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UPCOMING EVENTS

PVCC would like to thank all the Ladies that participated in our Wine & 9! Please join us for the 2020 season.

The Twilight End-of-Year Banquet will be held on Wednesday, September 18th at 6:30 PM. Chef Dave as a great menu planned! We hope to see all the members of Twilight attend.

Recurring Events

Taco Tuesday | Visit us for amazing tacos @ Penoby! $1 chicken or beef tacos ALL DAY.
    September 17, 24

Thirsty Thursdays | Get 1/2 off wings w/ the purchase of a beverage. 🍻Come get a taste of the best wings in the world!
    September 19, 26

Wine & 9 | Wine & golf- what could be better?  🍷 Click HERE for more info.
    September 19, 26

Events

18 | Twilight End-of-Year Banquet ​ | 6:30 PM start | Celebrate a great season with us!

20 | Date Night Dinner for 2 | Dinner for 2 with a bottle of wine, with live music featuring Everett Dumas! | $45 per couple (not including tax/gratuity) | Click HERE for the menu. Call 207-833-2423 to RSVP today!

This Month's Charity

GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITH US!

Every Thursday in September, we will be donating 10% of our green fees and 10% of our food sales to the House in the Woods Foundation.

House in the Woods is a nonprofit organization offering outdoor programs to bring together small groups of active military, veterans, and their family members to relax, share, bond, and deal with the stress, loss, grief, and other emotions which can haunt the grieving soul.

Book your tee time today to help us support this great organization!​

BOOK A TEE TIME

FOOD & BAR SPECIALS

The Snack Shack is CLOSED for the Season!  Thank you for your support! Hot Dogs & Pre-Made sandwiches are now available in the Pro-Shop.

The Grill at PVCC has been busy- thank you for all your support.​ Stop by today for one of our amazing specials!

Loaded Fries | Topped with cheese, bacon, & scallions. Served w/ sour cream. | $10

Stuffed Chicken Breast Sandwich | Served hot with gravy & your choice of side. | $10

Grill Pizza | Topped with meatballs | $11

Taco Tuesday | $1 each
Choice of beef or chicken hard or soft tacos. Add sour cream or salsa for .50 cents.

Thirsty Thursday | 1/2 price bone-in or boneless wings with the purchase of a beverage.

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Study shows modern golf swing causing more back injuries to players, and at younger ages

Source: GolfWorld
By
 Joel Beall

Tiger Woods is beginning the second year of his latest comeback campaign, a return from multiple surgeries on his back. While Woods has remained relatively healthy over the past 15 months, precisely what caused Woods’ woes remains a debate. Some point to the staggering amount of swings he’s taken in his lifetime. Others assert Tiger overdid it in the weight room, former caddie Stevie Williams claims it is self-inflicted from Woods’ fiddles with military training, and parts of the Internet subscribe to more cynical theories.

However, according to a new study, Tiger’s injuries—and injuries of other modern golfers—can be distilled to a far more elementary notion.

In the latest issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, a group of doctors from the Barrow Neurological Institute make the case that the modern “X-factor” swing favored by many professionals may hit balls harder and farther, but it can also put extra strain on the spine.

Comparing today’s players with legends like Jack Nicklaus and Ben Hogan, the doctors maintain today’s players are more muscular and have more powerful downswings, and this can put increased force on the spinal disc and facet joints, which leads to repetitive traumatic discopathy.

“We believe Tiger Wood’s experience with spinal disease highlights a real and under-recognized issue amongst modern era golfers,” writes Dr. Corey T. Walker. “RTD results from years of degenerative ‘hits’ or strains on the spine resulting in early onset breakdown, instability, and pain. We hope medical practitioners, and surgeons in particular, will be able to diagnose and treat golfers with RTD in a specialized fashion going forward.”

The group continues that, not only are current golfers experiencing more back injuries than their predecessors, but that they are victims to such issues earlier in life than non-golfers in their age range.

