MINNEAPOLIS -- Royce Lewis already has one win this offseason.

Lewis and recently retired outfielder Aaron Hicks made up Team Twins at the recent Capital One MLB Open at Shadow Creek golf tournament, and they finished first with 78 points over the two-day event, which used a modified stableford scoring system.

Lewis, who said he doesn’t play a great deal of golf, was happy to let Hicks carry the load. They finished five points ahead of the Rangers team of Phil Nevin and Jerry Hairston Jr.

“I realized pretty quick that I’ve just got to go for it because this guy [Hicks] is going to do a lot of the work,” Lewis said. “So I just started chipping right at it, and if it went in, great. And if it didn’t, he was going to make up for it and win us the hole.”

Hicks is recognized as one of t

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