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Bae Sang-moon runs as fellow golfers spray bottles of water on him as he celebrates winning the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas on Sunday.

Each week, GolfChannel.com offers thoughts on "what we learned" from the world of golf.

Webb Simpson didn't have much success the first time he played the Olympic Club in San Francisco in competition, getting eliminated in the first round of the 2007 U.S. Amateur by Michael Thompson .

For Webb Simpson, maybe the best thing about winning the U.S. Open last June at San Francisco's Olympic Club - other than the obvious fact that for the rest of his life he'll be introduced as an Open champion - is that he now gets to defend at Merion's East Course, where he played in the 2005 U.S. Amateur.

After picking up his first, and only win on the PGA Tour at The Wells Fargo Championship in a playoff with Rory McIlroy , and D.A. Points last year, Rickie Fowler went on a tear.