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The Man Who Has Played All 119 Major Championship Venues

JOEY HINES, THE GOLF DIRECTOR at Cape Fear Country Club in Wilmington, North Carolina, has played them all. Now 60, it took nearly half his life and cost an estimated $100,000 (or a bit more). It was worth it, Hines said.

Here's the opening of the story by Josh Sens:

In the 159 years between the 1860 British Open at Prestwick Golf, in Scotland, and the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush, in Northern Ireland, 119 different courses have played host to what we now consider to be golf's four major championships: the Masters, the PGA Championship, the U.