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The MGF Awards Scholarships to Five Young Adults

The Minnesota Golf Association Foundation Women's Scholarship and Jim Mendesh Memorial Scholarship...

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Ede Rice, MGA President 2023-2024

What an exciting time for the Minnesota Golf Association. We have been busy! With summer behind us,...

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Spanish Sun Devil Hoists U.S. Amateur Trophy at Hazeltine

Celebrating his 21st birthday, Arizona State University golfer José Luis Ballester survived a late...

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Links Along the Cape

Links golf is a completely different game than what many golfers around the world are used to...

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Made Ya Laugh

It's become a daily ritual for millions of Americans: scrolling through the silly, cringeworthy and...

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Major Contributor

Major championship golf in Minnesota would have gone the way of the stymie were it not for Totton...

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SXSW x MN GOLF

Mary Jo Graphenteen has no pressing desire to break course records or play golf at tournaments like...

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National Exposure

It's no secret that Hazeltine National Golf Club has an iconic championship pedigree. Only...

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Where is She Now?

In 2015, Wayzata High School senior Samantha Lee was awarded an academic scholarship by what was...

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Highway Golf History

John A. Cole could not have imagined this. Cole owned a milling company in Rochester, Minnesota,...

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Spring Bloom

In an era when new course openings are as rare (and prized) as an albatross, Minnesota golf boasts...

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World Golfer

In 2013, fellow Cardinals receiver Andre Roberts was first bitten by the golf bug that would infect...

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Driven to Succeed

Eagan's Anna Drahos returned to local amateur golf after college, but a chance trip through the...

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The People's Game

Golf began as a common man's game in Scotland—played on public land by shepherds, soldiers and...

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Lost & Found

Minnesota's 600-plus golf courses, past and present, have taken up residence just about everywhere:...

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Future Game Plan

Kirk Cousins spent the fall of 2022 saving more NFL games and golf courses from becoming housing...

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Jon Mays: New ED of the MGA

On September 22, the Minnesota Golf Association announced Jon Mays as its newly hired executive...

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Alabama’s RTJ Golf Trail

Change in golf, like life, does not always come easy. For example, changing a golf swing takes...

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Changing of Lives Through Golf

MGA members and readers of Minnesota Golfer will be familiar with the three core programs of the...

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2023 MN Golf Hall of Fame

In an overhaul of its vision, mission and criteria for consideration, the MGA/PGA Minnesota Golf...

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Driving Through History

Heading south of the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburbs down I-35, you will find no shortage of scenic...

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Ryan Retires from the MGA

“I didn't take it personally,” joked Tom Ryan to the MGA Board of Directors during a recent meeting...

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