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Jason Bohn thankful for life's mulligan

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Editor's note: This story originally ran in the March 14 issue of Golfweek.

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An athlete’s life can be similar to that of an artist’s, or entrepreneur’s, in that he or she often faces far more questions than there are answers. The riddles as to why – and when – certain moments transpire are best left solved by powers that reside on floors higher up humanity’s elevator.

How else to explain why Jason Bohn, 19 years old and enjoying college life at Alabama in 1992, would be fast-forwarded into turning pro with one swing, making $1 million (paid over 20 years) in a hole-in-one contest?