397:, all of whose golf winnings went toward the scholarships as a way of preserving his amateur status. Today the Evans Scholarship Foundation is supported by tens of thousands of contributors across the country, one of the largest of which is the Beverly Country Club. With 356 of the 11,556 Evans Scholars alumni, The Beverly Country Club boasts the record for the largest number of Evans Scholar alumni from any single club in America.
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The genius of Ross's work lies in the routing of the golf course, in which no two consecutive holes run in the same direction, despite the fact that the course is laid out within a perfect rectangle that is hemmed in and bisected by three arterial streets and a railroad line. Ross made excellent use
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888:87°41′05″W
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707:References
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634:Top Shelf
527:Punchbowl
513:Periscope
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429:The Woods
367:Patty Berg
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