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Johns Creek, Georgia
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Johns Creek is a city located in Fulton County in the U. S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 U. S. Census, the population was 76,728, the city is a northeastern suburb of Atlanta. According to USA TODAY, Johns Creek is the 3rd best city in the United States, in the early 19th century, the Johns Creek area was dotted with trading posts along the Chattahoochee River in what was then Cherokee territory. The Cherokee nation was a confederacy of agrarian villages led by a chief, after Europeans colonized the area, the Cherokee developed an alphabet, and a legislature and judiciary system patterned after the American model. Some trading posts gradually became crossroads communities where pioneer families – Rogers, McGinnis, Findley, Buice, Cowart, Medlock and others – gathered to visit and sell their crops. By 1820, the community of Sheltonville was a crossing site, with the McGinnis Ferry and Rogers Ferry carrying people. Further south, the Nesbit Ferry did the same near another crossroads community known as Newtown. S, government in 1830, and the subsequent forced exile of Cherokee Indians to Oklahoma and other areas of the American West. A few Cherokees remained, the most famous being Sarah Cordery, the half-blood Cherokee wife of pioneer John Rogers, Rogers was a respected, influential plantation owner and colleague of President Andrew Jackson. Rogerss 1828 home – today, a residence in Johns Creek – was an overnight stop-over for Jackson. Much later, the home was visited by famed humorist Will Rogers. Johns Creeks name comes from John Rogerss son, Johnson K. Rogers, a local tributary was named after him, and the name Johns Creek eventually came to be the name of the area. In 1831, much of the land in the former Cherokee Nation north of the Chattahoochee was combined into the massive Cherokee County, when Milton County was formed in 1858, the Johns Creek area was folded into it. In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, Milton County was dissolved, the four main crossroad communities — Ocee, Newtown, Shakerag and Warsaw — remained the social, educational and business centers of rural, unincorporated northeast Fulton County. In 1981, a group of Georgia Institute of Technology graduates bought 1,700 acres of farmland and woods near McGinnis Ferry, the new office park was to mirror one built in 1970 in nearby Peachtree Corners, known as Technology Park/Atlanta. Spotting tiny Johns Creek on an old map, they named their mixed-use and this is the first reference to Johns Creek as a place. The area grew over the years to become the home of 200 companies – many of them Fortune 500 firms – with nearly 11,000 people spread over 6,000,000 square feet of office, retail and industrial space. With the jobs came houses and shopping centers, and the population increased to about 60,000, by 2000, a grassroots movement to incorporate the Johns Creek area into a city was slowly developing. Residents wanted more control over such as traffic, growth, development
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Golf course
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A golf course is the grounds where the game of golf is played. It comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a ground, a fairway, the rough and other hazards. A standard round of golf consists of 18 holes, most courses contain 18 holes, some share fairways or greens, and a subset has nine holes, played twice per round. Par-3 courses consist of nine or 18 holes all of which have a par of three strokes, many older courses are links, often coastal. Courses are private, public, and municipally owned, and typically feature a pro shop, many private courses are found at country clubs. Although a specialty within landscape design or landscape architecture, golf course architecture is considered a field of study. While golf courses often follow the landscape, some modification is unavoidable. This is increasingly the case as new courses are likely to be sited on less optimal land. Bunkers and sand traps are almost always artificial, although other hazards may be natural, the layout of a fairway follows certain traditional principles, such as the number of holes, their par values, and the number of holes of each par value per course. It is also preferable to arrange greens to be close to the tee box of the next hole, to minimize travel distance while playing a round. Combined with the need to all the fairways within what is frequently a compact square or rectangular plot of land. In complex areas, two holes may share the same tee box, fairway, or even green and it is also common for separate tee-off points to be positioned for men, women, and amateurs, each one respectively lying closer to the green. Eighteen-hole courses are traditionally broken down into a front 9 and a back 9. On older courses, the holes may be out in one long loop, beginning and ending at the clubhouse, and thus the front 9 is referred to on the scorecard as out. More recent courses tend to be designed with the front 9, a successful design is as visually pleasing as it is playable. Most golf courses have only par-3, -4, and -5 holes, typical distances for the various holes from standard tees are as follows. Terrain can also be a factor, so that a long downhill hole might be rated par 4 and this compensates for the generally longer distance pro players can put on tee and fairway shots as compared to the average bogey golfer. The game of golf is played in what is called a round and this consists of playing a set number of holes in an order predetermined by the course
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Atlanta
