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Payne Stewart CADDIE Reflects on 1999 U.S OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the Carolinas Golf Association Fall 2014 REMEMBERING PAYNE STEWART CADDIE RefLecTS ON 1999 U.S. OPEN WIN AT PINEHURST NO. 2 WHAT WOULD DONALD DO? WILMINGTON MUNI RESTORATION FOLLOWS ROSS’ ORIGINAL PLANS FOOTGOLF SCORES GOLF-SOCCER HYBRID BUILDS REVENUE, TRAFFIC CONTENTS � FALL 2014 FEATURES WILMINGTON MUNICIPAL GETS MAKEOVER / 16 A Donald Ross course gets restored to align with the designer’s original intent. KICK-STARTING A NEW REVENUE STREAM / 20 Soccer meets golf as courses around the Carolinas discover the advantages of FootGolf. DEPARTMENTS PRESIDENT’S NOTE / 4 Change is the name of the game for the CGA. MILESTONES / 6 The CGA mourns the loss of Michael Dann. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE / 7 Pinehurst to host U.S. Amateur Four-Ball; Campbell women set records; Faidley Learning Center to open; and more. AGRONOMY / 15 Bill Anderson is the CGA’s new agronomist. 12 SWING DOCTORS / 18 Start loving your sand Remembering wedge. PROFILE / 22 Golf Pride’s GM on Payne Stewart technology and the game. Mike Hicks was at Pinehurst No. 2 as Payne Stewart’s STAY & PLAY / 25 Beyond golf: Resorts offer caddie during the 1999 U.S. Open. This year, he was back variety in the Carolinas. at the Open to pay tribute as Stewart was posthumously FINAL WORD / 26 given the USGA’s Bob Jones Award. Colleagues remember a good friend. LEADERBOARD / 28 2014 CGA Championship events and results. ON THE COVER The late Payne Stewart during the 1999 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. � A statue of Payne Stewart at the Pinehurst clubhouse Photo from Getty Images. Lecka/Getty Images Streeter Photo: 2 / CAROLINASGOLF PRESIDENT’S NOTE Carolinas Golf Association Change is the Name of the Game Executive Director / Jack Nance Director of Championships and / by G. JacKson HUghes, President, Carolinas Golf Association Association Operations / Andy Priest Director of Women’s Golf and Member Services / Tiffany Priest � “Nothing endures but change.” Director of Junior Golf / Jason Cox — Heraclitus of Ephesus Tournament Director / Rusty Harder Associate Junior Golf Director / Chris Zeh The CGA has certainly faced change of late — some by design and Director of Media and Marketing / Doug Hardisty some not. We have faced more monumental decisions in the last Agronomist / Dr. Leon T. Lucas three years than in the previous 102. Let’s look back: GHIN Service Managers / Scott Gerbereux, Thomas Johnson � Carolinas Golf House: We started the dialog of creating a new Tournament Coordinator / Chris Nielsen CGA headquarters and historical center in 2000. Now that dream Tournament Coordinator / Rita Longest will come true. Office Manager / Johnnie Gebhardt In 1991, we moved from the Tanglewood Clubhouse in Administrative Assistant / Judy Wimmer Clemmons, N.C., to set up camp in West End (a.k.a. Seven Lakes) with the help of the late Peter Tufts. Meanwhile, our staff has grown from five to 15 so we are moving to a spot in Pine Needles that will grow with us. Its 13,500 square feet includes a heritage museum/ CGA Office: visitor center to showcase golf in the Carolinas. Come see us! Phone: (910) 673-1000 / Fax: (910) 673-1001 carolinasgolf.org or [email protected] � GHIN® Comes to the Carolinas: The USGA and GHIN Mailing Address: Physical Address: committed to investing substantial resources to put the CGA on the CGA, P.O. Box 319 CGA, 135 N. Trade St. leading edge of technology. There have been a few bumps in the road, West End, NC 27376 West End, NC 27376 which makes all of us even more determined to be the leader in the industry. The CGA has almost 150,000 members of 700 clubs who Executive Committee Members deserve the best, and we will deliver. � The Reunion: This Carolinas Golf Foundation event is a wonderful G. Jackson Hughes Jr. Randy Allen Todd Satterfield President Surf Golf and Furman University fundraiser to benefit many Carolinas-based initiatives. We hope you Greenville, S.C. Beach Club Golf Club will keep this on your radar. (See related article on Page 8.) Lawrence C. Hicks Vicki DiSantis Mike Smith � Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame: The Carolinas Golf Reporters Vice President Country Club of North Greenville (S.C.) Greensboro Carolina Country Club Association has done an outstanding job over the years honoring Country Club Frank Golden Teddy Stockwell Carolinians who have made a difference in golf. Now they’ve asked Gene Spencer Quail Hollow Yeamans Hall Club the CGA to take it over, and we agreed. Secretary Country Club The Windermere Club Thomas J. Thorpe � New CGA Agronomist: For the last 15 years, Dr. Leon Lucas has Kelly Miller Tanglewood Golf Daniel R. O’Connell Pine Needles Lodge Association been a rock for the CGA agronomy department. His contributions Treasurer and Golf Club The Creek Golf Club Walter Todd to the game, and to so many of