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Groovin’ Right Along In this issue you’re going to see the new Golf Central brand, growing East and West of our core readers and home town feeling, already developed here in Florida for 15 years, deep rooted in Tennessee with Golfnews4friends.net, and through the Georgia Golf Trail partners. When people ask me, “How’s the expansion going?” I always say, “We’re Groovin’ right along”. Truth is, depending on how fun the person asking is, I break out in song with my favorite Mc Fadden and Whitehead song. “Ain’t no stoppin’ us noooow, we’re on the move” “Ain’t no stoppin’ us noooow, we’re in the groove” Golf Central may be full of Southern flavor but it’s THE lifestyle and travel magazine for our fellow Yankee golfers also; like Derek Jeter. We would love to have Jeter visit us. Whoa, are you Mike May kidding me, he can stay with me or anywhere he wants. The invitation is open to golfers and travelers from every state. You’ll enjoy our new golf travel dude, Mike May. He’s energetic, spontaneous and has a fun little spin on the Li’ O course in South Georgia and has traveled to Mississippi and played the Robert Trent Jones resort course on behalf of Golf Central. We shared his experience in this issue. May is a player as well as a fitness advocate, and recently won the 2014 Media Day Challenge held in conjunction with the media day for the CME Group Tour at The Ritz in Naples. Really proud to have Chuck Cavalaris of Tennessee, long time writer, radio and television personality offering his slant on the golf world with his “Ask Chuck” Chuck Cavalaris column, which features the Kiawah Islands Resort stay & play at the Oceans Course in this issue. The term “Guru” is thrown around a lot, but Chuck is a “Guru” of anything sports. Hence the title “Ask Chuck.” Also, the ever-charming Bob Bolton represented us in Branson, Missouri on a Bob Bolton golf trip hosted by the Branson Convention and Visitors Bureau, introducing Golf Central to the Ozarks. And the Tennessee Publisher, Glenn Makin, went to Myrtle Beach and played the World Amateur Handicap Championship and offers a five-day Journal of his advenWhat She Said! tures and play in the tournament. WON’T LET NOTHIN NOTHIN’ STAND IN OUR WAY, Want y›all to listen to every word I say. “Aint no stopping us now, we’re on the move” 2009 North Florida PGA Amateur of the Year
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Volume 15, Issue 5 Publisher: Terrie L. Purdum Editor in Chief: Shannon Coates Tennessee Golf Central Publisher: Glenn Makin, golfnews4friends.net
Regional Partner: Doug Hollandsworth, Founder-Georgia Golf Trail Executive Editor: Joel Jackson–Director of Communications for the Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association Executive Administration: Angi Perretti Photographers: Lynn Pelham, Brion Price, Peter Hakansson Tres Fenton, Mike Coonan, Jess Regan
Public Relations & Social Media Director: Green Gazelle Marketing Senior Correspondent: Rick Harris, Sr. Contributing Writers: Jay Golden, PGA; Greg Wise, Bob Bolton, Elisa Gaudet, Mike Jamison, Mike May, Chris Thompson, Katie Hatfield, Ron Heller, Chuck Cavalaris, Mitch Sadowsky Graphic Design: Melahn Cable, melahn@mac.com Website Design/Network Support: ryjo.com
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Florida Golf Central • Volume 15, Issue 5