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Colin Thompson, Charles Howell III, and Ian Thompson.
I have tried to convey your thoughts as accurately as possible.
To those we have lost, and that it
was my joy to know, who have helped shape golf in this state including my dear friend Elbert Jemison, Joe King, Charley Boswell, Jim Spader, and Hall Thompson.
And for the many months spent poring over microforms at the Birmingham
There are so many people who have taken an interest, provided their knowledge and time, and have been a big part of this odyssey . . . thank you one and all.
Public Library, this task was made
a good bit more enjoyable by the writings of Zipp Newman, Alf Van Hoose, Pettersen Marzoni, Grantland Rice II, Bob Phillips, Jim Martin, Frank McGowan, Benny Marshall, Jimmy Bryan, Al Burleson, and Gareth Clary among others as I looked over the Birmingham Age-Herald,
the Birmingham Post-Herald, the Birmingham News, Huntsville Times, Mobile Press-Register, and a number of other statewide newspapers as they took me back in time and painted many vivid pictures of golf from yesteryear.
There are so many more people who have taken an interest, provided their knowledge and time, and have been a big part of this odyssey . . . thank you one and all.
Let me say in closing, I am proud to have been asked to write this book. It truly took on a life of its own. I hope you enjoy it.
Ian Thompson December 2014
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ALABAMA GOLF ASSOCATION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS