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- Updated: August 4, 2016
NEW YORK — Joseph Hicks realized his golf clubs were much too long for his 4-year-old son, so he sawed three of them down to size. Aaron Hicks had seen his father putting into a cup in the living room, so he grabbed one and tested his luck.
Soon, father and son — with the shorter clubs — took a trip to a local course. The younger Hicks was given two buckets of balls. He was done hitting both of them before his father had finished one.
Hicks said he doesn’t remember the story. He was too young. But as he got older, Hicks kept putting into cups in the living room. Eventually, he graduated to the SCPGA. Hicks eventually gave up competitive golf to focus on baseball, but it’s still a favorite hobby of the Yankees outfielder.
“You never know what’s going to happen,” Hicks said. “You can …
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