John Dixon
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U.S. Open champ Jordan Spieth meets the media
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Prior to the start of the 116th U. S. Open Tournament, the returning champion holds a press conference at the site of the current year’s event. Making the trip from Texas to southwest Pennsylvania’s Oakmont Country Club recently was 2015 winner Jordan Spieth.
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2016 Golf Course Directory
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The 2016 Centre County Gazette Golf Course Directory is here. Find out everything you need to know before heading to the links this year.
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Significant Changes Being Made at Mountain View Country Club
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“It started last year and we are building a new par 3 that will be between No. 15 and existing No. 16, so that will be our new No. 16 hole, and our current No. 16 will be No. 17, and our current No. 17 will be the 18th hole,” says Brennan. And that’s not…
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New Man in Charge at Toftrees Golf Course
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Charles Sheppard was recently named Director of Golf at Toftrees and comes to the State College area as a Class A PGA member and a graduate of the Professional Golf Management Program at Florida State University.
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Spikes Hope Change in Affiliation from Pirates to Cardinals Produces Victories
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“I can honestly say that of the franchises that were open to us at the end of the 2012 season, State College was the only one that we would have left Batavia for,” said Cardinals Minor League Director of Operations John Vuch.
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State College Native Will Have a Hand in Ryder Cup
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The Ryder Cup will take place Sept. 28-30 at Medinah Country Club. State College native Hans Larson, head golf professional at Westmoreland County Club in Wilmette, Ill., 12 miles north of Chicago, will have an up-close view of all the action.
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Toftrees Director of Golf Went From Caddying to Running a Course
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It’s hard to imagine that someone would chose a lifetime profession in the golfing business by being a caddy and not even swinging a club for nearly two years before the golf bug would take its bite. But that’s how Toftrees director of golf Tom Katancik started in the business.
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For Joe Hughes, Golf has Been a Passion Since Childhood
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Joe Hughes, a 2001 graduate of the PSU Professional Golf Management program, spent a year at Shannon Country Club near Pittsburgh before joining the Penn State staff as the head PGA golf professional in August 2002.