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If the weather ever breaks, let’s all make a New Year’s Resolution: let’s support those who do all the work that goes into putting on tournaments.

There are plenty to choose from. Our calendar page continues to grow as more associations and organizations fill their 2011 datebook and we’ll do our best to keep up with everyone.

I’m impressed with what I’ve seen so far. The local pros, thanks to Brad Rol-linson, have really put together a strong Pro-Am schedule. The Jacksonville Area GA officers worked together to bring us a competitive, comprehensive list, and organizations such as Mike Lynch’s Golf Channel Tour have arranged dates at some of our best courses.

The schedules are there. What’s needed are you and me.

And why not?

Sure, you have your reasons. I’ve heard ‘em all. You have a regular group, you don’t play many tournaments, it costs too much, you don’t know how to enter ... yada yada yada.

Baloney. to all of your baloney reasons. You don’t have a single good excuse.

Remember, all I asked you to do was support the people who bring the tournaments to us, and all that means is that you dip one little toe into the water and play just one tournament. It isn’t all that scary and there are plenty that are just one round (c’mon, you can suck it up for one round!) or Better Ball (bring a pal who plays tournaments, and he’ll carry you) or foursomes (is there anyone out there who’d hesitate to play in a scramble?)

It’s easy to think you’re playing golf when you’re actually in a rut. You play your course with the same people on the

same day of the week. That, my friends, is a rut. Samo, samo, samo.

Go out and play a tournament. You’ll play a different course, meet new people and the cost will be a good deal, consid-ering what you’ll get. Might win some-thing, too.

A bonus: when you go back to your rut, you’ll play better. Don’t know why, but there’s something about competi-tion that pushes your game up a notch. Maybe it’s getting to play with people who play a little better, or maybe play the same but have a little thing in their game that helps you in yours.

Enough. Go do it. You probably needed a fun resolution, anyway. That diet stuff stinks.

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You spend a lot of time and money making sure your golf course’s fair-ways are pristine.

That’s what the Golf Club of Amelia does. And what happens each year? They park almost 300 cars on the 10th and 18th fairways, and about 50,000 people walk around to look at them.

It happens in March, just as its has since 1996: the Amelia Concours d’Elegance, rated as one of the na-tion’s three best shows. And the golf course is an integral part of it.

‘Having the cars on the holes really makes a difference,” said Concours founder and director Bill Warner, a Jacksonville businessman. “It allows the cars to be spread out and allows the visitors to see the cars without worrying about a crowd.”

The cars take up both fairways. The greens and tees are roped off.

And it’s okay with the staff.

“It really doesn’t hurt the fairways,” said GC of Amelia pro Keith Gibson. “We get a small oil leak or two. The tires don’t dig in. Plus, we aerify the next week. They could do more dam-age and it wouldn’t mean much.”

The course is closed from Wednesday

through Sunday even though the cars are only on display on Sunday.

“They have a lot of set-up to do,” said Gibson. “Tents and the like. We work with other courses to take care of our members. No one seems to mind and it’s fun to have an event like this.”

One of the other two major shows use a golf venue and, with apologies to the Amelia course, it won’t beat the venue for the Pebble Beach Con-cours d’Elegance — the cars there are on the famed 18th fairway. The other, Newport, R.I., puts the cars around a coastal fort that dates from 1799.

The show is more than cars on a golf course. Warner schedules seminars with big-name speakers and this year’s list includes racers Bobby Ra-hal and Lyn St. James; top Chevrolet executives to talk about the compa-ny’s 100 years; and journalist Brock Yates to remember the famed Can-nonball Run, a cross-country race in the 1970s that inspired the Burt Reynolds movie.

These aren’t off-the-lot cars that someone is trying to sell you. Warner expects to have 40 of the original Duesenbergs (only 500 were made,)

10 Indy race cars, a 1917 Peugeot and, just to prove that nothing is new, an electric/gas hybrid made in 1900.

It’s all open to the public and full information is at www.ameliacon-cours.org.

Cars on a golf course


You may not have known Jay Skelton but he was an important player in the local golf scene.

Mainly, he was the closest thing we ever have had to Clifford Roberts.

Skelton conceived, nurtured and oversaw Pablo Creek from its start to his finish, at age 72, last month. If you didn’t like his authoritative manner, he was the club’s “dictator.” If you appreciated his love for the place, he was the “benefactor.”

The Skelton stories may be urban legends, but here are a few:

• When he was president of Timuqua-na, he wanted to renovate the course. The membership, perhaps not liking to be told what it was go-ing to do, voted it down. Skelton stormed from the room, telling a few friends he was on the way to start a new club where he would be appreci-ated. Soon, Pablo Creek was on the drawing board.

• A Pablo member got his annual bill and thought it was too high, so he called some friends to see what they thought. Word got back to Skelton, and the member in question received a letter with a check refunding his initiation fee.

• A man played frequently as a guest and a member inquired why he didn’t join the club. “Why should I?” he said. “I play here all I want as a guest.” When he went back to the office, there was a letter informing him that he was no longer welcome

as a guest. Skelton had overheard him.

Good stuff. I don’t doubt any of it, because I saw how carefully Pab-lo members were when Jay came around. If he entered the men’s din-ing area, the conversations quickly got a lot quieter. No one wanted to risk him hearing just one word that might be interpreted as a slur on Pablo.

A lesson for all: at a golf course, it may not take a Roberts or a Skelton to get something done in a first class manner, but it sure helps. <<<

Why does Jacksonville U’s basketball team play so hard in practice? Says Coach Cliff Warren: “Our games are against people who don’t like us. We like each other, so we need to hit each other hard to get used to oth-ers.” <<<

Lot of statistics about Jack Del Rio’s lack of success as the Jaguars’ coach but when are those same stats going to be applied to owner Wayne Weav-er? He and Delores have done lots for the community, and are very, very good people to have around, but it’s his team, not the coach’s. <<<

There’s still significant resistance to soft spikes on the professional tours and here’s how Champions Tour player Leonard Thompson justifies it: “Spikes aren’t a golf course issue — they’re about the locker room and clubhouse floors.” In other words, a Tour isn’t around long enough to do much damage, but members are there all the time. <<<

