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Trading card company Upper Deck has rolled out its 132-card golf
set. Hidden inside 10 of the packs are Tiger Woods Golden Ball
Marker cards, while another 20 have Silver Ball Marker cards.
Anyone who finds a Golden card wins a chance to attend a golf
clinic with Woods, while the Silver cards are refundable for
$1,000 each. Here is a speculative list of rejected player-prize
combinations.

PLAYER PRIZE

Arnold Palmer Free drop from an embedded lie
Jack Nicklaus Tiger Woods voodoo doll
Mark O'Meara Tiger Woods puppet
Phil Mickelson Pest control (specializing in monkey removal)
Ernie Els Unlimited favorable rulings
Vijay Singh I'D RATHER BE AT THE RANGE bumper sticker
David Duval One set of Nike clubs (lightly used)
Thomas Bjorn One sand wedge (used)
Mark Calcavecchia Copy of The South Beach Diet (unopened)
Ben Curtis A snowball from the Sahara
John Daly Marriage counseling
Davis Love III Crowd-control lessons
Greg Norman Two-week stay, Heartbreak Hotel
Jim Furyk Medicus swing trainer (never opened)
Craig Parry Ben Hogan's lunch
Johnny Miller The painful truth
Annika Sorenstam The Solheim Cup
Stewart Cink Official USGA waste bunker shovel
Jesper Parnevik Brown pants

COLOR PHOTO: COURTESY OF UPPER DECK (WOODS)