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Micheel relives the moment as a one-hit wonder

Shaun Micheel has not won a tournament since taking the PGA Championship 10 years ago at Oak Hill, part of an unusual group of one-major wonders the event has produced.

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Shaun Micheel has not won a tournament since taking the PGA Championship 10 years ago at Oak Hill, part of an unusual group of one-major wonders the event has produced.

The American, 44, returned to Oak Hill this week for the 95th PGA Championship and will play the first two rounds with 2002 PGA winner Rich Beem and 1996 PGA winner Mark Brooks, two other US players without a win since their major breakthrough.

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"Over the years, I think I've escaped relatively unscathed with what I'm going to call the 'one-hit wonder' notion," Micheel said. "I totally get it. I really do. But I don't think people really understand that there's a process involved in winning major championship golf."

Micheel's most memorable moment was a spectacular seven-iron shot on the 72nd hole that stopped inches from the cup to end Chad Campbell's title bid and seal victory. "It was really a once-in-a-lifetime shot," he said. "That particular shot was set up by all the great things that I did throughout the week. It was the winning shot, but I did some pretty good things just to get myself in position.

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"That last shot solidified the fact that I could do it. I know I haven't done it since. I guess part of me wishes I had bowed out a few years ago. But I relive that moment a lot."

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