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#04-199
July 8, 2004

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ESPN personality visits Georgia Southwestern Golf & Conference Center, offers insights

Talking Turf--ESPN golf commentator Charlie Rymer (left) visits with Sam Hunter and Greg Hawver, Ed.D., July 7 at the Georgia Southwestern Golf & Conference Center in Americus. He was joined by Mike Young (far right). Rymer and Young, partners in the Young-Rymer Designs architectural firm, were in town to discuss the possibility of their company completing a master plan for the facility. The Athens-based firm has designed, constructed or renovated more than 20 golf courses. An ESPN commentator since 1998, Rymer was a member of the PGA Tour in 1995, '96 and '97. Young has been an architect since 1984.The Georgia Southwestern Golf & Conference Center, formerly the Americus Country Club, was purchased in April by Georgia Southwestern State University's Georgia Southwestern Foundation, Inc., and is undergoing a $1 million renovation.

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