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When the U. S. Army chose to place a museum on part of Fort Belvoir Golf Club, the military course was forced to adapt
every hat in his career as a golf professional. He’ s been a teaching pro. He’ s been a superintendent. He owned a course in Florida for 10 years and was the director of operations for a golf management company at another point in his career. So Coolican, the general manager at Fort Belvoir Golf Club, was prepared
CHRIS LANG / VSGATim Coolican has worn just about for the challenge the United States Army threw his way about a year ago.
The golf club, located on the edge of the sprawling base in southern Fairfax County, was the ideal location for the planned National Museum of the United States Army. One problem: the proposed site was right in the middle of Fort Belvoir’ s Gunston course. So Coolican and his staff were charged with the redesign to ensure the club remained a 36-hole facility.
In early spring, the upper part of the Gunston course looked like it had been hit by a tornado, giant downed trees and branches littering the ground in all direction. The Army chose the location because of its proximity to Washington, D. C., about 20 miles to the north, and its accessibility to the Fairfax
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