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Have You Ever Noticed How Much The PGA Tour Is Like High School? Both are insular, cliquish communities with well-established hierarchies and timeless archetypes. Though all Tour players might seem alike to the uninitiated, they really fall into distinct

SURFER DUDE
Pat Bates

JOCK
Ernie Els

LONER
Vijay Singh

FAT KID
Tim Herron

COOL GUY
Fred Couples

HALL MONITOR
Mark Russell

SMOKERS
Garrett Willis (right), Jonathan Kaye

GOLF NERD
Tiger Woods

TEACHER'S PET
Justin Leonard

CLUELESS FRESHMAN
Ben Curtis

YOUNG REPUBLICANS CLUB
Paul Azinger

CAPTAIN OF THE DEBATE TEAM
Scott Hoch

NARC
Danny Coulson

GOLF NERD
Charles Howell

TROUBLEMAKER
John Daly

PRINCIPAL
Tim Finchem

TATTLETALE
Johnny Miller

TOMBOY
Annika Sorenstam

WATERBOY
Jim Mackay

CAPTAIN OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM
Phil Mickelson

NURSE
Bob Rotella

OBNOXIOUS UNDERCLASSMAN
Sergio Garcia

HEAD CHEERLEADER
Amy Mickelson

CLASS CLOWN
Peter Jacobsen

HOT FOREIGN-EXCHANGE STUDENT
Elin Nordegren

BAD-BOY BABE MAGNET
Tommy Armour III

STONER
Mike (Fluff) Cowan

YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS CLUB
Mark Steinberg

RICH KID
Davis Love III

NICE GUY
Mike Weir

BULLY
Jerry Kelly

PHILOSOPHY CLUB
David Duval

ROCKER
Mark Calcavecchia

TWO COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS: ILLUSTRATIONS BY DREW FRIEDMAN