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Summer 20138 COVERSTORYMt. Mitchell Golf Club“Cool, refreshing golf”22028COVER PHOTO:Carolina Golf JournalRocky River Rock“Course honors Floyd Gragg”Amputee Dreams“Eli Hager overcomes Challenge”Photo courtesy – Scott FowlerWebb Simpson“Birdies for First Tee”Also in this Issue:• 100 Holes for Charity at Longview ......Page 5• Stephan Curry hits the links .................Page 7• Edwin Watts ARC testing .....................Page 10• Sand shots – follow-through adjustment ..Page 18• Junior Golf’s new summer tour ............Page 22IN EVERY ISSUE:• Area Golf Map & Index ........................Pages 13-16• Local Golf Schedules ..................................Page 24• Charity Tournaments ...................................Page 25• Pro Golf Schedules ................................ Page 26-27CarolinaGolfJournalPublisher Sam SmithEditorVictoria SmithGraphic Designand Web Must MediaDistribution Hometown Golf MagazineAdvertising Sam Smith 704-756-9909sam@carolinagolfjournal.comwww.carolinagolfjournal.comFrom the Publisher:Sam SmithWhen you stop tothink about the golfopportunities we havein the Carolinas compared to otherareas of the world, you have to feela sense of pride for the golf courseowners and personnel.Just in the Greater Charlottearea we have over 90 publicand private golf courses, whilethroughout the two Carolinas thereare hundreds more to choose from for your next day onthe links. True, there are fewer “new” golf courses beingbuilt than there were several years ago, but the existingones have taken steps to improve their layouts withexcellent improvements.As an example, nearly a dozen courses we havearound Charlotte have changed their greens frombent-grass to heat-tolerate hybrids to insure play is notinterrupted during the hot summer months. Some have reroutedto add distance to accommodate the improvementin the golf equipment available today.The Carolina Golf Journal has been directlyinvolved in delivering the news about these changesand improvements, however to make sure our golfcommunities stays healthy we encourage local golfers todo some home-work and pursue courses you don’t playregularly.Take the CGJ golf course guide in the middle ofthis issue and see if there is another course you and yourbuddies can play. Check the course’s website, call theclub or drop by in a spare moment to see if it’s a courseyou would like to try.The local golf course owners work hard to earn yourbusiness, and CGJ asks that you reward that effort bybeing a “scatter-golfer”, one that plays several courses todo your part to maintain what we have in the Carolinas.To get started, check out the golf course informationyou will find in this issue for Mt. Mitchell, Eagle Chase,Rocky River, Ft. Mill and White Oak. And, if you havecourses we haven’t noticed yet, let us know. We are allin the golf business together as players and owners….Thanks in advance for doing your part.NEXT ISSUE: LATE SUMMER 2013WWW.CAROLINAGOLFJOURNAL.COM - SUMMER 2013 - 1