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COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID WALBERG A Tree Iron Michael Jordan, here hacking out of the rough during the first round of the Chicago Open, was 23-over after 36 holes at the Beverly Country Club and missed the cut.

COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY REECE BOOTH The Industrial-Strength Mouthwash Jet Ski stuntman Jim Whalen gets his hair wet while successfully executing a barrel roll during a performance in Aurora, Ind.

COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY NEIL LEIFER Only Connect A very Butch Oscar De La Hoya throws a straight right in the sixth round en route to losing his welterweight title bout against Felix Trinidad (page 56).