51.   Phil Mickelson, the defending champ, birdied the first two before he was beckoned indoors.

52.   Phil Mickelson, the defending Phoenix Open champ, tipped his cap to the new winner.

53.   Pulverizes defending national champ with every key player returning.

54.   Raymond Floyd, the defending champ in The Tradition, also has befriended Landers and his wife.

55.   Sampras and Graf are the defending champs.

56.   Riley received an invitation because she is the defending champ.

57.   Several golfers, including defending champ Retief Goosen, discovered that fact.

58.   Sam Hornish Jr., the defending IRL champ, might not be considered an underdog in any other IRL event but this one.

59.   Seeing the name of Karrie Webb as the defending champ should stoke that flame by an extra degree or two.

60.   Simon has had fun this week with prognostications that Cincinnati or Maryland, not the defending champs, would emerge from the West Regional to the Final Four.