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We spend a lot of ink on our local professionals and I’m not going to back down from that. It’s a great profession and I’m proud to have these people in my community.

Let’s look at two in particular:

Mike Lynch, as you know, is the president of the local chapter. Now, he’s also the secretary of the North Flor-ida Section, which puts him in line to be president. (The Section is made up of four chapters, including ours.)

The significance, to me, is that Mike won an election

over several other candidates, all from the center of the state. In numbers, that’s where the votes are, but Mike came out on top on the first bal-lot at the annual meeting in Orlando earlier this month.

He’s now third in line to be president. A great honor.

Now, Russ Libby.

Russ already has been Sec-tion president -- we haven’t had one since -- and he was inducted into the Section’s Hall of Fame at the meeting.

He’s already in our Hall of Fame around here for taking Hidden Hills and returning it to one of the area’s pre-miere clubs. He and his fam-ily bought the club when

times were shaky and it now is stable and, I presume, mak-

ing money.

The leadership that these two have given us has been a great thing for every other pro, not only in the Chapter but also in the Section. When you’re part of an organi-zation, I think, it’s your duty to do what you can to help that organizations.

These guys do. <<<

One of the things that a PGA pro really doesn’t need is the ability to do well in public speaking. Certainly, it’s a great attribute for any profession, but this isn’t a requirement, like you’d have if you were a pastor or a politician.

That leads me to Bill Hughes, who runs the golf opera-tion at the TPC Sawgrass. He’s a commanding presence

(a big guy, in other words) and he has a gift of gab that you’d like to have. In fact, one of my co-workers told him that he’s be glad to have him handle his funeral. (Bill actually is going to do a pal’s wedding this year.)

Turns out that he was a star of the podium at the PGA meeting in Orlando. Bill gave the nominating speech for Mike Lynch and reports came back about it.

Not to take away from Mike’s record, one guy said, but Bill’s fervor was a big factor in the election. <<<

I like what I hear about the Underwood Cup matches. Used to be that it really was becoming a social event. Now, I’m getting the feeling that things are a bit chippy.

Can’t wait for February. <<<

Comments? I’m at [email protected].

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Three get JAGA awards

Timuquana won the annual Jacksonville Area GA Club Team Championship at Deerwood last month, besting 24 other area clubs. The team consisted of (from left) pro Tom Pannier, Michael McKenny, Fred Seely and Jack Fraleigh Sr. Fernandina Beach was second followed by Queen’s Harbour, Hyde Park, Jacksonville G&CC, Hidden Hills and Selva Marina.

Long Point’s team of (standing) Lee Kaufman and pro Barry Richardson and (seated) Bob Bolan and Chris Peters.

Streightiff and Crowe.

Jacksonville Beach: Fred Bridges, pro Sandy Suck-ling, Al Levene and Dan Rineberg.

Hyde Park: Jim Cook, Pat Andreu, pro Gary Murfitt and Bill Drake.

Everett Comstock, Earl Kelly, Byron Comstock and Rod Ellison.

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Pro Jim Howard and amateurs Steve Wyand and Lee Crowe are the 2011 award winners for the Jacksonville Area GA.

Howard, director of golf at Ponte Vedra, was named Professional of the Year and Wyand, a director from Sawgrass, was given the Di-rector of the Year award.

Crowe, the immediate past presi-dent, received the Red Gossman Award for “service to the associa-tion over a sustained basis.” The late Gossman was a former JAGA executive secretary.

The awards were determined by the JAGA officers and presented

by President Bob Streightiff after the Club Team Championship at Deerwood last month. Howard and Wyand could not be present, and Streightiff presented those awards at their home clubs.