Former Jacksonville Mayor Ed Austin was a dandy football player at Duke and grandson Austin Slater is a good athlete, too. He’s now at Bolles, but next year gets a full ride to Stanford on a baseball scholarship. <<<

Don’t you wish you had a job where you could play more than once a week? A Washington news service figured that President Obama teed it up about 60 times last year. <<<

No indication that Tim Finchem is about to retire but insiders say that three have emerged as successors, if they choose a Tour type. The three are Ty Votaw, former LPGA commis-sioner now the PGA Tour executive veep; David Pillsbury, who managed the TPC club network; and ex-Tour exec Rick George, now a baseball exec. The new commish must have experience dealing with TV and only Votaw qualifies in that regard now. None may end up with the job; there will be plenty of outsiders who will be considered. <<<

Interesting that minor league base-ball has gotten away from hiring old players as managers. The new Suns’ manager is Andrew Barkett (who?) and before him came three more who’s: Tim Leiper, Dino Ebel and Brandon Hyde. Barkett had a cup of coffee with the Pirates in 2001 and last year managed in Class A ball. <<<

New book if you’re an Arnold Palmer freak: “Mentored by the King”. It’s by one of his Orlando buddies, PGA teacher Brad Brewer, and has lots of good tales. It’s from Zondervan and costs $16.99 <<<

The Players has a new ticket program clled Chip in for Youth Sports. Youth sports organizations and qualified middle and high school athletic pro-grams wll be allowed to sell an “any day” ticket to the May 9-14 event for $40 and keep $25 from every ticket sold. The remaining proceeds will be donated to The First Tee.

Organizations from the five-county area (Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, and St. Johns) can sell these tickets be-tween January 10 and April 3..

Organizations can sign up to partici-pate at www.chipinforyouthsports.playerschampionship.com. <<<

— Fred Seely is a veteran Jacksonville journalist who lowered his voice when he saw Jay Skelton coming.

Jay Skelton:our ownClifford Roberts

Fred Seely

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Instruction

A call to the ladiesBy Mary Hafeman

It’s amazing to me that more women do not learn how to play golf. Wom-en are missing out on a great oppor-tunity to enjoy a sport that is a very social lifetime activity that’s interac-tive, fun, challenging, multi genera-tional, has a unique handicapping system that makes it fun for all skill level players, offers unique golf/travel opportunities throughout the world and proves a great venue to expand/develop business opportuni-ties plus much much more!

My women students who have de-cided to learn to play usually say afterwards “Wow, this is fun. Why did I wait so long to play the game that my husband has been playing forever?” So why wait?

I learned how to play golf over 40 years ago when my dad was in-formed by his new boss that his new cookware sales position required he learn how to play golf to take care of his business clients that did all their business on the golf course.

at all stages of your life. Find a good teacher that you feel rapport with that loves to teach women. Learn the rules of the game, eti-quette, how to move quickly on the course and with some skill de-velopment you are all set to play with anyone!

2. Multi-generational – play with family and friends of all ages, your children and grandchildren will have the best time with you experiencing the game together on the course instead with other games – you sitting on the bench watching the game from the side-lines. You are engaged with your group/family with golf!

3. Fairness - Golf has a unique handicap system that allows for all skill levels from beginners to advanced players to play together and have fun!

4. Vacation – Travel and Golf - there is not one golf course that is the same, each course is unique and special in all parts of the U.S. or around the world. It’s fun to travel with a group or alone play-ing all types of courses and expe-riencing the surrounding area.

5. Business and Golf – Men have been using a golf environment to conduct business for a long time. Ladies, if you’re not playing, you may be losing business!

— Mary Hafeman’s golf school, the Mary Hafeman Golf Experience, is at Windsor Parke and Julington Creek.

It was the best move and advice my dad ever got for his business and family. That’s how my entire family of nine began our incredible jour-ney in the world of golf. Golf has been great for my dad and my three brothers in business and family but it was even more advantageous for the girls and their families. For the four girls and mom, it has been a wonderful, all-inclusive social family activity. In addition, we all played golf fairly well, a positive impact in all our business lives, giving us a unique business advantage.

Our family created a Hafeman Fam-ily scramble golf tournament over 30 years ago. No matter what skill level or age you are, everyone participates each year. It’s a real achievement to get your name on our trophy with a yearly field of 30-plus players.

We have three generations playing with the youngest at eight to my dad at 81. Now what sport can you play or engage in equally with those diverse ages and abilities and still have lots of fun?

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Cover Story

You have heard his voice on the ra-dio, a slow drawl doing a very soft sell on your need to deal with a merchant who intimately knows his product. The ads are the same: a question from a radio host, then the answer.

The voice may be the most recogniz-able of all the radio voices. In these days of radio mergers, you buy one station and get many, so he seems to be everywhere.

Let’s put a face with the voice: meet Clayton Bromberg, a man with inter-ests as varied as rodeo and country club management. A good golfer and a big sports fan.

He is the man behind Underwood Jewelers and this month will pres-ent the Underwood Cup to the win-ning team in the Northern Chapter PGA Cup Match. He will do it on the- 18th green at Timuquana, a club he served as president in 2001-02 and the club where he was a major host of the 2002 United States GA’s Se-nior Amateur.

“Golf isn’t a passion but it is a major part of my life,” he said. “My grand-father told me to take up the game, just to get the pressure of business out of my head. It was good advice.”

He is an athletic 52-year-old, per-haps 6-foot-2 and 175 pounds, and his handicap has been as low as 11. “It was going lower but we opened a new store in the Avenues Mall and

that took time away from golf,” he said. Today, he’s a 16 but working on a re-duction.

So, here’s the Bromberg story, and it doesn’t start with golf. It starts with rodeo.

“We lived out in the coun-try and I had horses, and I decided that my career would be to have show horses. I asked my father and he said sure, how much will it cost? This was in 1973. I figured $16,000. He said that would be fine — as soon as I had 16 grand, go to it.”

Obviously, he didn’t, so he looked elsewhere.

“Rodeo is big in Alabama and I asked a friend about it, and he said I could get into it for the price of the equip-ment. I figured bull riding would be the most inexpensive and it was. Maybe $70. I bought the spurs and gloves and a bull rope, and looked for a rodeo. My friend called and said, ‘You’re riding Saturday night in New Hope.”

