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Adam Schupak

Amateur Michael Thorbjornsen shows he’s got serious game against the pros at Travelers Championship

Michael Thorbjornsen gave a sneak-peek into why he is believed to be a future star on the PGA Tour.

After a birdie at the 11th hole in the final round of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, the 20-year-old amateur and rising junior at Stanford was alone in second place, just one stroke behind Xander Schauffele.

Thorbjornsen, who grew up 90 minutes away in Wellesley, Massachusetts, was bidding to become the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour since Phil Mickelson at the 1991 Northern Telecom Open.

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