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George Shutt Memories - No. 7
8/23/2020 7:25:00 AM | Women's Golf
DURHAM, N.C.— Over the last 16 years, George Shutt has traveled thousands of miles to follow the Duke women's golf program. He has become a staple in women's college golf not only with the Blue Devils, but as a supporter of NCAA golf.
Since he became hooked on the Blue Devils in 2004, he has traveled to as many tournaments as possible, given numerous hugs, walked many miles and supported collegiate golfers and head coaches throughout the years. Â
We checked in with Shutt and asked him to look back at some of his great memories, while following the Blue Devils and GoDuke.com will debut them each week during the 2020 summer.
#GoDuke
2011-12 Season
The year started with my first visit to Yeamans Hall in Hanahan, S.C., near North Charleston. The course is what I remember about it. It is well over 100 years old and built on a former rice plantation, but has no water holes (a couple very small ones in front of a tee box). It has square greens, big oak trees and lots of Spanish moss.
The teams stay in what the members call cottages. These cottages are all as old as the course built on stilts for air circulation (no A/C when they were built) with wrap around screen porches and consisting of approximately six bedrooms. The entrance to the property is an original gatehouse built I would guess for horse and carriage. From that point on throughout the property, there is no pavement that I saw. If the players used wooden clubs and were dressed for the times, one could easily believe it was 1910 all over again. (Oh, and by the way, as you turn off the highway the only sign one sees is one that reads, "Dead End.")
My next tournament was in Chapel Hill and the team was never in a position to compete for the title. After that came the Tradition at Landfall and it was held at the Nicklaus course rather than the Dye Course. The scores were very high as once again the weather was not good. I believe the winning score was 40-45 over par.
The memories that stay with me in the 2011-12 season all happened in the Spring. In the Florida Gator invitational held at the Bostick Golf Course, the 18th hole is uphill. On the first day, Lindy Duncan on her second shot of about 120 yards flew the ball into the cup for an eagle.
Later that Spring at the ACC Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, Duke won the conference championship and Lindy Duncan was medalist and Aleja Cangrejo finished in second place. Lindy made a birdie on the 15th par five that is still talked about today by people who were there and saw it.
Around the 15th green is a spot at Sedgefield where people gather as it is a great spot to see several holes. It was very windy and Lindy's second shot went through the green and wound up on the bank at the back of the green. The hole was 10-15 feet from the fringe and the ball was another 10-15 feet off the green but was about 4-5 feet above the hole.
Also the green was running away from the hole. Somehow she got the ball to stop within a couple of feet of the hole and made her birdie.
The NCAA Championship was held in Franklin, Tenn. Duke played well but could not catch the leaders. I enjoyed meeting Stacey Kim's dad at the tournament. What I most remember about the tournament was how hot it was and there was a young lady from the AJGA who was a rules official and kept worrying about me. Over the years we see each other at some events and laugh about the memory.
The highlight for me was watching the last round where Lindy Duncan made four birdies in the last five holes. That put her into the top 10 for individual scoring.
#GoDuke
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Since he became hooked on the Blue Devils in 2004, he has traveled to as many tournaments as possible, given numerous hugs, walked many miles and supported collegiate golfers and head coaches throughout the years. Â
We checked in with Shutt and asked him to look back at some of his great memories, while following the Blue Devils and GoDuke.com will debut them each week during the 2020 summer.
#GoDuke
2011-12 Season
The year started with my first visit to Yeamans Hall in Hanahan, S.C., near North Charleston. The course is what I remember about it. It is well over 100 years old and built on a former rice plantation, but has no water holes (a couple very small ones in front of a tee box). It has square greens, big oak trees and lots of Spanish moss.
The teams stay in what the members call cottages. These cottages are all as old as the course built on stilts for air circulation (no A/C when they were built) with wrap around screen porches and consisting of approximately six bedrooms. The entrance to the property is an original gatehouse built I would guess for horse and carriage. From that point on throughout the property, there is no pavement that I saw. If the players used wooden clubs and were dressed for the times, one could easily believe it was 1910 all over again. (Oh, and by the way, as you turn off the highway the only sign one sees is one that reads, "Dead End.")
My next tournament was in Chapel Hill and the team was never in a position to compete for the title. After that came the Tradition at Landfall and it was held at the Nicklaus course rather than the Dye Course. The scores were very high as once again the weather was not good. I believe the winning score was 40-45 over par.
The memories that stay with me in the 2011-12 season all happened in the Spring. In the Florida Gator invitational held at the Bostick Golf Course, the 18th hole is uphill. On the first day, Lindy Duncan on her second shot of about 120 yards flew the ball into the cup for an eagle.
Later that Spring at the ACC Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, Duke won the conference championship and Lindy Duncan was medalist and Aleja Cangrejo finished in second place. Lindy made a birdie on the 15th par five that is still talked about today by people who were there and saw it.
Around the 15th green is a spot at Sedgefield where people gather as it is a great spot to see several holes. It was very windy and Lindy's second shot went through the green and wound up on the bank at the back of the green. The hole was 10-15 feet from the fringe and the ball was another 10-15 feet off the green but was about 4-5 feet above the hole.
Also the green was running away from the hole. Somehow she got the ball to stop within a couple of feet of the hole and made her birdie.
The NCAA Championship was held in Franklin, Tenn. Duke played well but could not catch the leaders. I enjoyed meeting Stacey Kim's dad at the tournament. What I most remember about the tournament was how hot it was and there was a young lady from the AJGA who was a rules official and kept worrying about me. Over the years we see each other at some events and laugh about the memory.
The highlight for me was watching the last round where Lindy Duncan made four birdies in the last five holes. That put her into the top 10 for individual scoring.
#GoDuke
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