That ride didn’t go well. The bull was big, Bromberg was inexperienced and he was quickly thrown. Two weeks later, he rode again and this time the bull was more compliant. A career — a short-lived career — was born.

Probably few of us know that there is an intercollegiate rodeo association. Bromberg knew and off he went to Auburn, where he was on the rodeo team and competed throughout the Southeast (Tennessee-Martin is the big dog of the sport, by the way.)

“In 1977, I said to heck with all this, I’m going out west to ride and make my living,” said Bromberg, and off

he went to find some very definite facts of life: on the Western circuit, Easterners aren’t particularly wel-come, the riders are way above the Auburn level and the bulls are really mean.

“I hurt my groin, which is devastat-ing in bull riding because you aren’t able to get a grip on the back of the bull,” said Bromberg. He returned home to recuperate and never went back — he met his future wife, his family encouraged him to return to school and he decided that he’d rather feel good instead of, like ev-ery rider, staying hurt all the time.

The Bromberg name is one of Ala-bama’s greatest. The family had owned the state’s best jewelry stores since the early 1800’s and they were revered. His grandfather and father

The man behind Underwood’s

“Golf isn’t a passion but it is a major part of my life”

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Title: President, Underwood Jewelers.

Age: 52.

Resides: Ortega.

Club: Timuquana.

Handicap: 16.

Family: Wife Christy, Son Clayton, daughter Zoë.

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GolfNotes

Hartley

Time to runThe area’s running season starts Feb-ruary 13 with the 26.2 With Donna, a breast cancer benefit marathon hosted by Ch. 12 anchor Donna Deegan.

It’s the first of three events that form a circuit and include the Feb. 26 Ortega River Run and the March 12 Gate River Run.

The marathon was founded by Deegan, a breast cancer survivor, and is coordinated by her and her husband, Ch. 12 meterologist Tim Deegan.

The 4th annual Donna marathon starts and ends near the Mayo Clin-ic and includes 2 1/2 miles on the beach. It is preceded the day before by a 5K event in downtown Jackson-ville.

The 33rd annual Daily’s Ortega River Run, sponsored by St.Mark’s Epis-copal Day School, is a five-miler through the neighborhoods, and the 34th annual Gate River Run is a na-tional 15K that starts and ends at Everbank Field.

Information

26.2 With Donna: www.breastcancermarathon.com

Daily’s Ortega River Run: www.stmarksdayschool.com

Gate River Run: www.gate-riverrun.com

>> Club pros don’t play as much as you’d think so let’s celebrate NAS’s Mike Corcoran’s hole in one last month. Had to go out to Mayport to do it, though.

>> The initial City 9-Hole Seniors at Blue Cypress drew players as old as 95 and winners were Bill Schro-eder (55-69 years,) Everett Comstock (70-79) and Tom Fletcher (80-over.)

>> Selva Marina has had hard times over the past few years but that hasn’t stopped its members from sup-porting the JAGA scholarship fund. They recently came up with a check for $3,690. Pro Tim Peterson has retired and assistant Spencer Brown was elevated to the top position.

>> The Hampton Golf empire con-tinues to grow. The latest acquisi-tion is Victoria Hills near DeLand, a residential community that has bounced from one owner to an-other. Terrific golf course, we hear.

>> The amateur team for this month’s Cup matches got a good stick when Nationwide Tour President Bill Calfee agreed to take a captain’s choice. He was a decent Tour player in the mid-80’s and we hear finds time to stay sharp.

>> Magnolia Point hopes to re-open its third nine by summer.

>> The first big city event isn’t until March 7 but you’re advised to decide soon because it will fill: it’s the JAGA Two-Man at Ponte Vedra Inn & Club.

>> Old story was that Palm Beach County had more courses than any other county in the nation. Not so, according to research by the National Golf Foundation. The NGF’s Greg Nathan counted 107 “equivalent” 18-hole courses, which means he factored in 9-holers, in PB. That trails Maricopa County in Arizona (Phoenix,) which has 200, and Riverside County in Califor-nia (Palm Springs,) which has 165.

>> The Women’s Western Golf As-sociation’s 111th Amateur will be at Sawgrass on June 20-25 and some thanks should go to TPC head man Bill Hughes. His daughter Kelsey has played in WWGA tournaments since 2007.

>> Another Nicklaus at Florida State: grandson Nick O’Leary signed with the Seminoles. You’ll remem-ber that son Steve was a defen-sive back in the early 1980’s.

>> Deaths: Billy Joe Patton, who almost won the 1954 Masters as an amateur and an occasional Jack-sonville visitor. He was 88 and had been in poor health for years.



Why do golf courses go out of busi-ness?

These days, the easy explanation: the economy. But, a survey of local course operators, pros and business consultants indicates that’s not the entire reason.

“A lot of courses are hurting but they’re hanging on,” said a success-ful operator. “There are plenty of corners you can cut, and the con-sumer will still have a decent course to play.”

The failures of the Ravines and Pan-ther Creek have much in common, it appears. The Ravines, opened in 1979 in Middleburg, went under in 2008. Panther Creek, opened in 2005 on the west edge of Duval County, closed two months ago.

Here are some of the factors, accord-ing to knowledgeable observers:

LocationThe old real estate adage of “loca-tion, location, location” applies to golf. Neither course was easily ac-cessible, stuck far out of the normal traffic routes. The Ravines is on a side road in Middleburg, which in itself is hard to find, and Panther is off I-10 on the far western side of Duval County.

Even when you approached them, it was difficult to find the entrance. The Ravines is set back; Panther’s was in the middle of other signs.

PromotionIf you’re hard to find, you have to let people know where you are. Ear-ly on under the McCumber family,

the Ravines did a good job of lur-ing events and promoting through advertising. That all changed in the past 20 years, and the succession of owners trimmed promotional costs. Panther Creek let promotion go as the bills piled up.

First impressionParking is often overlooked when clubs are built but it matters, as it’s part of the first impression. Both parking lots were some 100 yards from the clubhouse. The Ravines lot was okay but Panther Creek’s was abysmal, a dirt area with a little gravel, then an uphill walk.

The Ravines appearance was decent, but the welcome in recent years was hardly encouraging. Panther’s was grim; you had to walk past the nev-er-completed clubhouse on the way to check in.

