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MINNESOTA
Spring 2024
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SOMERBY GOLF CLUB
DEPARTMENTS
4 | EDITOR'S LETTER
Golf Euphoria
6 | INSIDE THE MGA
Life Happens
8 | GREAT DRIVES
Manitou Ridge No. 9
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14 | DRIVING MINNESOTA:
HIGHWAY 52 TOUR
By Joe Bissen
A local historian traces the tour's
origins to today's great golf along
the highway.
20 | SPRINGTIME BOUNTY
By Joseph Oberle
A roundup of the many golf course
developments awaiting play this season.
24
FEATURES
24 | GOLF TALES:
LARRY FITZGERALD JR.
By Mark Craig
The local gridiron great is now creating
a legacy in charitable golf.
28 | 2024 MGA TOURNAMENT
CALENDAR
Your go-to guide for golf tournaments
and events this season.
MGA is now mobile. Smartphone owners will fi nd web content displayed in a
mobile-friendly format, while MGA members who log in will be able to post scores, search
for courses by " nearest " location, and follow live scoring during MGA and USGA events.
Getting your
handicap index
revision via email?
Sign up:
mngolf.org/
handicapping
10 | TIPS FROM THE PROS
Perfecting a Practice Plan
11 | GOLF GEAR
Putter Grips
12 | RULES PRIMER
Handicap Index Benefits
36 | PRESIDENT'S DESK
Sustainability in Golf
37 | CADDIE CORNER
2024's New Evans Scholars
38 | PUNCH SHOTS
MGA News
Allied Associations
40 | BACKSPIN
Golf in Any Season
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ON THE COVER: LARRY FITZGERALD JR.
PHOTO: JORDAN GREEN // GOLF SPACE COLLECTIVE
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