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Maryland golfers on TV this weekend

Three Maryland golfers get their Andy Warhol 15 minutes -- and more, about $10,000 more -- when the World Series of Golf is aired tomorrow and Sunday on CBS, 2 p.m.

Rhett Butler of Rockville, Bill Strayton of Mount Airy and Bob Winegard of Burtonsville were part of the 80-player field that competed in the unusual tournament played at Paiute Golf Resort near Las Vegas in mid-May. The tournament combines golf with the betting strategy of poker. This was the tournament's second year.

All three Maryland players won their first-round matches which meant they collected $10,000, the buy-in amount for the event. The field included some celebrities, such as comedian Ray Romano, poker professionals and average golfers. The winner was a Michigan car salesman, Andrew Johnson, who pocketed $250,000. Butler, of Rockville, is already somewhat famous -- aside from his Gone With the Wind name. An insurance agent, Butler finished second in this event in 2007and he made the final table of the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event where he finished fifth.


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Bill Ordine has been a reporter and editor for more than 25 years and during that time has covered Super Bowls, major murder trials, township zoning board meetings and bat mitzvahs. In his time with The Baltimore Sun, he has been an assistant city editor, pro football writer, poker columnist, enterprise sports reporter and now blogger -- which may indicate his editors have yet to find a job he can get right.
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