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From Golfweek, July 20, 2002

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UP IN MICHIGAN
Hemingway's former haunt now treasured for its wealth of commendable courses
by Brian Hewitt

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There are no early accounts of Hemingway playing golf during his youth in Northern Michigan, although five-time British Open champion Tom Watson polished many of his short-game skills as a vacationing youngster at Charlevoix's Belvedere Golf Club, just up the road from Walloon Lake. Scotsman William Watson designed Belvedere and Gene Sarazen once told Ken Venturi he must play the course just to see the 16th hole. This was long before golf in Northern Michigan - more specifically the upper portion of the lower peninsula - became a moveable feast.

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