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Just to make sure you know your Gator foot-ball team will win some games next year, here are their three chip-pies: Louisiana Lafay-ette, Bowling Green and

Jacksonville State. How much do they get for a visit to Florida Field? Dunno about two of them, but Louisiana La-fayette will take home $950,000 to help heal the bruises. <<<Scheduling is always tricky so let’s encourage our leaders to get togeth-er before they put 2012 in stone. It was too bad that two of the bigger events conflicted last month: the local PGA Chapter’s Tournament of Champions Pro-Am and the Jackson-ville Area GA’s Club Team Champion-ship, also a pro-am. <<<Underway: Jacksonville U’s golf prac-tice facility. It’s where the old par 3 course used to be, down on the river. Thank Marsh Landing owner Chester Stokes for the major donation. <<<And JU’s rival, UNF, continues its march toward lots of national recogni-tion. A recent Golfweek poll had the Ospreys No. 5 nationally, way ahead of anyone else in the state . <<<We’ve all heard all the analysis we can stand about the Jaguars’ recent newsmaking events and the most certain thing is that new owner Sha-hid Khan might be the city’s most popular guy even though few know him. Much as everyone likes Wayne Weaver, people finally were realizing that his days were about to become another Bobby Bowden/Joe Paterno saga. <<<You’ve noticed that our Tim Tebow keeps praying on the sidelines, but

did you notice the two Detroit Lions players who mocked his prayerful pose when they scored on Denver? That insult generated zero criticism in the media, you may have not-ed. But can you imagine the furor if someone mocked a Muslim who prayed during a game? <<<It might be understood if some peo-ple change their name. One surely is Gerry Sandusky, the Baltimore Ra-vens’ play-by-play announcer. <<<If you’re a desperate Ohio State foot-ball fan, are you sure about Urban Meyer? Two national titles, for sure: one with Ron Zook’s players and the other with St. Tebow. And look what he left behind. <<<Times are tough financially but peo-ple still keep coming up with checks for the Jacksonville Area GA scholar-ship fund. latest: $3,815 from Sel-va Marina, $600 from Jacksonville Beach’s Barhoppers group. <<<Quick now, name the U.S. pair that won this year’s World Cup. <<<Tom Coughlin hasn’t changed since his Jaguar days. The New York Post refers to the Giants coach as “Tommy Tight Pants.” <<<

Nice move by Underwood Cup ama-teur captain Billy Varn — he’s having a dinner for his team with former PGA Tour commish Deane Be-man as the speaker. You might not remember that Beman was the best amateur of his day (once Jack Nick-laus turned pro) and played in four Walker Cup matches. <<<Not sure what the Jacksonville mayor plans to do about sports. We badly need someone to oversee ev-erything and bring everyone togeth-er, and City Hall doesn’t seem to be operating on the necessary cylinders to fill the much-ballyhooed job. In-cumbent Mike Bouda is capable but we also hear talk that JU Athletics Director Alan Verlander might be en-ticed to move downtown. <<<Fun to watch TV shots of San Diego Chargers’ placekicker Nick Novak relieving himself on the sidelines. Didn’t think there was another sport where they did that. <<<

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Founded: 1965 (one year; resumed in 1977.)

Why founded: Its founder, Henry Tuten, wanted a good event at year’s end.

Past locations: Numerous, but most were played on a Long Point-Deerwood rotation. Last year was San Jose-Dye’s Valley.

Defending champions: Pro Rob Bradley and amateurs Rob Shiller, Major Forbess and Scott Schroeder.

Top players expected: Vijay Singh, Bud Cauley, Mark McCumber, Jeff Klauk and Leonard Thompson.

Teams expected: 36.

Spectators: Both rounds are open to the public. No spectator carts will be available.

It brings together the best of our best and moves this year to two of our best courses.

The Henry Tuten Gator Bowl Pro-Am will be Dec. 15-16 and, for the first time, will be played at two private, equity courses that originally were designed by Donald Ross.

The opening round will be at Timuquana, a noon shotgun. The next day will be played with tee times at San Jose.

As always, the field will feature just about every strong local player, pro and amateur alike. The format is one best ball scratch, so the contending teams need to be birdie machines.

