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 Author Chris Wirthwein and his son, Alex, on the first tee at The Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland, 2006.


Advertising executive Chris Wirthwein is a business book author, and a former newspaper sports reporter and magazine writer. He is a member of Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Indiana, and serves as the club’s Historian. He is also a member of The St. Andrews Golf Club, St. Andrews, Scotland.

While hitting golf balls next to Pete Dye one day on the Crooked Stick practice range, Chris asked him about the history of Crooked Stick. Pete’s answer became the genesis of this book.


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“When I look at Crooked Stick – and I know I built it in ’64 – I’m always amazed how close it is to what I’ve been trying to do.”      
           
              
Pete Dye

 

 

 

 

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