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Assoufid GC: Marrakesh, Morocco

November 10, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Assoufid Golf Club opened on Oct. 1 near the “Red City” of Marrakesh, Morocco. The desert-style 7,042-yard, par-72 golf course is set against the backdrop of North Africa’s snow-capped Atlas Mountains. It has international-standard dining and is a debut design for Scottish PGA ...

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Fabrizio to receive highest honor at Carolinas GCSA Conference

November 7, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Mike Fabrizio, CGCS at Daniel Island Club in Charleston, S.C., will be presented with the Distinguished Service Award from the 1,800-member Carolinas GCSA. Fabrizio, a prior president of the association, will receive the award during the Carolinas GCSA’s annual Conference and Trade ...

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Golf writer Dan Jenkins to receive 2015 Old Tom Morris Award

October 28, 2014 By Joelle Harms

The GCSAA announced in a news release that Dan Jenkins, one of a handful of writers in the World Golf Hall Fame and someone who covered each of the sport’s major championships for more than 60 years, will be honored with the 2015 Old Tom Morris Award. ...

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North Coast Media for a Cure

October 22, 2014 By Kevin Stoltman

There are very few things our 11-year-old son Nate doesn’t like. He’s an easy-going kid, happy doing just about anything. There’s only one thing he always fights: haircuts. He hates to have his hair cut like nothing else. That’s why ...

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Three ways I let down Dad

October 22, 2014 By Seth Jones

With apologies to guys like Mark Woodward, Matt Neff and Noah Gessler, my favorite person in this issue is Cammie Henkel (here). Because she did what I did not. It’s been five years since I lost my dad to brain ...

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Photos: Brian Opheim (1); Seth Jones (2, 3, 5); Angela Bendorf Jamison (4)

Golfdom Gallery: October 2014

October 22, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Playing partners Travis Schnelle (L), assistant superintendent on the Irish Course at Whistling Straits, didn’t win the lottery when he was paired with Golfdom EIC Seth Jones (R). But as a consolation prize, Travis gets his photo in the magazine ...

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