The lure of the two private clubs should bring a full field of 36 teams with the winners adding their names to a trophy laden with names of ex-

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San JoseFounded: 1925.

Why founded: As a golf course for the nearby resort hotel (now The Bolles School.)

Location: Southside.

Type club: Private, equity.

Club president: Rob Sandlin.

Head professional: Todd Bork (right).

Par: 72.

Yardage (back tees): 6,921.

The pro’s key to winning: “Getting your tee shot in the proper position to approach the pin. You don’t want to be trying birdie putts when you have to go over some of the humps in our greens.”


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They had plus 24 in the Stableford competition, two better than the St. Johns GC team of pro Tom Stecker and amateurs Randy Slocum, Dale Hrach and Rick Du-chame.

Cary Splane of Marsh Creek was low pro at 66 and also had the fourth place team with amateurs Joe Lopinto, Bob Marshall and Jim Liakos.

Gerry James of CenterForce Golf and partners Jim Ross, Chris Rybecki and Jerry Kamis were third at plus 18.

Stecker’s 69 was second best among the pros with Solodovnick and Broc Nell of Omni Amelia Island Plantation next at 70.

It was the final event of the 2011 Northern Chapter PGA season.

The Northern Chapter is once again the champion of the North Florida PGA.

The Chapter’s team bested teams from the North Florida PGA’s other three chapters last month at St. Johns G&CC to win the Porter Cup competition.

The event formerly was known as the Chapter Challenge but was renamed to honor Jerry Porter, the longtime Section executive director who retired three years ago.

The team, captained by Ray Barr of Jacksonville G&CC, got three wins from Clint Avret of Timuquana, Cary Splane of Marsh Creek and Tom Stecker of St. Johns GC for nine of their total 19 points.

Each chapter played head-to-head with the other three. The East Central chapter was next at 15.5 followed by the Southwest with 13 and the West Central with 12.5.

Other members of the Northern Chapter team were Mike Broderick, Palencia; Richie Bryant, Pablo Creek; Todd Bork, San Jose; Brad Rollinson, unattached; Spencer Brown, Selva Marina; Gerry James, CenterForce Golf; and Nate Manis, Slammer and Squire.

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Jan. 17: Directors, Blue Cypress.

Feb. 14: Directors, Eagle Harbor.

Mar. 13: Directors, Amelia River.

Apr. 17: Directors, Mill Cove.

May 15: Directors, Magnolia Point.

June 25: Directors, TBA

July 17: Directors, Timuquana.

Aug. 20: Directors, Sawgrass.

Sept. 18: Directors, TBA.

Oct. 16: Directors, TBA.

Nov. 19: Directors, San Jose.

Dec. 18: Directors, TBA.

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Dec. 12: Hidden Hills.

Jan. 11: Dye’s Valley.

Jan. 18: Eagle Harbor.

Jan. 25: South Hampton.

Feb. 1: Selva Marina.

Feb. 8: North Hampton.

Feb. 15: Ponte Vedra Ocean.

Feb. 22: Sawgrass.

Feb. 29: Golf Club of Amelia.

Mar. 7: San Jose.

Mar. 14: Plantation.

Mar. 21: Amelia Island Plantation Ocean.

Mar. 28: St Johns G&CC.

Apr. 4: Queen’s Harbour.

Apr. 18: Hyde Park.

Apr 25: Jacksonville Beach.

May 2: Closing day at Palencia.

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Dec. 12: Partners Pro-Am, TBA.

Feb. 21-22: Underwood Cup, Timuquana.

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Dec. 12: Cypress Course Grand Club.

Jan. 16: LPGA Champions.

Jan. 23: St. Johns G&CC.

Feb. 13: Pine Course at Palm Coast.

Feb. 27: South Hampton.

March 5: Grand Haven.

March 26: Eagle Landing.

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April 6-9: Masters, Augusta.

May 10-13: Players, TPC Stadium.