DifficultyIf it isn’t fun, you aren’t going to do it. Both courses had wonderful holes, and any course would have been proud to steal some. But when all 18 are hard, you have a hard course, and that’s not something people want to play regularly.

Both also got off to bad starts. The Ravines was designed to be a “natu-ral” state, which meant heavy un-derbrush just off the fairways. They later cleared the woods but the rep-utation was in place: too hard.

Panther Creek made a major goof in its first big exposure, a Northern Chapter PGA Pro-Am. The then-pro had the course set up to the max: over 7,500 yards with Sunday pin placements on what were some of the area’s most undulating greens. The low pro shot 78; everyone went back home and told others to stay away.

GreensGolfers can handle sparse tees and fairways, but they want decent greens. Panther Creek’s greens were okay but the nines were built in two different years, and the put-ting surfaces weren’t consistent. The Ravines always had problems, many due to the architecture that didn’t allow for water running down a hill and onto the greens (remember nos. 4 and 11?)

AmenitiesThe average player isn’t very de-manding: a soft drink at the turn and perhaps an adult beverage af-ter the round is enough for most. Neither course made beverages or snacks readily available. Panther Creek’s “bar” was there only when someone was there to run it, the Ra-vines clubhouse had the bar in the back and you had to walk through a dining room to find it.

Why courses failThe most recent two here have much in common

Panther Creek closed late last year.

We salute the 2011 members

of the North Florida PGA Team

and Amateur Team

as they compete for

The Underwood Cup at Timuquana Country Club.

Amateur Team North Florida PGA TeamDoug Conkey, Captain

Billy Varn, Asst. CaptainDavid AnthonyMike Bodney

Jonathan BolenDuke Butler, IV

Bill CalfeeSteve CarterTom Gross

Blake HolcombJohn LobbNate MosbyAndy Purnell

Jim Ross

Jon Fine, CaptainTommy Aycock, Asst. Captain

Clint AvretRay Barr

Mike BenjaminSpencer BrownRichie BryantGerry James

Broc NellTim PetersonBrad RollisonWalter SmithCary SplaneTom Stecker

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Jacksonville, Florida 32207

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February 21st and 22nd



CalendarSponsored by Underwood’s Jewelers

Executive Women’s GAwww.ewga.com

Feb. 5: Jacksonville Beach.

Jacksonville Area GAwww.jaxareagolfassn.com

Feb. 15: Directors meeting, Deercreek.

Mar. 7: Two-Man, Ponte Vedra Inn & Club.

Mar. 5: Directors, Deercreek.

Apr. 4-6: Senior, Eagle Harbor.

April 19: Directors, Lake City Quail Heights.

May 17: Directors, Amelia National.

June 25-26: Father’s Day, Hidden Hills.

June 27: Directors, San Jose.

July 19: Directors, Deerfield Lakes.

July 21-24: Amateur, Ponte Vedra Inn & Club.

Aug. 16: Directors, Cimarrone.

Sept. 20: Directors, Ponte Vedra G&CC.

Oct. 3: Bill Black Memorial, Ponte Verda.

Oct. 19: Directors, Palencia.

Nov. 7: Four-Ball, San Jose.

Nov. 21: Club Team Championship.

Dec. 13: Directors, Fleming Island.

Jacksonville Women’s GAhome.comcast.net/~jwga/

Feb. 2: Sarah Shelly (first round,) Orange Park.

Feb. 9: Sarah Shelly (second round,) Deerwood.

Feb. 16: Sarah Shelly (final,) King & Bear.

Feb. 23: Playday, Amelia Oakmarsh.

Mar. 2: Anniversary tournament, San Jose.

Northern Chapter PGAwww.nfpga.com/north-ernchapter/5813/

Feb. 7: Pro-Am, San Jose.

Feb. 20: Underwood Cup Pro-Am, Timuquana.

Feb 21-22: Northern Chapter Cup, Timuquana.

Mar 7: UNF Pro-Am, Deerwood.

Mar. 20: Gainesville Pro-Am Warmup.

Mar. 21: Gainesville Pro-Am.

April 1: Match Play begins.

Apr. 4: Pablo Creek Pro-Pro.

Apr. 11: Amelia National Pro-Am.

May 2: Palencia Pro-Am.

June 8: Mayport Windy Harbor Pro-Lady.

June 20: Pro-Scratch, Jacksonville G&CC.

July 10-11: Chapter Championship, World Golf Village.

Aug. 10: Stableford, Ponte Vedra Inn & Club.

Aug. 28-30: Gate Petroleum Invitational, Ponte Vedra Lagoon and Ocean.

Sept. 19: Military Pro-Am, NAS.

Oct. 3: Pro-Assistant, Glen Kernan.

Oct. 17: Marsh Creek Pro-Am.

Nov. 7: Sawgrass Pro-Am.

Nov. 21: Pro-Am Tournament of Champions, Amelia National.

Dec. 12: Partners Pro-Am, TBA.

Northeast Florida Seniors GAwww.nefsga.com

Feb. 14: Pine Course, Palm Coast.

Feb. 28: South Hampton.

Mar. 14: Grand Haven (first round, championship.)

Mar. 28: Eagle Landing (final, championship.)

PGA Tourwww.pgatour.com

Mar. 17-20: PGA Tour Transitions Championship, Innisbrook.

Mar. 24-27: PGA Tour Bay Hill Invitational, Orlando.

Apr. 22-24: Champions Tour Legends, Savannah.

May 9-14: PGA Tour The Players, TPC Stadium.

Oct. 13-16: PGA Tour Mc-Gladrey Classic, Sea Island.

Oct. 20-23: Nationwide Tour Winn-Dixie Open, TPC Valley.

LPGA Tour

www.lpga.com

Dec. 2-5: Tour Championship, Orlando Grand Cypress.

Golf Channel Tourwww.golfchannel.com/amtour

Feb. 20: Ponte Vedra Ocean.

Mar. 7: Queen’s Harbour.

April 3: Eagle Landing.

April 1: North Hampton.

USGA Qualifiers

May 16: U.S. Open, Sawgrass.

June 6-7: Public Links, St. Johns G&CC.

June 13-14: Junior, Gainesille.

June 27: Senior Open, Gainesville.

July 25-26: Amateur, Amelia National.

Aug. 8: Senior Amateur, Marsh Creek.

