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TIL That at the 1999 US Open, Phil Mickelson’s caddie wore a beeper the whole tournament awaiting a message that Phil’s wife was about to go into labor with their first child. Phil also had a private jet on standby at a nearby airport to get to the hospital for the birth.

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