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Summer 2020
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DRIVING MINNESOTA: MORTON TOUR
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DEPA RTMENTS
PUBLIC GOLF, PART 2
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FEATURES
12 | DRIVING MINNESOTA
MORTON TOUR
By Chuck Lennon
Discover the windswept beauty of
prairie golf out west.
16 | THE PEOPLE'S GAME,
PART 2
By Joe Bissen
Public golf takes
off and thrives
throughout the
state.
21 | FIVE LOCAL GOLF TALES
By Nick Hunter, Joseph Oberle, W.P. Ryan
From a legendary club designer to
burgeoning stars, a collection of
Minnesota golf stories.
21 Club Maker Larry Bobka
24 Youth on Course Scholarship Winners:
Taylor Gonsalez and John Traxler
26 LPGA Sophomore Sarah Burnham
28 Author Doug deGrood
Sarah Burnham
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LOCAL GOLF
TALES
3 | EDITOR'S LETTER
It's a Mad World
4 | INSIDE THE MGA
Adapting to Change
6 | BY THE NUMBERS
Golf Survey Results
8 | GREAT DRIVES
Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge #18
9 | TIPS FROM THE PROS
Getting Golf Ball Fit
10 | RULES PRIMER
Navigating the (Handi)Cap
11 | GOLF GEAR
Local Ams' Favorite Flat Sticks
30 | PUNCH SHOTS
MGA News,
Allied Associations
34 | SCORECARD
MNPGA Senior
Open Results
plus more
40 | BACKSPIN
The COVID-19th Hole
page 11
Leigh Klasse's Odyssey
Dual Force 770 putter
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