Aug. 29: Mid-Am, San Jose.

Other

Feb. 21-22: Northern Chapter PGA Cup, Timuquana.

April 18: Spina Bifida benefit, Deerwood.

Mar. 26-27: Clay County Clas-sic, Eagle Harbor, Eagle Landing

April 25: Rotary Club of Riverside benefit, Timuquana.

May 2: Dreams Come True benefit, Timuquana.

1stCoast GA

www.1stcoastgolf.com

Feb. 3: All Association, Palencia.

Florida State GA

www.fsga.org

Mar. 22: Senior qualifier, Windsor Parke.

Apr. 29-May 1: Mid-Am Stroke Play, Gainesville.

June 8: Amateur qualifier, North hampton.

June 13: Junior qualifier, Eagle Landing.

June 17: Four-Ball qualifier, Eagle Landing.

June 27: Florida Open qualifier, Marsh Creek.

July 11: Match Play qualifier, North Hampton.


How the pros were selected

Eight names came from the 2010 PGA Chapter points list. Captain Jon Fine se-lected the final four.

How the amateurs were selected

The first eight came from a points list that includ-ed JAGA championships, USGA and FSGA events, and prominent invitation-als. Captain Doug Conkey selected the final four.

What they’re playing for

The Underwood Cup, a crystal bowl donated by Clayton Bromberg of Un-

derwood Jewelers in honor of the company’s founder, the late Herb Underwood. The Cup will be presented by Bromberg and Timuqua-na President Dick Lewis on the 18th green immediate-ly following play.

When

The first round is Monday, February 21, and consists of six morning better ball and six afternoon alter-nate shot matches. The final round is Tuesday, Feb. 22, and has 12 singles matches.

The scoring

Each match is worth one point. In case of a tie after

18 holes, each team gets 1/2 point. The profes-sionals are the defending champions and will win if they get at least 12 points; the amateur team must get at least 12 1/2 to win.

Alternates

Each team captain has identified alternates in case any players have to withdraw.

Preliminary event

The Underwood Cup Pro-Am is Sunday, February 20, at Timuquana, with teams headed by a Cup participant. The opening matches are drawn at a re-ception following play.

Scoreboards

There will be a main score-board behind the 18th green. Carts with individ-

ual match scoreboards fol-low each group.

Rules

Rules officials are provided by the USGA and the FSGA, and the team is headed by former FSGA President Tom Dudley of Timuquana.

Spectators

Spectators are welcome on Monday and Tuesday. Food and beverage will be avail-able at the halfway house behind the 18th green, and cash will be accepted. No rental carts are avail-able. Parking is plentiful in the club lots. Restrooms are at the halfway house.

Timuquana’s location

Take U.S. 17 (Roosevelt Blvd.) to Timuquana Road and go east about 3/4 mile.

The 20th annual Northern Chapter PGA Cup matches

The Professional teamClint Avret, Timuquana.

Mike Benjamin, unattached.

Spencer Brown, Selva Marina.

Richie Bryant, Pablo Creek.

Gerry James, CenterForce Golf.

Tim Peterson, Selva Marina.

Broc Nell, Amelia Island Plantation.

Brad Rollinson, unattached.

Walter Smith, Turkey Creek.

Cary Splane, Marsh Creek.

Tom Stecker, St. Johns GC.

Captain: Jon Fine, Mayport Windy Harbor.

Assistant captain: Tom Aycock, Ponte Vedra G&CC.

The Amateur team David Anthony, South Hampton.

Mike Bodney, TPC.

Jon Bolen, Deercreek.

Duke Butler, TPC.

Bill Calfee, TPC.

Steve Carter, Deerwood.

Tom Gross, St. Johns G&CC.

Blake Holcomb, TPC Valley.

John Lobb, Jacksonville G&CC.

Nate Mosby, UNF.

Andy Purnell, Deerwood.

Jim Ross, North Hampton

Captain: Doug Conkey, Orange Park.

Assistant captain: Billy Varn, Timuquana.

February 20-21, Timuquana

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encouraged him to join the business. He got his degree from Alabama, went through the Gemology Institute of America and came home, to work.

No job, said his elders. Nothing here in Birmingham, but he’s bought a store in Jacksonville, Florida, and you can go down there.

“I figured they wanted to get rid of this crazy kid who liked to ride bulls,” said Bromberg, “but that was the only offer.”

The store here was Underwood’s, then a Hemming Park landmark. The owner, Herb Underwood, sold it because he was getting old and there was no one to inherit: his son was a Presbyterian minister.

Clayton and his new wife, Christy, moved here in 1980. They didn’t think they knew anyone but the family’s Alabama connections paid off. The railroad’s CEO, Prime Osborn, was a big Crimson Tide man. Judge Gerald Tjo-flat knew the family through Boy Scout work. The city’s resident golf executive, Dr. Charles Hillyer, was a past president of the Birmingham-based Southern Golf As-sociation. Russell and Sandy Skinner were friends at Tuscaloosa.

Good contacts, and they helped the Brombergs get es-tablished.

He worked with Herb Underwood until his retirement in 1988, and then became the company’s president.

The company ran traditionally — as it had since it opened in 1940 — for a few years and then Bromberg made a major decision.

“Our store was in a good location, right on Hemming Park, and then they built the Skyway,” he said. “That killed businesses on Hogan.”

He made plans to close the store and his next decision flew in the face of industry trends: he went to malls. Stores opened at Regency Square, the old Roosevelt Mall and Orange Park Mall. Downtown was abandoned.

Today, you’ll find an Underwood’s at Ponte Vedra, Avon-dale, San Marco and in the Avenues Mall. They are the area’s places to buy Rolex watches and other top-of-the-line jewelry. Even in these economic times, you’ll find shoppers at an Underwood’s.

And that’s why you read about the Underwood Cup.

“I was standing on the Timuquana range, hitting balls and minding my own business, and Fred Seely came up and told me about this competition the club was start-ing,” he said. “It would be the pros against the amateurs in a sort of Ryder Cup format. They needed a trophy; would I donate one?

“I thought about it for a few days and it all made sense.

This was really a good idea, something that had a chance of being around a long time. The club was behind it, it was something that wasn’t done here, and it seemed to fit with our business plan,” he said.

