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Averaging 326 yards off the tee, Patty Tavatanakit distances self from ANA field

Highlights: Tavatanakit leads at ANA Inspiration

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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – When 25-year-old Jack Nicklaus won the 1965 Masters Tournament, he finished nine strokes clear of the field and set a new 72-hole scoring record. Afterwards, Bobby Jones, the tournament’s co-founder, marveled at the way the Golden Bear dominated Augusta National Golf Club.

"He plays a game with which I am not familiar,'' Jones famously said about Nicklaus.

The same could be said about Patty Tavatanakit’s performance this week at Mission Hills Golf Club.