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Chiefs QB Shane Buechele has a new jersey number

After sharing a jersey number with a defender this offseason, #Chiefs QB Shane Buechele has a new jersey number.

One Kansas City Chiefs player has a new jersey number after 53-man roster cuts.

One of the quirks of the offseason roster is that two players, one on offense and one on defense, can share a common jersey number. The problem is that should both players wearing the same jersey number make the 53-man roster, one of those players will be forced to switch.

That was the case for two players who made the team’s most recent 53-man roster, QB Shane Buechele and S Bryan Cook, who both wore the No. 6. Buechele opted to change his number, leaving the rookie Cook with the No. 6 jersey.

Buechele previously wore No. 7 at the University of Texas and at SMU when he played college football. He also wore No. 7 when he played high school football at Arlington Lamar High School, but that number currently belongs to Chiefs K Harrison Butker.

So what number did Buechele go with? He went with No. 12 according to the Chiefs’ online media guide. The No. 12 jersey was most recently worn by WR Josh Gordon, who was released in the team’s final roster cuts. Before that, it belonged to WR Gehrig Dieter. As far as QBs are concerned, the best to wear the number in Kansas City was Rich Gannon.

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No, the 10 Tiger Woods posted on Augusta’s 12th hole is not highest ever

Tom Weiskopf holds the infamous record for the highest score ever recorded on the 12th hole at Augusta National for the Masters.

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Tiger Woods posted a 10 on the par-3 12th hole in the final round of the Masters on Sunday, the highest score he’s ever taken on one hole in his professional career.

But it’s not the worst score ever on Golden Bell, the diabolical middle hole of the three-hole stretch known as Amen Corner at Augusta National.

No, the worst score ever on the 12th is a 13 that Tom Weiskopf posted in 1980.

“I was really upset because it was stupidity,’’ Weiskopf told USA TODAY Sports in 2018 of his misadventure during which five balls ended up in the water.

In 2018, Sergio Garcia took a 13 on the 15th hole, joining Weiskopf and Tommy Nakajima as co-owners of the record for highest single-hole score recorded at the Masters. Nakajima’s 13 came on the 13th hole in 1978.

“I don’t like to be one of the three that is always going to be mentioned as making the highest score on any hole. But it sure doesn’t haunt me,” Weiskopf said.

Weiskopf, who won the 1973 British Open as well as 16 PGA Tour events, does have a funny story about his 13, when the gallery included his now-former wife along with good friend Tom Culver, who Weiskopf said was notorious for pulling out used golf balls on holes with water.

“My wife is in tears and the gallery was in shock,’’ Weiskopf said. “There was mostly dead silence. And Tom Culver says to my wife, ‘You don’t suppose he was using new balls every time, do you?’ “

Josh Peter of USA TODAY Sports contributed to this article.

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