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Article: Emerald Valley earns its first ace.(Columns)(Column)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- April 14, 2005
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Byline: INSIDE THE OUTDOORS By Mike Stahlberg The Register-Guard
Emerald Valley Golf Club owner Jim Pliska didn't have to wait long to begin receiving accolades on his operation of the course he purchased a mere 34 months ago.
The Oregon Golf Association has named Emerald Valley - which was threadbare after years of neglect when Pliska bought it in June 2002 - its Golf Course of the Year for 2004.
Emerald Valley was honored not only for the physical improvements made on the ground, which are significant, but for the way it stepped to the plate in support of amateur golf in Oregon.
Pliska's course hosted the OGA Junior Match Play ...