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Atlanta is the capital of and the most populous city in the U. S. state of Georgia, with an estimated 2015 population of 463,878. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, home to 5,710,795 people, Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County. In 1837, Atlanta was founded at the intersection of two lines, and the city rose from the ashes of the American Civil War to become a national center of commerce. Atlantas economy is considered diverse, with dominant sectors that include logistics, professional and business services, media operations, Atlanta has topographic features that include rolling hills and dense tree coverage. Revitalization of Atlantas neighborhoods, initially spurred by the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, has intensified in the 21st century, altering the demographics, politics. Prior to the arrival of European settlers in north Georgia, Creek Indians inhabited the area, standing Peachtree, a Creek village located where Peachtree Creek flows into the Chattahoochee River, was the closest Indian settlement to what is now Atlanta. As part of the removal of Native Americans from northern Georgia from 1802 to 1825, the Creek ceded the area in 1821. In 1836, the Georgia General Assembly voted to build the Western, the initial route was to run southward from Chattanooga to a terminus east of the Chattahoochee River, which would then be linked to Savannah. After engineers surveyed various possible locations for the terminus, the zero milepost was driven into the ground in what is now Five Points. A year later, the area around the milepost had developed into a settlement, first known as Terminus, and later as Thrasherville after a merchant who built homes. By 1842, the town had six buildings and 30 residents and was renamed Marthasville to honor the Governors daughter, later, J. Edgar Thomson, Chief Engineer of the Georgia Railroad, suggested the town be renamed Atlantica-Pacifica, which was shortened to Atlanta. The residents approved, and the town was incorporated as Atlanta on December 29,1847, by 1860, Atlantas population had grown to 9,554. During the American Civil War, the nexus of multiple railroads in Atlanta made the city a hub for the distribution of military supplies, in 1864, the Union Army moved southward following the capture of Chattanooga and began its invasion of north Georgia. On the next day, Mayor James Calhoun surrendered Atlanta to the Union Army, on November 11,1864, Sherman prepared for the Union Armys March to the Sea by ordering Atlanta to be burned to the ground, sparing only the citys churches and hospitals. After the Civil War ended in 1865, Atlanta was gradually rebuilt, due to the citys superior rail transportation network, the state capital was moved from Milledgeville to Atlanta in 1868. In the 1880 Census, Atlanta surpassed Savannah as Georgias largest city, by 1885, the founding of the Georgia School of Technology and the citys black colleges had established Atlanta as a center for higher education. In 1895, Atlanta hosted the Cotton States and International Exposition, during the first decades of the 20th century, Atlanta experienced a period of unprecedented growth. In three decades time, Atlantas population tripled as the city expanded to include nearby streetcar suburbs
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John Heisman
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John William Heisman was a player and coach of American football, basketball, and baseball, as well as a sportswriter and actor. His 1917 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado were recognized as the national champion and he served as the athletic director at Georgia Tech from 1904 to 1919 and at Rice from 1924 to 1927. While at Georgia Tech, he also was president of the Atlanta Crackers baseball team, fuzzy Woodruff dubbed Heisman the pioneer of Southern football. Heisman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954 and his entry there notes that Heisman stands only behind Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pop Warner, and Walter Camp as a master innovator of the brand of football of his day. One writer says Heisman, Stagg, and Warner constitute the Football Trinity, the Heisman Trophy, awarded annually to the seasons most outstanding college football player, is named after him. Heisman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Bavarian German immigrants Sara and he grew up in northwestern Pennsylvania near Titusville, where he played varsity football for Titusville High School from 1884 to 1886, and was salutatorian of his graduating class. Although he was a student, he confessed he was football mad. Heismans father refused to him play at Titusville, calling football bestial. He went on to football as a lineman at Brown University and at the University of Pennsylvania. In constant dread that his immediate teammates—guards weighing 212 and 243—would fall on him and he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1892. In his book Principles of Football, Heisman described his strategy, The coach should be masterful and commanding. He has no time to say please or mister, at times he must be severe, arbitrary, and little short of a czar. Heisman always used a megaphone at practice, Heisman first coached at Oberlin College in 1892. Wrote The Oberlin Review in 1892, Mr. Heisman has entirely remade our football and he has taught us scientific football. Influenced by Yale and Pudge Heffelfinger, Heisman implemented seven-man interference and his best lineman at Oberlin was the half German, half Hawaiian John Henry Wise. Heisman also used a pass and a double pass. Heisman returned to Oberlin in 1894, in 1893 he moved to Buchtel College, where he helped make the first of many permanent alterations to the sport of football. It was then customary for the center to begin a play by rolling the ball backwards, under Heisman, the center began tossing the ball to Clark, a practice that evolved into the snap that today begins every play
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Basketball
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Basketball is a non-contact team sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of five players each. