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Mark your calendars
for the 2nd annual ASGA Arkansas Hickory Open!
The tournament this year will be held
October 13th and 14th of 2007 in Fort Smith, Arkansas at Hardscrabble
Country Club.
Important Change: In
addition to individual stroke play competition, a 4-ball State
Championship will be contested.
Hardscrabble was designed by eminent course
designer Perry Maxwell in 1926. Maxwell is perhaps best known as the
architect of Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Prairie Dunes in
Hutchinson, Kansas. It was built on the side of a farm, which because of
rocky conditions, was known as a "hardscrabble" way to make a living -
hence the name. Renovation was completed in 1998 by Jay Morrish and
Associates.
Hardscrabble Country Club has been a stop
on the Nationwide Tour for years and has hosted numerous prestigious
amateur golf tournaments, including the USGA Senior Women's Amateur, won
by Alice Dye; the Trans-Mississippi Men's Amateur held twice and won by
Mark Brooks and Bob Estes; the Trans-Mississippi Women's Amateur; the
Women's Southern Amateur; Western Women's Amateur and the Western Junior
Girls' Amateur.
Invitations will be sent out before the start of the summer. In addition to being an ASGA championship event honoring the history and tradition of golf, this is also a fundraiser for First Tee. Please let other hickory golfers know of the event and I hope to see you all there!
Breck Speed
Chairman & CEO Mountain Valley Spring Company LLC 501-624-1635 (office) 501-993-3344 (mobile) bspeed@mountainvalleyspring.com
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