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Archive Home > 2006 > October > 02 > Largest golf tournament in area teeing off today

Largest golf tournament in area teeing off today

Players recall nearly a decade of Pacific Amateur memories

By Heather Clark / The Bulletin
October 2, 2006

That first year - back in 1997 - it was cold.

Really cold.

Golfers encountered near-freezing temperatures, snow flurries, rain and a host of other wintry conditions at the first-ever Pacific Amateur Golf Classic, which attracted not quite 300 players.

David Roon of Austin, Texas, nearly didn't....

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