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet high that is mounted to a backboard at each end of the court. The game was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the basket being defended by the opposition team during regular play. A field goal scores three points for the team if the player shoots from behind the three-point line. A team can also score via free throws, which are worth one point, the team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but additional time is mandated when the score is tied at the end of regulation. The ball can be advanced on the court by passing it to a teammate and it is a violation to lift, or drag, ones pivot foot without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling. The game has many techniques for displaying skill—ball-handling, shooting, passing, dribbling, dunking, shot-blocking. The point guard directs the on court action of the team, implementing the coachs game plan, Basketball is one of the worlds most popular and widely viewed sports. Outside North America, the top clubs from national leagues qualify to continental championships such as the Euroleague, the FIBA Basketball World Cup attracts the top national teams from around the world. Each continent hosts regional competitions for teams, like EuroBasket. The FIBA Womens Basketball World Cup features the top womens basketball teams from continental championships. The main North American league is the WNBA, whereas the EuroLeague Women has been dominated by teams from the Russian Womens Basketball Premier League, in early December 1891, Canadian Dr. He sought a vigorous indoor game to keep his students occupied, after rejecting other ideas as either too rough or poorly suited to walled-in gymnasiums, he wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto a 10-foot elevated track. Basketball was originally played with a soccer ball and these laces could cause bounce passes and dribbling to be unpredictable. Eventually a lace-free ball construction method was invented, and this change to the game was endorsed by Naismith, dribbling was not part of the original game except for the bounce pass to teammates. Passing the ball was the means of ball movement. Dribbling was eventually introduced but limited by the shape of early balls. Dribbling only became a part of the game around the 1950s
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Fulton County, Georgia
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Fulton County is a county in the north central portion of the U. S. state of Georgia. As of 2015 estimates, the population was 1,010,562 making it Georgias most populous county and its county seat is Atlanta, the state capital since 1868. Ninety percent of the City of Atlanta is within Fulton County, Fulton County is the principal county of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Fulton County is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, Fulton County was created in 1853 from the western half of DeKalb County. It was named in honor of Hamilton Fulton, a surveyor for the Western and Atlantic Railroad, some sources had previously claimed it was named for Robert Fulton. At the beginning of 1932, as an austerity measure to save money during the Great Depression, Milton County to the north and this gave the county its current long shape along 80 miles of the Chattahoochee River. In the later 20th century, Atlanta and Fulton county became the location of national and international headquarters for leading companies. As a result, the city and county became more cosmopolitan, Fulton County is governed by a seven-member board of commissioners, whose members serve concurrent four-year terms. The most recent election was held in November 2010, the county has a county manager system of government, in which day-to-day operation of the county is handled by a manager appointed by the board. The chairman of the Board of Commissioners is elected at-large for the county-wide position, the vice chairman is elected by peers on a yearly basis. County commissioners are elected from single-member districts, Fulton Countys budget of $1.2 billion funds an array of resident services. With 34 branches, the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System is one of the largest library systems in Georgia, Human services programs include one of the strongest senior center networks in metro Atlanta, including four multi-purpose senior facilities. The county also provides funding to nonprofits with FRESH and Human Services grants, Atlanta is the largest city in Fulton County, occupying the countys narrow center section and thus geographically dividing the countys northern and southern portions. Atlantas last major annexation in 1952 brought over 118 square miles into the city, geographically remote from each other, the northern and southern sections of the county have grown increasingly at odds over issues related to taxes and distribution of services. The Fulton County Council contested this law, known as the Shafer Amendment after Sen. David Shafer, on June 19,2006, the Court upheld the law, ruling that the Shafer Amendment was constitutional. The creation of the city of Sandy Springs, Georgia prompted the county to two additional cities, resulting in no unincorporated areas remaining in north Fulton. In a domino effect, the residents of south Fulton approved referenda to create additional cities, one of these two referenda passed, the other was defeated. Since the 1970s, residents of Sandy Springs had waged a battle to incorporate their community as a city
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East Lake Golf Club
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East Lake Golf Club is a private golf club located approximately 5 miles east of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1904, East Lake is the oldest golf course in the city of Atlanta, East Lake was the home course of golfer Bobby Jones and much of its clubhouse serves as a tribute to his accomplishments. Since 2004, East Lake has been the permanent home of The Tour Championship, the Tour Championship was first played at the course in 1998. The 2016 tournament was won by Rory McIlroy, the Atlanta Athletic Club was formed in 1898 and due to its popularity it gained 700 members in only four years. The director of the athletic program was John Heisman, the famous football coach for whom the Heisman Trophy is named. In 1904 the AAC bought property at East Lake to build a club which included a golf course. Course architect Tom Bendelow was asked to lay out the course, the courses first holes were built in 1906 and were initially only seven holes, then nine. In the summer of 1907, the course was expanded to 17 holes, also in 1907, the first significant tournament was hosted at East Lake, the Southern Amateur, won by Nelson Whitney. In 1908, Tom Bendelow opened his No.2 course at East Lake, in 1913, famed golf course architect Donald Ross redesigned the course at East Lake. The new plan provided for each of the nine holes to conclude at the clubhouse, Ross also redesigned the No.2 course in 1928. A tragic fire destroyed the clubhouse at Eastlake in 1925. Golfer Bobby Jones is said to have played his first and last games of golf at East Lake, Jones won golfs Grand Slam in 1930, claiming the