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A Magnificent Seven, Part 5: Sam Adams at the 1971 Q-School and His Life in Golf

This is the fifth in a series on players from the 1971 Q-School. Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. Nearly a half century later John Coyne tracked down Allen Miller, Lanny Wadkins, Leonard Thompson, Sam Adams, John Mahaffey, Steve Melnyk and Spike Kelly. How had pro golf and life turned out for these seven men?

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SAM ADAMS, FROM BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA, is a natural right-hander who played golf left-handed because "my father was left-handed and we only had one set of clubs in the family.