Bromberg didn’t go halfway; he contacted a crystal company in Ireland and commissioned a glass bowl that would — and still does — stand out. The winning team is engraved on the base each year, and it’s on display in the Timuquana clubhouse.

The competition has been played yearly and one tra-dition has been Bromberg — and, when he was alive, Underwood — presenting the cup on the 18th green along with whoever is the Timuquana president. He is the competition’s one constant: competitors come and go, Timuquana presidents come and go, Timuquana pros come and go, but Bromberg is always on the 18th green with his cup.

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Eagle Landing teamwins ‘Partners’ event

Nothern Chapter PGA

Eagle Landing pro Tim Spangler and amateurs John Caliendo, Kevin Evans and Bill Kinsey won the Northern Chapter PGA’s Partners Appreciation Tour-nament last month at the TPC Valley course.

They bested 24 other teams with a 12-under 132 in windy, cold weather.

Three shots back was the team of Windsor Parke teaching pro Kirk Jones and amateurs Mark Carter, Rae Marks and Bill Baer.

At 137 was pro Todd Bork of San Jose, Andy Lowrey, Dan Wilkinson and Steve Settles, and in fourth at 138 was Tallahassee pro Bill Zimmer with Ray Merrill, Bob Myers and Fred Seely.

The tournament was a thank-you from the Chapter for those who had helped in 2010.

Pro Rhonda Ferguson.and Brett Glidewell.

The cold weather left Tallahassee pro Bill Zimmer (center) and amateurs Bob Myers and Ray Merrill shivering.

The Timuquana team of local E-Z-GO rep Eric Keister, Lee Jones, Cury Pajcic and pro Clint Avret.

TPC pro Matt Borocz and Northern Chap-ter tournament chairman Brad Rollinson.

Chapter president Mike Lynch (right) of golfchan-nel.com with vice president Jack Aschenbach of Amelia National and Jacksonville G&CC pro Ray Barr.

Former Selva Marina pro Tim Peterson (right) and amateurs Andy Cecelski and Ross Labarbera.

New Selva pro Spencer Brown (standing) and ama-teurs Duke Butler IV and Eric Graybeal.


Travel

It’s more famous for motorsports and its beach, but nearby Daytona Beach also offers a reasonably good and very reasonably priced — selection of golf courses.

Just a bit over an hour’s drive down I-95 from any part of the greater Jacksonville area, it has a lot going for it. As a tourist destination, there are plenty of choices for lodging and eating and drinking. As a golf desti-nation, the courses are close to each other and present a good variety. And, as a getaway, it is close enough yet far enough away.

Here’s an overview:

The cityDaytona Beach itself is a lot of people in a small area. There are over a dozen municipalities in what you know as “Daytona Beach” and they’re crammed between I-95 and the ocean. Only in recent years has development come west of the inter-state.

It’s one of the most famous of all tourist towns and there’s a steady stream of visitors. The Daytona 500 this month will bring over 200,000 to town and that’s quickly followed by motorcycle week, spring break and almost any other group you can imagine.

GolfThe immediate area has a dozen or so good courses you can play, and a half-hour’s drive takes you to the excellent Palm Coast collection.

You’ll see Indigo Lakes as you ap-proach Daytona on I-95. It’s an ex-cellent Lloyd Clifton design that has

bounced from being private to re-sort to public. It’s now public.

The LPGA headquarters is just west of I-95 and there are two courses, a Rees Jones design that’s very for-giving (Champions) and an excellent Arthur Hills layout (Legends.)

The city owns Daytona Beach CC, two courses including one designed by Donald Ross in 1921. Unless you’re a Ross advocate, play the the other - it’s the North course, origi-nally designed by a Ross follower but completely redone in 1997.

You’ll enjoy the layout (and the at-mosphere) of Rivera CC in Ormond Beach, a sporty layout that’s owned by the Meyers family and is the site of what may be the oldest minitour event, the Riviera Open. (You prob-ably know a Meyers around here: daughter Cindy Walker is a good teaching pro and grandson Eric Mey-ers is an assistant at the Slammer and Squire.)

Maybe the most unusual course in Florida is Spruce Creek, a few miles south in New Smyrna Beach. It is a “fly-in” development and many streets double as airport runways. Residents have two garages: a small one for the car, a big one for their airplane.

LodgingThe beach is lined with hotels. Choices abound.

EatingA tourist town. Lots of fun places.

What else?The Daytona International Speed-way is just off I-95 at US 92 and offers daily tours, plus an excellent interactive theme park called Day-tona USA. And the big Orlando parks are under an hour away, as is the NASA complex at Cape Canaveral. The beaches are excellent, as good as any in the state.

Daytona Beach: it’s close by

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JAGA

Northern Chapter PGA President Mike Lynch didn’t hold back last month when he talked to the Jack-sonville Area GA directors at their meeting at Windsor Parke.

“We all must work together to grow golf,” said Lynch. ‘This is a major goal of our chapter and it needs to be a major goal of every association. And, it must be a combined effort. We all need to be on the same page.”

Lynch cited the improved communi-cations between the local pros and amateurs as a key, saying ‘“You have good leadership and we all can work together.” He said the PGA of Amer-ica has programs to encourage golf play and that he would make them available to JAGA.

Lynch said the Chapter has three other major goals this year: good events for its membership, more community involvement and con-tinuing to improve the local junior program.

JAGA President Bob Streightiff of Queen’s Harbour agreed on all points.

“I’ve had great conversations with Mike,” he said. “JAGA represents the clubs and we’ll take the message back home.”

In JAGA business:

• Donations for the scholarship fund were received from Palencia, $1,000; Quail Heights men’s Association, $300; and the Blue Cypress senior event, $100.

• One of Streightiff’s goals, a match play tournament, will come to frui-tion on June 3-5 at Palencia. The field will come from the top 32 play-ers from the JAGA Amateur who ac-cept invitations and there will be one round on Friday, two on Satur-day and the semifinals and final on Sunday.

• The name of the Pro-President has been changed to the Club Team Championship and has been moved to November 21 to avoid the con-flicts that always came in early De-cember. The teams will be the club pro and three JAGA directors. In the past, club executives had been in-cluded.

Northern Chapter PGA President Mike Lynch speaking at last month’s JAGA meeting at Windsor Parke.

