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I Feel Your Pain Sean O'Hair

I digress from Atlantic City Golf for a moment and head over to the PGA Tour . . . Dads are big in the PGA news these days. With the passing of father Harmon, Tiger's father passing and the perennial media favorite Sean O'Hair's father/son feud are mainstream fodder for the media. As a new father, the topic weighs heavy on my mind. Hardest to overlook are the travails of Sean O'Hair and the family scandals that have been exploited in every way imaginable by the press. It is clear that Sean had a tough dad and not a very bright one at that. Let's be honest, fathers can be rough on children (especially boys) and they may not have always come from a background that fosters quality child rearing. This is too often the case of a generation that didn't have the abundance of information and resources available to parents today. Let's ask one question that never a peep has been whispered: Was he there for his son? It sure sounds like Sean O'Hair's fath...