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MINNESOTA
Summer 2024
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INTERLAKEN GOLF CLUB
DEPARTMENTS
4 | EDITOR'S LETTER
Golfers Doing Good Things
6 | INSIDE THE MGA
Golf is Cool Again
8 | GREAT DRIVES
Edinburgh USA No. 17
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12 | DRIVING MINNESOTA:
SOUTHWEST TOUR
By Joe Bissen
Golf along I-90 offers great golf history
and challenging courses.
18 | U.S. AM:
GOLF'S LAUNCHING PAD
By David Shefter
A preview of the 2024 U.S. Amateur at
Hazeltine National GC and Chaska
Town Course.
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FEATURES
24 | THE MAN BEHIND THE COURSE:
TOTTON HEFFELFINGER
By Rick Shefchik
Explore the former USGA president's legacy
at Hazeltine National GC.
28 | GOLF TALES:
HANNAH ASLESEN
By Nick Hunter
The actor and Edina native
brings humor to the green.
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
9 | RULES PRIMER
Test Your Rules Knowledge
10 | GOLF GEAR
Long Putters
11 | TIPS FROM THE PROS
Tracking Your Performance
31 | PRESIDENT'S DESK
The More the Merrier
32 | MN GOLF FOUNDATION
Where is She Now?
34 | PUNCH SHOTS
MGA News
Scorecard
Allied Associations
40 | BACKSPIN
Live to Play Another Day
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ON THE COVER: THE 124TH U.S. AMATEUR RETURNS TO HAZELTINE NATIONAL GOLF CLUB THIS SUMMER
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