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Dec. 12-14: Gate Petroleum Senior, Ponte Vedra Lagoon and Ocean. (Qualifier: Dec. 6.)

Dec. 15-16: Henry Tuten Gator Bowl Pro-Am, Timuquana and San Jose.

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Dec. 6, All association, Deerwood.

Dec. 15: Seniors, St. Johns G&CC.

North Florida PGA

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Florida State GA

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April 10-12: Senior, Lake Wales.

May 7-11: Women’s Amateur, Weston.

June 11-12: Girls Junior, Lecanto.

June 21-24: Men’s Amateur, Jupiter.

July 10-12: Boys Junior, Sawgrass.

July 20-22: Florida Open, Bradenton.

Aug. 9-12: Match Play, Orlando.

Oct. 4-7: Mid-Amateur, Vero Beach.

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cellent pros and amateurs like Tour winners Dan Sikes, Bob Duval, David Duval, Rocco Mediate, Kenny Perry and Jeff Klauk; and amateurs such as Billy Horschel, David Eger, Fred Klauk, Mark McCumber, Len Mat-tiace and Cary Splane (some have since turned pro, of course.)

The founder and namesake, Henry Tuten, started the event in 1965 “because I wanted a good tourna-ment to play in around Christmas.”

He added, “I like to start tourna-ments. I was behind the city cham-pionship (now the JAGA Amateur) and I’ve been involved in others.”

The first one got off to a poor start.

It lasted one year before some local club pros objected to playing at a

course where the pro didn’t own his shop. It caused Tuten to pull away.“I told them they’d have to find some-place else to play for money”,” he said, and it wasn’t until 1977 that less-rigid local pros asked for a re-newal.

Tuten was on the first winning team with Sikes and fellow amateur Ver-non Ray.

“We only had three-man teams be-cause there weren’t enough good amateurs,” he recalled. When it came back in 1977, there were plen-ty of good players and it has been played every year since except for a rainout in 1983.”

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TimuquanaFounded: 1923.

Why founded: Members of nearby Florida Country Club wanted a family-type club.

Location: Ortega.

Type club: Private, equity.

Club president: Dan Wolff.

Head professional: Clint Avret (left).

Par: 72.

Yardage (back tees): 6,888.

The pro’s key to win-ning: “The par 5’s can be reached. And not for just birdies — it’s how many eagles a team can make.”

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The 2012 Underwood Cup teams have been selected with the major-ity of players coming off a points system and the remainder named by the respective captains.

The Ryder Cup-like matches will be February 21-22 at Timuquana with better ball and alternate shot matches on the opening day and singles on the final day.

The pro team includes Player of the Year Brad Rollinson and Cary Splane, who finished second in the 2011 points.

The amateurs have a mix of veteran and new players led by David An-thony, Mike Bodney and Gate Invi-tational low amateur Nate Mosby.

It will be the 20th renewal of the matches with the pros holding a slim 9-8-3 edge. The amateurs won last year by one point.

The captains are pro Tommy Aycock and amateur Billy Varn. Each has an assistant, Mike Lynch for the pros

and Mike Bodney for the amateurs, but Varn added a second assistant captain, Mike Ellison, because Bod-ney made the team.

Aycock had four captain’s choices; Varn had three. Each also can name an alternate.

Cup teams selected

Professional team Clint Avret, Todd Bork, Mike Broderick, Spencer Brown, Richie Bryant, Santiago Cavanaugh, Gerry James, Broc Nell, Charles Raulerson, Brad Rollinson, Cary Splane, Tom Stecker

Captain: Tommy Aycock.

Assistant captain: Mike Lynch.

Amateur team David Anthony, Mike Bodney, Jonathan Bolen, Duke Butler IV, Bill Calfee, Steve Carter, Nick Gilliam, Eric Graybeal, Blake Holcomb, Nate Mosby, Andy Purnell, Luis Rivera

Captain: Billy Varn.

