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Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie, who will captain the European team in this fall’s Ryder Cup, revealed that he received a small blood transfusion in Germany in an attempt to speed up his recovery from a torn calf muscle that threatens his appearance in the British Open at St. Andrews next month. A doctor injected the muscle with blood from a young cow. “Apparently, the protein in it is a great healer,” Montgomerie said. “So now I am not shouting ‘Fore!’ on the golf course anymore, I am shouting ‘Moo!’ ” The Associated Press
