Golf Reads -- Ideas for 2015 Old Works Update – Anaconda Gem Open for Now Nick Dietzen, MSGA Communications Director Nick Dietzen, MSGA Communications Director
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PO Box 4306, Helena MT 59604-4306 (406) 458-3359 January 2015 - Volume 5, Issue 1 Golf Reads -- Ideas for 2015 Old Works Update – Anaconda Gem Open For Now Nick Dietzen, MSGA Communications Director Nick Dietzen, MSGA Communications Director We at the MSGA Residents of Montana and Northwest The new, more modern, Washoe hope that this news- golfing enthusiasts are very familiar Smelter had the capacity to process letter finds you in with one of the region’s most dis- all of the ore from the nearby Butte good spirits follow- tinctive golf courses, Old Works in mines, resulting in the dismantling ing a great holiday Anaconda. and closure of the Old Works. The season. Undoubtedly, location lay idle until 1983, when it as a golfer, you’ve The Jack Nicklaus signature course, became a Superfund cleanup site. received some golf gifts under the constructed within a former copper Christmas Tree, or maybe have gift mining site in Anaconda, features In 1989, Anaconda citizens formed cards to spend online. As you pa- numerous slag bunkers (a unique, fine a group to promote the construction tiently wait for the golfing season to black matter, resulting from the smelt- of a "world class" golf course on the begin, winter offers a good time to ing of ore, frames the golf course) and site. Through hard work and coopera- catch up on some golf reading. a landscape unlike any in the state. tion between the community, ARCO, But the renowned course has been in State and Federal Agencies, along with Without attempting any sort of best the news this golf legend and course of, the following 10 titles include fall, as its opera- architect, Jack Nicklaus, some well-known classics and some tions and fiscal ground was broken recent titles you may not have heard health has been on May 26, 1994. The of yet. The world of golf reading is at risk. course opened in 1997. both immense and varied: instruc- tional, entertainment, fictional, and From a histori- Since then, Old Works picture-filled. cal perspective, has attracted many in the late 19th golfers and earned a Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons: The century, an Irish immigrant, Marcus well-respected reputation as a great Modern Fundamentals of Golf Daly, backed by J.B. Haggin and oth- golf course, but also one that has been Ben Hogan (1985), $5-10 ers, purchased the land on which the financially unstable. One of the handful of classic golf city of Anaconda and the Old Works teaching books that has provided a were built. This fall, news reports announced that framework for many great players Old Works was in danger of closing through the years, Hogan’s Five Les- The Upper Works (where remnants potentially by Nov. 1 of this year, but sons outlines the building blocks of can be seen on the front nine) began Anaconda-Deer Lodge Superfund co- good golf from the legendary ball- production, with a capacity to treat ordinator Carl Nyman has stated that striker, Ben Hogan. Fully illustrated 500 tons of ore daily. This production the course may not be closing at all. with drawings and diagrams, this more than doubled and the addition timeless work is equally great for the to the east, the Lower Works, kept the "There's been a lot of work that's been beginner, or those who understand bustling production of ore going until going on the past couple of weeks, a the importance of fundamentals. a fire destroyed the Lower Works soon lot of conversations between the EPA, ....Continued on the next page after. ....Continued on page 3 GOLF READS... from previous page up-and-down six years titions in any sport. This account gives as swing coach of Tiger a view to the players competing for His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir Woods. This book pro- the coveted spots on the sports biggest Dan Jenkins (2014), $10-20 vides the reader with stage. 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No matter how many times you raphy, top-20 lists, profiles of some of Fifth Major read, you’ll find something you might the games best, and some memorable John Feinstein (2007), $10-15 have forgotten. stories of the past two decades. Legendary sports-scribe and author Happy Holidays! of the well-regarded A Good Walk The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Spoiled, Feinstein profiles the im- Have you read a book that’s been entertaining Tiger Woods mense task of qualifying for the PGA or influential to your enjoyment of golf? Write Hank Haney (2012), $10-20 Tour, one of the most grueling compe- us and let us know, or reach out on social Hank Haney's candid account of his media and tell us your favorites! - 2 - OLD WORKS... from page 1 line beyond the initial setup; whereas financial sense for the golf course and the county’s position is that a true county, but many feel that the loss of Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), Superfund settlement agreement has the course would have not only a huge the county, the authority board," Ny- never been completed and thus, the economic impact, but also affect the man said. The course has been receiv- obligations of ARCO are still ongoing. area in a negative way, as the course ing funding from ARCO and the EPA, has been a flagship of remediation for as the golf course is unable to sustain Old Works will continue business as the county and a source of pride for itself through its own revenue.