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211:Pete Dye
134:Location
1507:24 June
1314:PGATour
1220:Lagoons
1188:a year.
1180:20,000.
1164:in May
1132:on the
1118:Source:
294:on the
189:Website
1259:. USGA
547:Total
479:Rating
385:Zoysia
238:Length
164:Public
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1379:(PDF)
1227:wedge
1110:5084
1077:2602
831:5867
798:2937
760:6253
727:3130
689:6681
656:3329
618:7099
585:3549
483:Slope
381:rough
1509:2017
1341:2018
1265:2018
1173:1969
1166:2021
1160:and
1158:2012
1107:2482
905:Par
828:2930
757:3123
686:3352
623:Dye
615:3550
514:Out
315:and
251:75.6
220:and
161:Type
147:U.S.
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1104:332
1101:130
1098:304
1095:421
1092:107
1089:307
1086:272
1083:285
1080:324
1074:267
1071:309
1068:113
1065:318
1062:427
1059:140
1056:315
1053:383
1050:330
970:71
937:36
825:400
822:141
819:333
816:511
813:138
810:324
807:360
804:365
801:358
795:283
792:380
789:148
786:360
783:485
780:155
777:355
774:424
771:347
754:414
751:159
748:361
745:541
742:148
739:339
736:376
733:387
730:398
724:298
721:405
718:160
715:373
712:497
709:165
706:381
703:471
700:380
683:444
680:185
677:395
674:571
671:165
668:354
665:404
662:413
659:421
653:322
650:435
647:172
644:404
641:511
638:187
635:411
632:495
629:392
612:472
609:174
606:434
603:588
600:192
597:373
594:430
591:436
588:451
582:332
579:473
576:195
573:419
570:549
567:200
564:469
561:502
558:410
544:In
541:18
538:17
535:16
532:15
529:14
526:13
523:12
520:11
517:10
474:Tee
445:Tee
433:par
286:in
261:148
229:Par
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997:13
991:17
982:11
976:SI
967:35
893:16
890:14
884:18
881:10
872:12
861:17
852:15
846:13
843:11
837:SI
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508:8
505:7
502:6
499:5
496:4
493:3
490:2
487:1
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958:4
955:5
952:3
949:4
946:4
943:4
940:4
934:4
931:4
928:3
925:4
922:5
919:3
916:4
913:5
910:4
896:2
887:4
878:8
875:6
867:7
864:1
858:3
855:5
849:9
481:/
218:,
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