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DENVER - Before every game, Broncos safety Rahim Moore rolls down his socks to oil the 13-inch scar that serpentines down his left calf.Its been a year since the strange sensation that his leg was in an ever-tightening vice sent him to the hospital in the middle of the night asking for pain pills. Only when he awoke from emergency surgery did he understand his quick thinking had saved his limb and maybe even his life.They sliced open my calf and took my muscles out and thank God they were still pink, Moore said, because if they were brown like spoiled meat, they would have had to cut my leg off.Had he waited until daylight to get to the hospital, he might have left there in a body bag.Moore wouldnt realize until after watching the Super Bowl from the sideline that seeking medical attention right away also saved his NFL career.By every measure, the fourth-year safety has returned a better player this season after doubling down on his film study while rehabbing from the rare muscle condition called acute lateral compartment syndrome.Its weird because he does move around very well and then hell be putting on his socks and Ill see the scar and its like, Oh yeah, thats right, you went through that, didnt you? teammate David Bruton said. But its not anything that you can notice at all on the field.Moore is swifter, stronger, savvier now.For him to mend mentally and physically and get back like this is pretty remarkable, coach John Fox said.Many things silhouette a mans life, from the choices he makes to the journey he takes, and some of the things have come to define Moore are these: sidestepping the tough streets of L.A., overcoming the playoff gaffe and cresting the steep hill.Moore initially thought hed be back for the playoffs last season. But his dream of playing in the Super Bowl was scuttled when he needed a second surgery to remove dying tissue. He actually was relieved, he said, because if I wasnt at my best I was afraid I was going to lose the game for us again.In the playoffs the year before, Moore surrendered Jacoby Jones 70-yard TD catch in the final minute of regulation, leading to Denvers loss to Baltimore in double overtime.I didnt want to be in that situation again, Moore said. I feel like I lost the game for us versus the Ravens. And I didnt want to come back and Im not 100 per cent and I lose the Super Bowl for us.Instead, he watched from the sideline as the Broncos were shellacked by the Seahawks.Two days later, he was in Davie, Florida, driving to a park near his home to see where his life was headed.He found a steep, 150-foot hill. Im talking about after one rep, your legs are shot, he said. Its like straight up.He told himself if he could crest that hill on this day, his NFL career would go on. If not, hed retire.So, Moore limbered up.He walked to the base and looked up. He took one last deep breath.Go!Suddenly, everything was a blur, his world speeding past, pebbles skittering from his soles in tiny avalanches behind him. His lungs seared, the wind whipped his face.All at once, he found himself standing at the top.Hallelujah! Moore yelled. Im back!I got up the hill faster than I did the year before when I was healthy, Moore marveled. It was remarkable. I will never forget that.He ran back down and raced back up again.It did it over and over, Moore said. I did it like 10 times. So, I said my shape is there, too. Let me turn around and backpedal. So, I turned around and backpedaled, got up there with no problem. And mind you, I had a football in my hand.An hour later, driving home, Moore reveled in the warm breeze, the sunny skies, that quietude that had drawn him to Florida after growing up dodging the danger of L.A.s inner-city neighbourhoods before attending UCLA.I just love my peace of mind there, my tranquility. I dont really know many people out there. I just know the guy that I train with, a few cats around the league. But Im really out there by myself and Im just relaxing, Moore said. Im getting closer to God. Im visiting zoos and petting snow leopards. Im training on a beach. Im just really getting that time that I never really had a chance growing up.Its the peace and being able to walk outside and hang out on my porch or my patio. We couldnt do that growing up. I lived in some tough neighbourhoods. We couldnt hang outside. It was always, Dont go down this road, or Dont go down this street.He cringes now when thinking about what if didnt make it up the hill that day.Maybe just like tons of tears every day, tons of disappointment, Moore said. Because I love football, man. It saved my life.As he sat in the hallway outside the locker room a day after the 1-year anniversary of his freak injury, Moore rubbed the smooth scar on his calf.I dont think about it a lot, he said. The only time I think about it is maybe before a game, when Im suiting up. I go through this ritual where I Vaseline my legs up and I always make sure I get that side so it wont be so ashy. It reminds me of when I couldnt play a year ago when I couldnt even walk. 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I battled all day and to finish birdie-birdie and make the putts I did on the last two holes gives me so much confidence. I couldnt be happier." Presnell had three eagles, the last an 18-footer on the par-5 18th for a 68. "I heard roars, but I didnt know what happened," Hadwin said. "I knew it was going to be close. I said to my caddie on 17 tee that, If I make two birdies, they cant catch us." Hadwin got up-and-down from a greensiide bunker on the 308-yard, par-4 17th to tie Presnell for the lead.dddddddddddd From 230 yards on the 18th, he hit a 4-iron that missed the green, then chipped to 4 feet and made the putt. "It was an awkward number. I wanted to hit 5-iron and didnt think I could clear the water if I missed it a little, so I went with 4," said Hadwin, a former University of Louisville player. "I guess I gave up on it a little and luckily it cleared the water. It was a fairly easy chip across the green and was able to get up and down for the victory." He became the 13th Canadian-born player to win on the Web.com Tour and the first since Chris Baryla in the 2009 Chattanoonga Classic, a span of 111 tournaments. South Koreas Sung Joon Park, Swedens Henrik Norlander and American Kyle Reifers tied for third at 13 under. Park shot a 66, Norlander had a 69, and Reifers a 71. ' ' '