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Article: AT HOME ON THE ROAD; Chris Brown made a quick decision a few years ago to leave Minneapolis for college in North Carolina. He hasn't left, working his way up to head professional at Tobacco Road.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- June 17, 2005
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Byline: Jerry Zgoda; Staff Writer
Sanford, N.C. -- Nearly 20 years later, Chris Brown - head professional at a carnival ride of a golf course not far from famed Pinehurst - remains amazed how his life was shaped by one swift decision made on a summer's day in North Minneapolis.
For weeks, his mother pressed him to decide where he'd attend college. Finally, she demanded an answer from her son: Should she buy him a plane ticket to Tulsa, an out-of-state school he liked because of a brochure picked up at a college fair? Or Raleigh, where a small Episcopal college offered a golf scholarship based upon his play in National Minority Golf Foundation junior ...