the superintendents and club Rion Moore Lakeside Country green committees, are too numerous to count. He hangs up his J. Richard Dosek DeBordieu Club Club Past President turf temperature gauge and soil sampler at the end of 2014. His Oak Valley Golf Club D. Gregory Norris Pine Valley replacement is Bill Anderson (read more on Page 15). We wish Dr. Charles E. Lynch Jr. Country Club General Counsel Lucas the best. High Point Rick Riddle � Back-to-Back U.S. Opens Are History: It appears the men’s Country Club Cedarwood Country Club and women’s Opens were huge successes. Here’s a new idea for the USGA: Hold the men’s and women’s Opens back-to-back once again, Find us on Facebook: but play the men at Pinehurst No. 2 and the women down the street Keyword Search — Carolinas Golf Association at Pine Needles. But wait, then they would have to deal with that Carolinas Golf is the official publication of the Carolinas Golf Association. Members receive vicious Pinehurst traffic circle, huh? Carolinas Golf as part of their membership. The text, opinions, and views expressed within this publication do not necessarily reflect the opinions or the official policies of the It appears Heraclitus was spot on with his philosophy and we are Carolinas Golf Association, editor, and publisher. No part of this magazine is intended as an endorsement of any equipment, publication, videotape, website, golf course, or other entity. living proof! No part of this magazine may be reproduced for any reason without prior written approval from the CGA. We welcome all editorial submissions but assume no responsibility for the � Michael Dann: Our friend and 22-year employee Michael Dann loss or damage of any unsolicited material. They will not be returned unless accompanied died unexpectedly at home July 15 (see related articles on Pages 6 by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Postmaster: Send address changes to: and 26). Michael was as devoted and dedicated as they come and will Carolinas Golf, P.O. Box 319, West End, NC 27376-0319. be sorely missed. Copyright © 2014, Carolinas Golf Association. Products and services mentioned in this publication may be trademarks of their respective companies. Rest in peace, my friend. 4 / CAROLINASGOLF MILESTONES VOLUME 12 ISSUE 3 Magazine Staff NEWS & NOTEWORTHY EVENTS AROUND THE CAROLINAS � CGA, Golf Community Mourn Sudden Loss of Michael Dann Carolinas Golf Association Director of Course Rating and Handicapping, Michael Harley Dann, died unexpectedly in his Executive Publisher / Michael Dann (In Memoriam) sleep July 15, 2014, at his home in Seven Lakes, N.C. He was 65. Born in Detroit, Mich., he moved with his family to Glenview, Associate Publisher / Edward J. Peabody Ill., when he was 11. While attending Loyola Academy Jesuit [email protected] College Preparatory School in Wilmette, he was active on Managing Editor / Kathy Gibbons the golf team. He earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree [email protected] in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, where he also played on the golf team and was a Copy Editors / Dorothy Hernandez, reporter and editor for the newspaper. John S. Schultz Dann later described his career combining journalism Design Director / Ken Cendrowski and golf as a “story of serendipity.” Not long after college [email protected] graduation, he was hired to write for Golf World magazine Production Director / Jon Reynolds in Southern Pines, N.C. As he told it, “One of the magazine writers overimbibed at an airport and missed a flight en route Senior Production Artist / Robert Gorczyca to an assignment, resulting in his termination. If he hadn’t missed his flight, I Production Artist / Stephanie Daniel wouldn’t have gotten Contributors / Elsa Bonstein, the job.” Trent Bouts, Craig Distl, And so began Krista Dunton, Kevin Fales, a long career Lee Pace marrying his craft with a love of golf. Leaving Golf World, Advertising Account Executives he went on to handle Andy Walters public relations for (248) 691-1800, ext. 104 • [email protected] Pinehurst Resort. After that, he served David Norman as director at the (804) 240-2249 • [email protected] World Golf Hall Advertising Director / Jason Hosko of Fame; editor (248) 691-1800, ext. 126 • [email protected] of Virginia Golfer Ad Coordinator / Andrea Przybysz magazine; manager of the USGA Members Program; and vice (248) 691-1800, ext. 133 • [email protected] president of marketing for Video Magazines International. Dann came to the CGA in 1992, working with some 160 course ratings volunteers and training them to rate courses; he was also executive publisher of Carolinas Golf magazine. In a short career summary that he wrote in 2013, he closed by saying, “Dann and his wife, Dianne, have three children, CEO / Stefan Wanczyk President / John Balardo three dogs, two vans, and a mortgage.” In addition to his wife of 30 years, Dann is survived by 117 West Third St.
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