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GolfHistory
Apudgy,blonde-hairedkidfrom Columbus,Ohio,Jack
NicklauswasinthefieldatInvernessforhisfirstU.S.Openin
1957andwentontowin73PGATourtournaments,including
18majorchampionships.
Ivividlyrememberwatchingalong-hairedcolegiategolfer
from theUniversityofHouston,FredCouples,lacingshot
aftershotontherangeatInvernes duringthe1979U.S.
Open,wonbyHaleIrwin.
TheLPGATourannualybringsthebestwomengolfersin
theworldtotown,whentheyvisitHighlandMeadowsGolfClub
inSylvania,fortheMarathonClassic.Thetournamenthas
beenheldnearlyeveryyearsince1984andhasdonatedover
$8.7miliontoareachildren’scharities.
LPGATourplayerandworldNo.2ranked,StacyLewiswas
borninToledo.JohnCookwhowasastandoutgolferatOhio
StatespentmostofhisyouthinCalifornia,butwasalsobornin
Toledo,whenhisfatherwasafootbalcoachhere.
LocalToledoresident,AlanFadelhaslongbeenaforcein
thenational amateurgolfscene.HewasinductedintotheOhio
GolfHalofFameinAugustandwasnamedco-Amateurofthe
YearinAmericabyGlobal GolfPost.Youcanreadmoreabout
AlaninourGolfNewssection.
Toledohasevenbecomeawintergolfmeccawithseveral
locationsthatprovidevirtualgolfsimulatorstosatisfythegolf
urge,whentheweatherturnscoldandsnowy.
Toledohasarichgolfhistory
andlocalgolfersarestil
makingtheirpresencefeltin
thegolfworldtoday.
Areagolfersshouldbeproudofitsuniqueplaceingolf
history.
NWOGolfLinksbelievesareagolfersshouldneverforget
howwegothere.WewilfeatureasegmentofToledo’sgolf
historyeverymonth.