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Editor's note: Mark Calcavecchia won his 13th PGA TOUR title at the PODS Championship on Sunday. Here are some of the e-mails PGATOUR.com received congratulating Calcavecchia, who gets to head to Hawaii for the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship in 2008.

Congratulations! I've been a fan since watching you up close at Glen Abbey. Great story, awesome golf! Thanks and best of luck for the rest of the year! John

A nice win for one of the good guys! You represent everything I grew up watching on the PGA TOUR. I'm glad my 7-year-old was able to see a veteran like you win amongst the hungry young competition so she can remember how experience and knowledge, along with some fantastic putting, can prevail. Thanks for putting on a nice show. Jeff Van Horn

Great win! I remember you when you were just starting out--I was trying to hold my own practicing at PGA National with Bob Below and you were at Bear Lakes when it just opened! Keep it up and show these kids that old guys like us can still scare them! JP Michielsen

Good job! I used to play in Owatonna C.C. with your father-in-law. How is he doing? He gave me one of your old Rectar Balata balls with your name on it. Man, is that thing soft. Stay healthy! James Woessner

Way to go man! Score one for the Regular Joes! Paul Buschman

Way to go! It's really great to see you back on top. Thanks for the great show. Corie

Great to see you win! I always appreciate your candor and "down to earth" nature when interviewed by the media and the fact that you walked across the street and bought a putter off the shelf at Edwin Watts. You putted a masterpiece with it to win the tournament. This gives me hope and inspiration. Bravo. Joe DeLuca

I've been a big fan of yours for a long time. Congratulations on your win. Hope to see some more this year, and go get that FedExCup! Tracy

Congratulations! I played in the 1990 Honda Classic Golden Eagle Pro-Am at Eagle Trace with you. We came in second place. You're a great person. Keep up the good playing. Joe Santomassino

I have been a fan of yours since you came on the scene in '87. I am happy for you and your family and the way you always seem to find a way to win when in position to win. Let's win one more major big guy! If you drive the ball and putt the ball the way you did this week, there is no end to what you can do. Congrats again! GO FLORIDA GATORS! Mark Goughnour

Great victory ... again. Thanks for all of your passion and great playing this year. Regards, Bertrand

Congratulations! You deserve it. I have always admired your desire to win and compete. I caddied for you many years ago, at the Monday qualifying for "rabbits" they were called back then in Pensacola, Fla., at the Perdido Bay Country Club. I have gotten older now and I would like to caddy for you one more time before the time comes for this older golfer to check out of this old golfing world. We had a great day that Monday, and I never could believe how far you could draw the golf ball. We missed the tournament by one stroke and you gave me a couple of Titleist gloves and a dozen golf balls. You jumped in your white Camaro after changing clothes in the parking lot and headed to North Palm Beach, Fla. I couldn't believe you were going to drive that far after playing that day, but you did it. I have watched and taped just about every tournament you have been in, 28 to be exact. Good luck on the Champions Tour. I know you will do well. Gary Goodwin

Great win on the Florida Swing at the Copperhead Course. It is great to see an older player kick some butt. Keep up the great job. Robert Netzband

Congratulations on your gutsy win in the PODS Championship. Your entire career has been a refreshing and inspirational lesson in always striving to be better. I literally jumped out of my chair and yelled when you sank the putt on No. 13 and agonized on your missed putts at the end. My wife just looked at me and shook her head at my emotional reactions to your good and bad breaks. Good luck in the rest of your career and your life away from the game. Cass Mastalski

Way to go! Keep hanging tough, you are an inspiration to a lot of golfers out here. Brian Slavens

I have been watching you since I was 14 years old. You are the best -- a real person and a great player. Hope to see you win several times before the Champions Tour. Good Luck! Craig Glover

Congratulations on great play! I have followed you since before the British Open win and have always enjoyed your play and your style (aggressive) - lots of excitement. Best wishes for many more years of good golf. I agree with the writer, Mr. Jaime Diaz, when he wrote in Sports Illustrated that you as much as anyone else developed the modern way to play in the pros. Dr. Chuck Diakon

Congrats from the UF Golf Team '62--'68. Go Gators! Dave Herlong

Congratulations! It was an awesome tournament to watch. I'm glad to finally see you winning again. Now you're up in the thick of the FedExCup race. Go get 'em Mark. Logan Callahan

Congratulations on your weekend victory. I've been following your career since you won our British Open in 1989, and it's great to see you winning in style again. All the best for the rest of the season. Steve in England