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LI radio broadcaster Bubka picked Glover to win Open

Bookmakers in Ireland got soaked worse than the greens and spectators did at Bethpage Black during the U.S. Open. It turns out Lucas Glover was not as obscure as many Americans thought he was because Bob Bubka, a radio golf analyst from Long Island, predicted on Irish airwaves that Glover would win. It cost the bookies a fortune.

Paddy Power, a legal betting firm, lost the equivalent of $1.6...

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