A promising CACC team, farewell to a legend and winning the Ryder Cup
It’s been just a few years ago, but it seems like a decade since 2013 when Central Alabama Community College’s Golf Program won its 6th National Junior College Athletic Association National Championship. These past few years, I’ve had the pleasure of coaching some very fine young men who have moved on to play at the four-year college golf level, but we just were not as competitive in tournament play as I knew we needed to be. Thankfully, there’s been a turn!
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