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Article: Sports comment: MAPGA to induct Sporre into Hall of Fame
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- March 5, 2006
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This November, Bill Sporre will have to leave his pleasure palace
in Florida and return to the chilly northeast section of the country.
Something tells me he won't mind.
Sporre, longtime head PGA professional at Crofton Country Club,
will be inducted into the Middle Atlantic PGA's Hall of Fame on Nov.
4 in Bethesda. Sporre, who retired in 2001, was an accomplished
player who served on numerous section and chapter committees during
his 40 years as an active PGA member. He and his wife, Gail, retain
their Annapolis home but spend much of their time in Port St. Lucie,
Fla.
"I was flabbergasted," Sporre said by phone this week of his
reaction upon hearing the news. "I was happy and surprised. ...