Teenage Daughter Kept PGA President in the Breaking News Loop

A Smartphone will beat a cable news channel, every time.

Here’s a fun, residual detail in the wake of the re-capture of David Sweat, the Clinton Correctional Facility inmate on the run over the weekend near the Canadian border.

DerekSpraguePGASweat’s presence in the small town of Malone, N.Y. thoroughly upended the flow of life there. At one point, there were reportedly some 1,500 law enforcement officials in the area. Derek Sprague, president of the Professional Golfers Association (pictured), hails from Malone and still lives in the area.

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