Assistant captains: Mike Bodney, Mike Ellison.


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Through the efforts of STV and its clients they were able to donate 300 lbs. of non-perishable food items and raised $1,200, the largest single donation to date to the Clay County Soup Kitchen. “It’s a small charity making a big impact in the commu-nity and with this money they will be able to do a lot of great things we could not do before,” said Guy Galli-na, Founder and Executive Director.

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• Sight unseen, it’s always a guess (no matter how much research you do, you can’t find out if they rake the bunkers daily) but here are some tips to make it an educated guess:

• The obvious: check with your pals to see if they’ve played courses in that area.

• Check a tee times website. There are several and a good one is The Golf Channel’s golfnow.com, which covers most states. Good discounts but don’t just sign up — do plenty of research. For instance, the course you like may be cramming in foursomes at seven-minute intervals.

• Almost every good course has its own website. Don’t believe everything you see, of course, as there’s go-ing to be plenty of hyperbole, but you can get the basic information.

• Don’t go by the published rates; you’ll be surprised at the difference when you call the pro shop. Espe-cially when you let them choose the tee time.

• Ask any PGA pro. They network and your pro might know a good course for you. If your pro is a good pal, he or she might even make a call to see if they can give you what’s known as the “pro’s rate.”

• Call your hotel, if you’re staying in one. Most have arrangements with area courses. The better the ho-tel, the better the courses.

• No matter how you’ve chosen a course, don’t commit until you ask some basic questions — for instance, have they just overseeded?

• Most populated areas have a consortium of hotels and courses like our Florida’s First Coast of Golf. Of course, they only promote those who have joined their association, but that probably doesn’t leave out many as good promoters see the value.

• Doesn’t hurt to call the PGA Section office in that area and ask advice. You can find the Section phone numbers at www.pga.com.

• If you’re going to an exotic place, check with a travel agent. Yes, they’ll get a commission (from the course, not you) if they book your tee time, but they also know they’ll have to answer to you when you return.

• If you’re flying, consider shipping your clubs to the course (or your rental car location) via UPS or FedEx. Might not cost much more than what you’ll pay the airline and you won’t have to haul them around.

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Prep at Amelia RiverFlight winners: Ryan Brown, Alex Whitchers, Sam Ohno, Eliza-beth Fuentes.

Northern Chapter Tournament of Champions at Amelia National

Team: Gainesville pro Sean Solodovnick and amateurs Brandt Frenchman, John Jones and Dan Spiess

Pro: Cary Splane, Marsh Creek.

Jacksonville Women’s GASenior Overall: Tama Caldabaugh.

Senior Gross: Faye Shepherd. Senior Net: Bertha Frazier. Super Senior Gross: Linda Scott. Super Senior Net: Chris Moyer.

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AmaTOUR at DeercreekFlight winners: Alan Boyce, Bill Baer.

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Gross: Nick Stark, Rob Podiva, Mike McMullen, Jason Hill.

Net: Dan McCarthy, David Erasmus, Clay Brown, Ricky Landucci.

First Tee/Golf Channel Invitational at Slammer and Squire

First Tee of St. Johns: Spencer Schindler, Gabriel Bell, Nicholas Jahn, and Troy Kennedy.

JAGA Club Team Championship

1. Timuquana. 2. Fernandina Beach. 3. Queen’s Harbour. 4. Hyde Park. 5. Jacksonville G&CC. 6. Hiddden Hill. 7. Selva Marina.

Interclub at Marsh Landing

Pat Tancredi, Anita Kommnick, Dane Margol, Eleanor Coalson.

Winners


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.

Mill Cove Monument Rd. in Arlington. Range. 642-6140.

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.

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. 531-9784 or 269-9276.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Ponte Vedra Inn & Club A1A in Ponte Vedra Beach. Range. 273-7710.

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

TPC Sawgrass In Sawgrass Country Club, 36 holes. Range. 273-3235. Open to public 14 days in advance.

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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