This line of thinking is not new, as Phil Mickelson has long been a proponent of these findings. “You can play golf for a lifetime and injury-free if you swing the club like Bobby Jones did, like Ernest Jones used to teach—where it’s a swinging motion rather than a violent movement,” Mickelson said at the 2016 Masters. “A lot of the young guys get hurt as they create this violent, connected movement, and I don’t believe that’s the proper way to swing the golf club.”

While the report can be worrisome for golfers both professional and amateur, other health experts maintain stretching and improving your core muscles can stave off injury. Golf Digest Fitness Advisor Ben Shear says back discomfort can be avoided by “Strengthening the muscles at the bottom of the spine, and improve flexibility in the mid and upper back.”

Link to article: Click here

March 18, 2019/by Penobscot Valley Country Club
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Study shows modern golf swing causing more back injuries to players, and at younger ages

Source: GolfWorld
By
 Joel Beall

Tiger Woods is beginning the second year of his latest comeback campaign, a return from multiple surgeries on his back. While Woods has remained relatively healthy over the past 15 months, precisely what caused Woods’ woes remains a debate. Some point to the staggering amount of swings he’s taken in his lifetime. Others assert Tiger overdid it in the weight room, former caddie Stevie Williams claims it is self-inflicted from Woods’ fiddles with military training, and parts of the Internet subscribe to more cynical theories.

However, according to a new study, Tiger’s injuries—and injuries of other modern golfers—can be distilled to a far more elementary notion.

In the latest issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, a group of doctors from the Barrow Neurological Institute make the case that the modern “X-factor” swing favored by many professionals may hit balls harder and farther, but it can also put extra strain on the spine.

Comparing today’s players with legends like Jack Nicklaus and Ben Hogan, the doctors maintain today’s players are more muscular and have more powerful downswings, and this can put increased force on the spinal disc and facet joints, which leads to repetitive traumatic discopathy.

“We believe Tiger Wood’s experience with spinal disease highlights a real and under-recognized issue amongst modern era golfers,” writes Dr. Corey T. Walker. “RTD results from years of degenerative ‘hits’ or strains on the spine resulting in early onset breakdown, instability, and pain. We hope medical practitioners, and surgeons in particular, will be able to diagnose and treat golfers with RTD in a specialized fashion going forward.”

The group continues that, not only are current golfers experiencing more back injuries than their predecessors, but that they are victims to such issues earlier in life than non-golfers in their age range.

This line of thinking is not new, as Phil Mickelson has long been a proponent of these findings. “You can play golf for a lifetime and injury-free if you swing the club like Bobby Jones did, like Ernest Jones used to teach—where it’s a swinging motion rather than a violent movement,” Mickelson said at the 2016 Masters. “A lot of the young guys get hurt as they create this violent, connected movement, and I don’t believe that’s the proper way to swing the golf club.”

While the report can be worrisome for golfers both professional and amateur, other health experts maintain stretching and improving your core muscles can stave off injury. Golf Digest Fitness Advisor Ben Shear says back discomfort can be avoided by “Strengthening the muscles at the bottom of the spine, and improve flexibility in the mid and upper back.”

Link to article: Click here

March 5, 2019/by Penobscot Valley Country Club
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Phil Mickelson takes home record fifth title

2019 Pebble Beach Pro-Am leaderboard, grades: Phil Mickelson takes home record fifth title

A Monday finish results in Lefty’s first win of 2019

Source: CBS Sports
By Kyle Porter

Phil Mickelson touched off the 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Monday, a record-tying fifth of his career, the same way he sewed it up late on Sunday. Lefty hit a nasty knockdown shot from 175 yards on the iconic par-5 18th at Pebble to 6 feet and poured that home for birdie — a final round 65 and the 44th win of his incredible PGA Tour career.

The bogey-free 65 was the round of the day, and it came at the perfect time for Mickelson, who trailed playing partner Paul Casey by three strokes heading into Round 4. Casey played nicely in the final round, which spanned two days because of a hail storm on Sunday, but his 71 couldn’t keep pace with the way Mickelson commanded his short irons and wedges over the final 18 holes. Lefty easily cleared him by three at 19-under 268.

