his sponsors afterward. It should have been the other way around.




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