JAGA gets a PGA pep talk Directors Miles King of Ponte Vedra and Tom Tier-ney of San Jose.

Director Matt Cooney of Selva Marina and Juling-ton Creek pro Jim Lear.

Executive Secretary Barney Poston of Hidden Hills and past president Jim Andrews of Ponte Vedra.

JAGA Vice President Gary Owensby of Eagle Har-bor and Secretary Arch Copeland of Deercreek.


People

George HalvorsenWhy he’s in the newsHe’s the 2010 honoree of the Red Gossman Award, which is given to the outstanding Jacksonville Area GA direc-tor by the outgoing president. Gossman was the long-time JAGA executive director.

Age: 69.

Club: Marsh Landing.

How he plays: Very well with what he describes as a “fluctuating single-digit handicap.”

Family: Wife Doreen. Two children, one grandchild.

Background: Born and raised in New York City and graduated from Upsala College in East Orange, N. J. Joined the U.S. Marine Corps after college and complet-ed his tour of service as a captain. Attended the Execu-tive Management Program at Dartmouth College. Joined the Chemical Bank in New York City and that was the start of a 30 year banking career. Retired in Philadelphia as an Executive Vice President with Wachovia Bank in 1997.

After retirement: Moved to Chapel Hill, N.C. and “spent five great years rooting for the Tar Heels and having the chance to play golf in Pinehurst.” Was president of Chapel Hill Country Club.

Coming here: Moved to Ponte Vedra Beach in 2002 “to be closer to Doreen’s parents and to be able to enjoy the lifestyle and weather in this part of Florida.”

Along with golf: “Since being retired, I’ve focused pri-marily on doing volunteer work with non-profit organi-zations and that continues today. I enjoy the opportu-

nity to assist in supporting the programs and services they provide to the community.”

Best golf moment: First and only ace during the 2008 Gate Senior Amateur at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club. “It was a great feeling to be able to stand by the pin and pick the ball out of the hole.”

How he got into JAGA: “I became involved when Ed McDonald, a member of Marsh Landing and a JAGA di-rector, invited me to become a director to fill a vacancy. Being able to serve as a JAGA director has been a very rewarding and enjoyable experience.”

Immediate Past President Jim Edwards (left) chose George Halvorsen of Marsh Landing as the winner of the 2010 Red Gossman Award. The award goes to the club director that the president feels contributed most of the association during the past year.

WinnersNorthern Chapter Partners Appreciation Day

Tim Spangler, John Caliendo, Kevin Evans, Bill Kinsey.

North Florida Junior Golf FoundationMasters Tour at Queen’s Harbour16-18: Jonathan Folkner, Mill Cove.14-15: Jordan Batchelor, St. Johns G&CC.12-13: Michael Matiace, TPC Sawgrass.Girls: Emily Tillo, Deercreek.Prep/Foundation at Jacksonville BeachPrep 14-15: Jake Nelson, South Hampton.Foundation Boys: Bradley Thomson, TPC Sawgrass.Foundation Girls: Madison Carter, Eagle Landing.

City 9-Hole Seniors at Blue Cypress55-69: Gross - Billy Schroeder, Net - Bill Freeman.70-70: Gross - Everett Comstock, Net - Gatsby Hagan.80-over: Gross - Tom Fletcher, Net - Bill Holt.

Timuquana One-Day Member-GuestGross: Phil Perry, Jarrod Sullivan, Mike Bluett, Bob Hillis.Net: Mike Muldoon, Franklin Black, Don Cameron, Sven Kessler.

1stCoast GAAmaTOUR at CimarroneGross flight winners: Bob Wildner, Ray Benson. Net winners: Fred Cramton, Cal Buck AmaTOUR at Laurel Island LinksGross winners: David Hodges, Ray BensonNet winners: Charlie Flynn, Tony Kennedy.

Seniors at Bent Creek Gross winners: Fred Cramton, Jim Lynch, Reed BrownNet winners: Ray Benson, Roger MacEwen, John Greninger.All Association at St. Johns G&CCFlight winners:Mike Ferreer-Bob Trowbridge, Walt Adams-Art Carnes.

Jacksonville Women’s GAScramble at Magnolia PointGross winners: Faye Shepherd-Carol Wright, Sue Banaczak-Virginia Madura.Net winners: Susie Fonde-Karen Tutwiler, Kyung Lee-Nam Sook Lee.Foursomes at Slammer & SquireTama Caldabaugh, Faye Shepherd, Jane Casper, Delores Adams;Kathy Danberg, Peggy Widicus, Kathy Rackley, Janice Hensey; Gretchen Calvert, Kyung Lee, Barbara Davis, Phyllis Bucsko.


RulesQuiz

Scenario 1

In the Gate Senior, a player hits his tee shot towards the out of bounds area on No. 6. Thinking it may be OB, he plays a provisional and hits the fairway. When he gets to the original ball, there’s a question whether it is in or out because one stake was removed by a homeowner when he cut his lawn.

There’s no rules official in sight so the player plays both balls throughout the hole, the original from its lie that is possibly OB and the provisional. He makes double bogie with the two-shot penalty on the original, bogie with the provisional.

Was he correct?

A. Yes. Under decision 3/31 of the Rules of Golf, he should play both the original and the provisional, which will became second ball under the Rules. After the round is complete, he, one of his fellow competitors and a rules official should return to the site where the original ball landed to determine which ball should be counted.

Scenario 2In the Henry Tuten Gator Bowl at San Jose, a player’s ball lies in a bunker that is completely covered by casual water. In some places, the water is several inches deep. Must be play from the bunker, or can he take a free drop outside the bun-ker as long as it is no nearer the hole?

A. No. Decision 25-1b/8 of the Rules of Golf says he must stay inside the bunker because it is a hazard, but he can take a drop to a place where the water depth is the least, as long as it is no nearer the hole. He can drop outside the bunker, but that’s a one-stroke penalty.

We keep the conversation going.Look for “Jacksonville Golf Magazine” on Facebook.

St. Johns Golf & Country Club held a partner appreciation day recently celebrating 10 years. At the event were Dan Zimmer, General Manager at St. Johns Golf & Country Club, Maria Corby & Charlie Moore, First Coast Manufacturer’s Association and Pam Watt, Director of Club Services at St. Johns Golf & Country Club.

