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ST. LOUIS -- Dave Ryan won the U.S. Senior Amateur on Thursday for his first USGA championship, holding off Matthew Sughrue 2 up at Old Warson Country Club.The 62-year-old Ryan, from Taylorville, Illinois, beat two-time Senior Amateur champion Paul Simson in the round of 16 and two-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Tim Jackson in the semifinals in the event for players 55-and-older . Against Simson, Ryan had the third known hole-in-one on a par-4 hole in a USGA championship, acing the 270-yard 14th.Im still in shock, a state of shock, said Ryan, the Illinois Senior Amateur winner by nine strokes last week. For a guy from Taylorville, Illinois, to win a national championship, its unbelievable.The 57-year-old Sughrue is from Arlington, Virginia.Sughrue won the opening hole, and Ryan took the next five, making a 12-footer for birdie on No. 2, a two-putt par to Sughrues bogey on No. 3, a 7-footer for birdie on No. 4, a 20-footer for birdie on No. 5 and a 15-footer for birdie on the par-5 sixth.My son gave me a video to watch from Dave Stockton, who is a great putter, Ryan said. I took some of his tips and its like shooting free throws, you just get over it, see the line, and let it go. And it worked this week. And it worked last week when I played in the state Senior Amateur in Illinois.Sughrue rallied to tie, taking the par-4 11th with a par, the par-5 12th and par-3 13th with birdies and the par-4 15th with a par.I was trying to hang on and thats when you get in trouble, Ryan said. You start getting the old steering wheel out and start steering it instead of letting it go. Once I missed that par putt on 15, it changed my mindset. I got more aggressive after that and I got back in battle mode.Ryan won the 621-yard, par-5 16th with a par. Sughrue missed the green left and down a ridge and his 15-footer for a halve lipped out lipped out. They halved the par-3 17th with pars, and Ryan ended the match with a conceded par on the par-4 18th.Its disappointing. I felt like I had enough game to come back and win and it just didnt fall my way, Sughrue said. Hes a great player and he put on a great exhibition today. But, Ill take solace in knowing that I probably shook him up a little bit with some of the shots that I had and made it a match. Ill take that as a good indication of where my game is in senior amateur golf.Ryan received a 10-year U.S. Senior Amateur exemption, two-year exemptions into the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur, and one-year exemptions into the U.S. Senior Open and U.S. Open sectional qualifying.Hanley Ramirez Indians Jersey . 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But its no stretch to suggest that perhaps the biggest takeaway for Tiger Woods this week will be his ability to play four rounds of golf without physical issues.Woods is unlikely to contend at the Hero World Challenge this week, and he might finish well back in the pack of 18 players. But a week of good health is another form of victory.Now ranked 898th in the world -- everyone else in the field is 38th or better -- Woods makes his long-anticipated return to competitive golf after a 15-month, injury-induced layoff.He was back on the course Monday at Albany Golf Club for a practice round that included former major league baseball players Derek Jeter and Tino Martinez along with Olympic gold medalist Justin Rose.The nine-hole practice round followed a lengthy warm-up session and was followed by more practice afterward.For Woods to have any chance of returning to a semblance of his previous form, that is what needs to be routine. Practice, play, practice. And practice some more. And be able to do it without pain, which can lead to bad habits.I was in the gym with Rosie ... the same thing, Woods said Monday after the practice round, referring to Rose taking the last seven weeks off to deal with his own back issues. Hes 36, and its the same thing. It takes him close to an hour and a half to be able to hit balls. You have to do all the work to protect yourself.Its the same deal. We miss the days of going to the first tee and hitting a 300-yard drive with a balata ball and persimmon driver. It takes time; Ive had my issues.In that regard, Monday was a good sign. Woods went at it hard Sunday during a two-plus hour practice session in which he was testing his equipment and hitting numerous shots with all his clubs. As the session progressed, Woods began hitting at the command of his caddie Joe LaCava -- cut with a driver, draw with a 3-iron, and all manner of different ball flights.It was an impressive display of what still exists in Woods arsenal. But he admitted that there is only so far he can push. While he did not say he is on any kind of ball count related to practice, he acknowledged that hes been warned by his medical team to learn the danger signs of overextending.All of that, he said, is what hass led to such a lengthy delay in his return.dddddddddddd Prior to Sunday and Monday, the last time I was able to witness Woods hit balls for any extended period was in late April, when he opened Bluejack National, a course he designed near Houston.That day Woods did a clinic on the driving range and played five holes of the new course. It happened to be the first five holes of golf he had played since having two back procedures in the fall of 2015.The view at the time was that Woods looked rusty, but not bad -- that if he was planning a return, a month to six weeks down the road didnt seem unreasonable.When presented with that scenario, Woods said that was a positive day, but he still was a long way from where he needed to be.I didnt have any speed in my swing yet, said Woods, who agreed that his follow-through might have appeared forced. I was being careful. Not only the speed difference, but I hadnt played any holes yet. And I had just started the testing process.And that presents another scenario not often discussed: What equipment would he use? Woods said that clubs and balls have evolved so much in recent times that it takes plenty of time to figure out what is right.When Nike Golf announced in August that it was getting out of the business of manufacturing golf clubs and balls, it meant Woods would have to look for new equipment. And there was no shortage of products to sample as his office in South Florida filled with golf clubs.This is just one company, Woods said Sunday when testing the TaylorMade driver and woods along with the Bridgestone golf ball he said he will use this week. Each company has at least five or six different golf balls. There are different shafts, heads. Different launch angles. Back then, I wasnt in golf shape yet. I got tired hitting golf balls after 20 or 30 minutes.And then it becomes a law of diminishing returns. Its such a different deal.Woods has always been an equipment geek. He is very savvy when it comes to various shafts, lengths and weights. He knows exactly what he is playing with and can notice the slightest difference.Working out those details has been just another aspect to his comeback, but it also shows how seriously he has been taking it. ' ' '