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Fred Seely’s column

    Lots of things happening on Amelia Island with every course situation in some form of turmoil:

    • The city is preparing to dump the golf course and has Request For Proposals out. They previously leased the marina to a private company and we hear the airport is next. Jacksonville Beach architect Bobby Weed appears to be the frontrunner but pro Scott Womble also is bidding.

    • Amelia River, originally built as Royal Amelia, had been run by the Amelia Island Plantation ownership group but they put it back on the Bank of South Carolina. Now, Davis Love’s organization is running it, and it’s strictly a public course. Good move: retaining pro Barry Richardson.

    • The Plantation sale is getting close and the next big date is August 23, when the court has an auction. The probable buyer — pending an agreement with the property owners’ association — is an Atlanta-based company. There hasn’t been much positive news on the island golf scene for some time but residents see some light now.

    • Long Point will be managed by The Heritage Group, a California company that owns and operates courses, mostly in the Southeast.

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Northern Chapter PGA Championship

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Cary Splane was five shots behind with an hour to go in the Northern Chapter PGA Championship at San Jose. His immediate plan: beat the traffic.

“I saw Charles (Raulerson) on 16 and he was nine under,” said Splane, the head pro at Marsh Creek. “I was four under. That was it for me, I thought.”

Raulerson, the general manger at the Country Club of Orange Park, let things go.

What happened?

:I don’t want to talk about it,” he said, and then did “double on 16, bogie on 17, bogie on 18.” Splane birdied 17 and parred 18, and was preparing to eat lunch when he found he was in a playoff.

That lasted one hole and, again, it looked likeit would go Raulerson’s way. He outdrove Splane by about 70 yards on the 401-yard first hole and had a wedge to the green.

Splane’s long iron was left and about 40 feet away with a large ridge between his ball and the hole. But Raulerson’s wedge came up 50 feet short and his first putt was also short.

He never had to putt again. Splane told head pro Todd Bork to pulled the flag and rolled it in.

It was Splane’s third Chapter Championship.

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