Topic - Chandler Stephenson

"It's obviously a serious thing, with dogs that are found and put in shelters. Some of them are even put down because there's so many of them," Stephenson said. "It's obviously nice when people can help out and adopt and give them a forever home and love them."

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Stephenson said Stone hasn't been able to play golf lately because of the back injury, which flared up in January.

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