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MINNESOTA
Spring 2017
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TOURNAMENT CALENDAR
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SPRING MAKEOVER
FEATURES
12 | DRIVING MINNESOTA
METRO MUNICIPALS
By Chuck Lennon
Great, affordable golf can be found
at the metro's mighty munis.
19 | SPRING MAKEOVER
By Joseph Oberle
A handful of courses in Minnesota are
getting spring makeovers.
SPECIAL SECTION
2017
22 | 2017 MGA TOURNAMENT
CALENDAR
Your guide to 2017 golf events
and tournaments.
MGA is now mobile. Smartphone owners will fi nd web content displayed in a mobilefriendly
format, while MGA members who log in with their GHIN ID and last name will be
able to post scores, search for courses by " nearest " location, and follow live scoring during
MGA and USGA events.
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DRIVING MINNESOTA'S METRO MUNI TOUR
DEPA RTMENTS
3 | EDITOR'S LETTER
4 | INSIDE THE MGA
6 | BY THE NUMBERS
Refl ecting on the 2016
MGA tournament season
7 | GREAT DRIVES
Thumper Pond's No. 4
7 | TIPS FROM THE PROS
Making pressure putts
8 | RULES PRIMER
New Rules proposed by the
USGA and R&A
10 | TOOLS OF THE TRADE
MGA Junior Boys' Player of
the Year Frankie Capan
35 | PUNCH SHOTS
MGA news and
Allied Associations
40 | BACKSPIN
How golf can
make friends
of us all
Erik Van Rooyen
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