“It’s been a very special week,” Mickelson told Peter Kostis of CBS Sports. “This is a special place for me. … To have my pro career start here and to have this victory means a lot.”

Mickelson finished first in the field on his approach shots and T2 in proximity to the hole. If you saw the way he struck the ball in Round 4, it’s easy to see why.

Mickelson and Casey were the only ones on the course on Monday as everyone else finished up on Sunday in the dark. Mickelson also wanted to try and get home on Sunday, but Casey called it on the 16th green, and Lefty said he was grateful for that even if he seemed perturbed in the moment. It’s very on brand for Mickelson to thank his opponent for setting up a win for him.

“He really protected both of us,” Mickelson said. “The greens were beat up. We had a chance today to come out on fresher greens, better weather, and I was really appreciative of that.”

With the 44th win of his career, Mickelson becomes just the fourth player to win PGA Tour events 28 or more years apart. He also inches closer to Walter Hagen’s mark of 45 PGA Tour wins and a potential tie for eighth all time. Billy Casper is seventh at 51. The fifth Pebble victory ties Mark O’Meara for the all-time record at that event.

We should ignore the “What if I’d told you ‘Phil Mickelson wins at Pebble after a long wait’ would be a headline at the start of the calendar year” storyline for now and obvious U.S. Open implications. Mickelson said after the round that this win has no bearing on what happens at the U.S. Open in June, likely because this will not be the same Pebble Beach after the USGA gets its hands on it.

Still, a victory for Mickelson at age 48 — and nearly two victories in his first three starts of 2019! — is remarkable. As the PGA Tour skews younger and Mickelson nears 50, it becomes more improbable for him to keep up. And yet not only is he keeping up, he’s thriving, he’s winning. He’s dropping filthy 65s in all manner of weather with a Ryder Cup participant leading him and young bucks like Si Woo Kim and Jason Day making runs at him. Mickelson, unlike Pebble Beach, is not timeless, but you may have been fooled if you watched him play golf on Sunday and Monday. Grade: A+

Here are the rest of our grades for the 2019 Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Jason Day (T4): Ignore the Sunday bank robber look and instead focus on another successful trip to Pebble Beach for the former major winner. He did the lion’s share of his damage on Thursday with a 65 at Monterey Peninsula, but he backed it up with an even-par 72 on the toughest scoring day (Saturday) and a tasty 68 during the final round (he finished on Sunday). Day pretty quietly hasn’t finished outside the top 25 anywhere since the Dell Technologies Championship during the FedEx Cup Playoffs last fall and should definitely be considered one of the early favorites for the Masters in April. Grade: A

Jordan Spieth (T45): After playing beautifully for the first two days, Spieth ejected hard on Saturday. He made just three bogeys over his first 48 holes, but then finished Saturday’s third round with two doubles and a bogey in the last six holes. He never recovered from that, made five more bogeys on Sunday and tumbled down the leaderboard with a 74-75 weekend on the Pebble Beach course. The issue for Spieth this week actually wasn’t the putter. He finished 60th (!) in strokes gained off the tee and could muster just three birdies in his final 31 holes of play on the week. Grade: C+

Dustin Johnson (T45): It may have been even uglier for Spieth’s playing partner, Dustin Johnson. After winning last week in Saudi Arabia, D.J. struggled late at a place where he’s won twice and been arguably the most consistent player over the last decade. Johnson’s week was less volatile than Spieth’s, but a 73-73 showing at Spyglass and Pebble on Friday and Saturday respectively left him way out of the mix for a third title here. It didn’t help that he played the non-par 5s in 3 over for the week. Grade: C+

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February 11, 2019/by Penobscot Valley Country Club
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Quick look at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Source: PGA Tour
By Ben Everill