Appreciation Days

STV/RWA held its 9th annual Client appreciation day at Magnolia Point Golf & Country Club. Here’s Todd Weatherford, Manager Terminal Development, CSX, Don Bagley, Rail Road Engineering Consultant, STV and Bobby Phillips, VP-Rail Division, STV.

Indvidual WinnersDavid Cook, Terry Hall, Gary Howalt, Shelby Stevenson

Flight Winners:1. Brian Lamarre, Chris Frank, David Cook and Erik Siebert2. Buckley Williams, Wes Markham, Terry Hall and Joe Champion3. Tim Daniels, Erik VanZanden, Gary Howalt and Bill Price4. Roberto Guardia, Shelby Stevenson, Brew Clarke and Lyman Cooper


PUBLICBent Creek 103rd St. on Westside. Range. 779-0800.

Blue Cypress Off University Blvd. in Arlington. Range. 762-1971.

Cecil Field 103rd St. on Westside. Range. 778-5245.

Deerfield Lakes Lem Turner Rd. just south of Callahan. Range. 879-1210.

Fernandina Beach Amelia Island Parkway. Range. 800-646-5997

First Tee of Jacksonville Golfair Blvd. west of I-95 North. Nine holes. Range. 924-0401.

First Tee of St. Johns County. Three holes. SR 207, St. Augustine. 810-2231.

Hyde Park Northern dead end of Jammes Rd. on Westside. Range. 786-5410.

Jacksonville Beach Penman Rd. south of Beach Blvd. Range. 247-6184.

King & Bear Part of World Golf Village but about three miles south of main area off SR 16. Range. 940-6088.

Mill Cove Monument Rd. in Arlington. Range. 646-4653.

Palatka Moseley Ave. west of downtown. Range. 386-329-0141.

Palm Valley Palm Valley Rd. east of U.S. 1. Nine holes. Range. 285-8978.

River Bend Golf Links South of Green Cove Springs. Range. 284-8777.

Slammer & Squire In World Golf Village. Range. 940-6088.

St. Augustine Shores U.S. 1 south of St. Augustine. Range. 794-4653.

St. Johns Golf Club Cypress Links Blvd. 27 holes. Range. 209-0350.

Starke East of town. Nine holes. Range. 964-5441.

UNF Golfplex At University of North Florida. Three holes. Range. 620-2050.

SEMI-PRIVATEAmelia River Amelia Island Parkway. Range. 491-8500.

Champions Club at Julington Creek Off SR 13 in Mandarin. Range. 287-4653.

Cimarrone CR 210 west of I-95. Range. 287-2000.

Country Club of Orange Park West end of Kingsley Ave. in Orange Park. Range. 276-7664.

Cypress at Grand Club Palm Coast. Range. 386-437-5807.

Eagle Harbor CR 220 in Fleming Island. Range. 269-9300.

Eagle Landing OakLeaf Plantation. Range. 291-5600.

Golf Club at Fleming Island US 17 in Fleming Island. Range. 269-1440.

Keystone Golf & Country Club U.S. 21 south of town. Range. 352-473-4540.

Magnolia Point Off US 17 in Green Cove Springs. Range. 269-9315.

Matanzas Course at Grand Club Palm Coast. Range. 386-446-6330.

North Hampton Off A1A west of Fernandina Beach. Range. 548-0000.

Pine Course at Grand Club Palm Coast. Range. 386-445-0852.

Queen’s Harbour Atlantic Blvd. west of Intracoastal Waterway. Range. 221-1012.

Royal St. Augustine SR 16 west of I-95 in St. Augustine. Range. 824-4653.

Selva Marina Selva Marina Blvd. north of Atlantic Blvd. in Atlantic Beach. Range. 246-3144.

South Hampton CR 210 west of I-95. Range. 287-7529.

St. Johns Golf & Country Club CR 210 west of I-95. Range. 940-3200.

Windsor Parke Hodges Blvd. north of Butler Blvd. Range. 223-4653.

PRIVATEThese clubs are private and are open to the public only for special events.

Amelia National Off A1A west of Fernandina Beach. Range. 652-0660.

Deercreek North of Avenues Mall on Southside Blvd. Range. 363-1507.

Deerwood Baymeadows Rd. west of Southside Blvd. Range. 642-5917.

Glen Kernan Hodges Blvd. north of Butler Blvd. Range. 646-1116.

Grand Haven Palm Coast. Range. 386-445-2327.

Hidden Hills Monument Rd. in Arlington. Range. 641-8121.

Jacksonville Golf & Country Club Hodges Blvd. north of Butler Blvd. 223-6910.

Long Point South of Amelia Island Plantation. Range. 277-5908.

Marsh Creek A1A south of St. Augustine Beach. Range. 461-1145.

Marsh Landing South of Butler Blvd. in Ponte Vedra Beach. Range. 285-6514.

Osprey Cove East of I-95 at Exit 1 in Georgia. Range. 800-352-5575.

Pablo Creek San Pablo Rd. south of Butler Blvd. Range. 992-6900.

Palencia US 1 north of St. Augustine. Range. 599-9030.

Plantation Country Club A1A south of Ponte Vedra Beach. Range. 543-2960.

Ponte Vedra G & CC In TPC. Range. 285-0204.

San Jose San Jose Blvd. Range. 733-1511.

Sawgrass A1A in Ponte Vedra Beach. Range. 273-3720.

Timuquana Timuquana Rd. west of US 17. Range. 389-0477.

RESORTThese courses are primarily for the use of resort guest or mem-bers. Some are also open for public play at certain times.

Omni Amelia Island Plantation In Amelia Island Plantation. 54 holes. Range. 261-6161.

Golf Club of Amelia Island Amelia Island at Ritz-Carlton. Range. 277-8015.

Ponte Vedra A1A in Ponte Vedra Beach. Range. 273-7710.

Tournament Players Club In TPC. 36 holes. Range. 273-3235.

MILITARYThese clubs are located on Navy bases and are for persons assigned to the bases or retired military per-sonnel. They occasionally are open for public play during special events.

NAS US 17 north of Orange Park. Range. 542-3249.

Windy Harbor Mayport Rd. north of Atlantic Blvd. in Atlantic Beach. Range. 270-5380.

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