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Golf stat of the day: August 9

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SAN FRANCISCO - OCTOBER 11: Fred Couples the Captain of the USA Team and Elin Woods celebrate after Tiger Woods had holed the match winning putt at the 13th hole where he beat his opponent Y.E.Yang 6&5 during the Day Four Singles Matches in The Presidents Cup at Harding Park Golf Course on October 10, 2009 in San Francisco, California (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)

Numbers don’t lie. But what do they really say? Each day in the Grill Room, we will offer up a daily stat from the world of golf for you to chew on. Today’s nugget:

Eleven players, the most recent being Steve Stricker in 2011, have shot a major-record 63 at the PGA Championship, more than each of the other three majors (Masters, 2; U.S. Open, 4; British Open 8).