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M A R/A PR 2018
AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH
7 Mid-Amateur Madness
The U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, featuring 256 of the
nation’s best players ages 25 and older, will make a stop at
Kinloch Golf Club in 2020.
9 A Worthy Winner
The USGA honors past VSGA president Gib Palmer with the
prestigious Joe Dey Award.
MEMBER CLUBS
10 A
New Direction
Farmington Country Club’s “hybrid” East Course shows how
forward thinking can shape future course design.
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THE RULES
12 S tart Off Right
Maximize your knowledge of a round’s starting point:
The teeing ground.
14 N
ew Leadership
A conversation with new USGA president and VSGA member
Mark Newell.
DEPARTMENTS
GREAT HOLES
16 No. 3 at Farmington Country Club
A classic, slight dogleg-right par-4 hole will test the
Commonwealth’s top ladies at the 93rd VSGA Women’s
Amateur Championship.
FIT FOR PLAY
36 All in the Glutes
Most players don’t give much thought to glute activation.
But doing so can pay off in the long run.
EQUIPMENT
38 Locally Made
Led by VSGA member Leighton Klevana, Dynamic Brands
continues to make moves in the equipment game.
MY TURN
40 No Holding Back
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MARCH/APRIL 2018
THE CLUB
AT VINITERRA
A rare neurological condition doesn’t keep VSGA member
Bob Jordan from playing the game he loves.
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LOW-AM MEMORIES:
VINNY GILES REVISITS
THE ‘68 MASTERS
CHARLESTON CHARM:
HISTORY, FOOD, AND GREAT GOLF
Offi cial publication of the Virginia State Golf Association
as a service to its more than 72,000 members
A Club’s
Best Friend
Superintendents share
the longstanding
connection between
their courses and
beloved canine
companions
YELLOW LAB
ALLIE SURVEYS
INDEPENDENCE
GOLF CLUB WITH HER
OWNER DAN TAYLOR,
THE COURSE’S
DIRECTOR OF GOLF
MAINTENANCE.
ON THE COVER:
Independence Golf Club’s director of golf
maintenance Dan Taylor and his dog, Allie.
Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce.
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