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Preview

The iconic coastal views of the Monterey Peninsula never cease to amaze. Add a flurry of celebrities like Darius Rucker, Aaron Rodgers, Tony Romo, Kelly Slater, Jake Owen, Huey Lewis, Andy Garcia and Larry the Cable Guy scattered throughout some of the best talent on the PGA TOUR. Anything can happen in this beautiful place – including an upstart winner taking down three major champs. Welcome to the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

THREE PLAYERS TO PONDER

  1. Jason Day: No worse than T11 in last four seasons at the event and a total of five top-10s in career from nine starts. Never missed the cut.
  2. Jordan Spieth: A happy place the Texan must be antsy to get to. Six starts, six top-25s including a win in 2017 and two further top 20s.
  3. Dustin Johnson: Two previous wins at Pebble Beach and four top-4 finishes (without winning) in his last five starts in the event. Coming off a European Tour win.

THE FLYOVER

Three courses are in play this week (Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill, Monterey Peninsula), but you can’t go past the iconic stretch of beautiful golf that is Pebble Beach’s sixth, seventh and eighth holes. The 513-yard par-5 sixth, the 106-yard par-3 seventh and the 418-yard par-4 eighth at Pebble Beach hug the coastline and begin the stretch of seaside holes that defines the course. The seventh in particular is one of the greatest par threes on the planet.


LANDING ZONE

The most difficult hole at Pebble Beach last season was the 418-yard par-4 8th, which played to a stroke average of 4.242 last year. A sheer cliff edge greets those who try to bite off more than they can chew on the tee shot meaning placement off the tee is critical. The approach shot is one of the more memorable in the golf world. Across the chasm – usually with a mid-iron – to a green guarded by five bunkers. Here’s a look at where all drives landed last year.

Pebble8th-LandingZone
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WEATHER CHECK

From PGA TOUR meteorologist Joe Halvorson: “Light shower chances are forecast to end near or just after daybreak Wednesday. Dry conditions return for the remainder of Wednesday and will continue through Thursday. Confidence is lower in the forecast for Friday through the weekend, though rain chances are expected to return as a pair of troughs work through the region. The timing and strength of these systems remain in flux, but at this time it appears rainfall will most likely to occur in two waves. The first wave is expected Friday afternoon through daybreak Saturday. Rain chances are forecast to be lower for much of Saturday in between systems, with the second wave of rain anticipated Sunday morning through Sunday afternoon”

SOUND CHECK

Once I’m in the position to win a golf tournament, I feel really comfortable about doing it. It’s just getting there to that last nine holes on Sunday, giving yourself a chance. I mean if I’m in the hunt I feel like can I win. So I just got to get there.– Defending champion Ted Potter Jr who staved off the star trio of Dustin Johnson, Jason Day and Phil Mickelson last year.

BY THE NUMBERS

15: Half of the top 30 in the current FedExCup standings are in the field. All AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am champions have advanced to the FedExCup Playoffs since the inception of the FedExCup in 2007, with eight of those winners making it all the way to the TOUR Championship (including multiple winners Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Brandt Snedeker).

4: The amount of International wins Ho Sung Choi has claimed. The South Korean who lost part of his thumb in a fishing accident and has a fun swing makes his much-anticipated PGA TOUR debut this week. Read more about him here.

23: Number of starts at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Phil Mickelson will have when he hits his first shot on Thursday. A win would be his fifth at Pebble, tying him for most in the event with the “Prince of Pebble Beach” Mark O’Meara. Eleven of Mickelson’s 43 PGA TOUR wins have come in California (second all-time behind Tiger Woods’ 14). He is on the cusp of a career milestone: a made cut this week will mark his 500th official made cut on TOUR.

