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Tournament golf in B-N just not what it used to be

There was anticipation in the air on a sunny June day at the Illinois State University Golf Course. The first Bloomington-Normal golf tournament of the year had finally arrived. It was time to tee it up in competition and see what you were made of.

A field of 179 - from scratch golfers to 18-handicappers - turned out for the Bloomington-Normal Medal Play Tournament.

The year was 1984. It was the first year I took over as The Pantagraph's golf writer for my good friend, Cliff Schrock, who went off to work for Golf Digest (side note: I still miss that guy). With that many golfers, those were two long days on the course. Somehow, that didn't matter. Playing in a city tournament was the thing to ...

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