Here are some of the celebrity handicaps:

0: Tony Romo

1: Adrian Young

2: Matt Ryan

3: Jake Owen, Alfonso Ribeiro, Kelly Slater, Colt Ford

6: Chris O’Donnell

7: Darius Rucker, Greg Kinnear, Andy Garcia. Michael Peña

8: Larry Fitzgerald, Joe Don Rooney

9: Wayne Gretzky, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Dreesen, Chris Harrison

11: Huey Lewis, Clay Walker

12: Pat Monahan

15: Larry The Cable Guy, Condoleezza Rice, Toby Keith

16: Bill Murray, Ray Romano

18: Thomas Keller


SCATTERSHOTS

Tommy’s Pebble debut: England’s Tommy Fleetwood will make his Pebble Beach debut, playing on U.S. soil for the first time this season. Fleetwood is still searching for his first PGA TOUR win to go with his four on the European Tour. He had six runner-up results last season and perhaps feels right at home in the expected wet conditions.

“It puts a smile on your face for some reason,” Fleetwood said of Pebble Beach.

“I’ve been playing in hail stones and I’m still smiling. It’s just one of those few places in the world that has like an aura and an atmosphere about it and feel like really, feel very lucky to be playing golf this week.”

More than a clambake: The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am traces its roots to 1937 when entertainer Bing Crosby invited friends to get together for golf, a clambake and, to raise money for local charities. Today, the tournament touts an A-List lineup of celebrities and TOUR professionals while generating a significant charitable impact. In 2018, the Monterey Peninsula Foundation, host organization for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, donated a record $13.2 million to benefit charities in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties.

Pro-Am pinnacle: Alongside his amateur partner, Arizona Cardinals’ wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, Kevin Streelman returns to defend the team title. Since their 2018 victory, Fitzgerald made headlines with an ace at Seminole Golf Club in Florida while playing with former President Barack Obama. After the team win, Streelman went on to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs for the 11th consecutive season.

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February 7, 2019/by Penobscot Valley Country Club
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How to Improve Your Putting: 3 Tour Secrets

Source: GolfDigest
By Butch Harmon

My dad used to say you can always tell great putters because all their putts have that “going in” look. I love that phrase, and it makes sense when you watch players who can really putt. They give their full effort every time, and they never talk themselves out of a putt. Look at it this way, there are only two things that can happen—you make it, or you miss it—and I can tell you, the best putters only think about one.

There’s no reason you can’t improve your putting. It’s the simplest swing you make; there are no bunkers, no out-of-bounds, no rough; you’re on a perfectly smooth surface; and the target is right there. Still, most golfers have a negative attitude, which I never understand. All you have to do is read the break, aim the face and start the ball on line. And, most important, decide to be positive.

Let’s look at a few things I’ve learned from great putters I’ve worked with—and get you dropping more putts. — With Peter Morrice

Here’s a drill I’ve watched Phil do over the years to hit putts with great speed. He finds a hole on the practice green and sticks three tees in the ground, at 30, 40 and 50 feet out. His goal is to roll three putts in a row from each tee into an imaginary three-foot circle around the hole. He starts at 40 feet and putts from there until he gets three in a row. Then he goes to 30, then 50—going out of order like this means you can’t just get in a groove.

Distance control is the big thing on long putts. If you judge the speed right, you’ll almost always have a simple second putt. But if you judge it wrong, you might leave yourself 10 or 12 feet. On long putts, I like the stroke to be a little longer and slower, so you can put some hit on the ball. When most golfers try to hit it harder, they get quick and jabby, which usually causes a mis-hit. You want the putterhead to accelerate through the ball, so think long and smooth.

Phil’s drill is a great test. And don’t just practice from one angle.

If you start with downhill, right-to-left putts, next time go uphill, left to right. Any 50-foot space will do—even use a water bottle for the hole (above). You’ll quickly see a difference in your distance control.

‘This is Phil’s 30-40-50 drill. Use it to learn distance control, and you’ll stop three-putting.’

Sneds is a great putter for the average golfer to copy because he gets on with it. Once he knows what he wants to do with a putt, he doesn’t waste any time. Taking longer only ups your stress level and invites you to start doubting what you’re doing.

If you watch Brandt, you’ll see when he’s reading a putt from behind the ball, he’s often making little air strokes with the right hand. Then, when he steps in, he makes three or four short practice strokes, always looking at the hole. He’s fine-tuning his feel.

His stroke is more of a pop action than what we normally see on the PGA Tour. It has a quicker pace and very little follow-through. I putt like that, too, because it helps me hit the ball on the right line. That’s what good putting is all about.

The best lesson here is to keep your focus simple. As you read your putt, imagine a three- or four-inch trough from your ball to the hole. You want to roll your ball down that trough, and that means getting it started on line. So instead of staring at the ball, track your eyes down your intended line, especially the first foot or two (below). Then give it a good, firm rap down that line—just like Sneds.

Rickie has become very competent with shorter putts. He ranks fourth on tour from a range of four to eight feet, making 82 percent. The best thing he does to hole these is simple enough for any golfer to adopt: He lifts his putterhead off the ground right before he putts (below).

Let’s back up a minute and look at Rickie’s overall approach.

I like that he steps into these putts with the clear purpose of getting the putterface aimed precisely. He’s deliberate about that. In fact, he sets the face with only his right hand, and completes his grip when the face is perfect. Then he takes one look at the hole and raises the putterhead fractionally off the ground before he starts back.

I want you to try this for two reasons: First, it’ll help take the tension out of your hands and arms, and we all know that tension is a killer on these short ones. Second, it sets up a smooth, even backstroke with no risk of the club getting stuck on the grass. Very clever little move. And just like these other tips, it’ll help you putt like a pro.

 

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January 7, 2019/by Penobscot Valley Country Club
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Manhattan Science Teacher Safely Lands Plane on New Jersey Golf Course

Source: NY Times
By Christina Goldbaum

A Manhattan science teacher by trade, Jonas De Leon is a pilot at heart.

This fall he even began teaching some of his students about aviation at Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics, work that was featured in a PBS report on Friday.

Just two days later, Mr. De Leon’s skills as a pilot were put to a terrifying real-life test: The plane he was flying on Sunday made an emergency landing on the ninth hole of a golf course in Paramus, N.J.

Of the four people on the plane when it landed, three sustained minor injuries, Sgt. Michael Pollaro of the Paramus Police Department said.

Ron Dorell, a cashier in the pro shop of the Paramus Golf Course, said he first noticed the small plane circling the course around noon. Eventually it passed over the crest of a hill, out of sight of staff members in the shop.

Minutes later, passers-by who had been driving by the golf course rushed into the clubhouse to report that a plane had landed on the course.

“There’s a lot of open space on the golf course,” Mr. Dorell said, speculating that the pilot might have considered it the best possible landing space in the area.

Only about 18 golfers were on the course when the plane went down, according to Mr. Dorell. Because of a frost delay earlier in the morning, the golfers had only set out at noon and were nowhere near the ninth hole when the plane landed there.

“Normally we are packed on a weekend,” Mr. Dorrell said. “But luckily, because of the frost, we didn’t have anyone out there on the back nine, so none of our golfers were injured.”

It is unclear what prompted the forced landing, or who else was on board the small plane. The Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating.

Christine La Palma, Mr. De Leon’s partner, said in a phone interview on Sunday that she had just arrived at the hospital where the passengers were taken for treatment, and that she had no information about the circumstances of the landing.

“Right now my only concern is whether everyone is O.K.,” Ms. La Palma said.

In the PBS report, Mr. De Leon is described as having dreamed of learning to fly ever since he was a child watching planes from his parents’ porch. He began taking lessons at 17 and later bought a 1984 single-engine Mooney aircraft.

Becoming a pilot “was the only dream I had that stayed with me,” Mr. De Leon told PBS.

On Sunday, Mr. De Leon took off from Lincoln Park Airport in Lincoln Park, N.J., and landed on the 18-hole course around 12:15 p.m., according to Sergeant Pollaro.

“We tell all our pilots to train as if this will happen to you,” said Richard McSpadden, executive director of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Air Safety Institute. But an emergency landing like this, he said, “is very rare.”

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December 10, 2018/by Penobscot Valley Country Club
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