U. S. Amateur, U. S. Open, British Amateur and British Open titles in the same year. Joness father, Colonel Robert P. Jones, served as the president of East Lake from 1937–42, Bobby Jones himself also served as president of East Lake on 1946–47. In 1963, East Lake hosted the 15th biennial Ryder Cup where Arnold Palmer served as the captain of the winning US Team. East Lake began a downward slope when the neighborhood deteriorated in the 1960s. The Atlanta Athletic Club became a part of this when it sold the No.2 course to developers, the original course and clubhouse were saved by a group of 25 members who purchased them and created East Lake Country Club in 1968. In 1970, the East Lake Meadows public housing project was built on the site of the No.2 golf course and became a center for poverty, drugs, middle-income homeowners fled the surrounding neighborhood, replaced by low-income renters. By the 1980s, East Lake became a mostly forgotten golf course in a seemingly hopeless neighborhood, the East Lake Foundation was also created and has used the renovation as a catalyst for revitalizing the surrounding community
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Bobby Jones (golfer)
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Robert Tyre Bobby Jones Jr. was an American amateur golfer, and a lawyer by profession, who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport. Jones founded and helped design the Augusta National Golf Club, the innovations that he introduced at the Masters have been copied by virtually every professional golf tournament in the world. Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete at a national and international level, during his peak from 1923 to 1930, he dominated top-level amateur competition, and competed very successfully against the worlds best professional golfers. Jones often beat stars such as Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen, explaining his decision to retire, Jones said, It is something like a cage. First you are expected to get into it and then you are expected to stay there, but of course, nobody can stay there. Jones is most famous for his unique Grand Slam, consisting of his victory in all four major tournaments of his era in a single calendar year. In all Jones played in 31 majors, winning 13 and placing among the top ten finishers 27 times, after retiring from competitive golf in 1930, Jones founded and helped design the Augusta National Golf Club soon afterwards in 1933. He also co-founded the Masters Tournament, which has annually staged by the club since 1934. The Masters evolved into one of four major championships. Jones came out of retirement in 1934 to play in the Masters on a basis through 1948. Jones played his last round of golf at East Lake Golf Club, his course in Atlanta. A picture commemorating the event now sits in the clubhouse at East Lake, citing health reasons, he quit golf permanently thereafter. Bobby Jones was often confused with the golf course designer, Robert Trent Jones. People always used to get confused, so when they met, they decided each be called something different. To help avoid confusion, the golfer was called Bobby, born in Atlanta, Georgia, Jones battled health issues as a young boy, and golf was prescribed to strengthen him. Encouraged by his father, Colonel Robert Purmedus Jones, an Atlanta lawyer and he developed quickly into a child prodigy, who won his first childrens tournament at the age of six at his home course at East Lake Golf Club. His victory at this event put him in the spotlight for the first time. The Georgia Amateur win caught the eye of the United States Golf Association which awarded Jones his first invitation to the U. S. Amateur at Merion near Philadelphia, Jones advanced to the quarterfinals in his first playing in the event
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American football
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The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs, or plays, or else they turn over the football to the opposing team, if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs. Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the teams end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponents goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins, American football evolved in the United States, originating from the sports of association football and rugby football. The first game of American football was played on November 6,1869, during the latter half of the 1870s, colleges playing association football switched to the Rugby Union code, which allowed carrying the ball. American football as a whole is the most popular sport in the United States, Professional football and college football are the most popular forms of the game, with the other major levels being high school and youth football. As of 2012, nearly 1.1 million high school athletes and 70,000 college athletes play the sport in the United States annually, almost all of them men, in the United States, American football is referred to as football. The term football was established in the rulebook for the 1876 college football season. The terms gridiron or American football are favored in English-speaking countries where other codes of football are popular, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, American football evolved from the sports of association football and rugby football. What is considered to be the first American football game was played on November 6,1869 between Rutgers and Princeton, two college teams, the game was played between two teams of 25 players each and used a round ball that could not be picked up or carried. It could, however, be kicked or batted with the feet, hands, head or sides, Rutgers won the game 6 goals to 4. Collegiate play continued for years in which matches were played using the rules of the host school. Representatives of Yale, Columbia, Princeton and Rutgers met on October 19,1873 to create a set of rules for all schools to adhere to. Teams were set at 20 players each, and fields of 400 by 250 feet were specified, Harvard abstained from the conference, as they favored a rugby-style game that allowed running with the ball. An 1875 Harvard-Yale game played under rugby-style rules was observed by two impressed Princeton athletes and these players introduced the sport to Princeton, a feat the Professional Football Researchers Association compared to selling refrigerators to Eskimos. Princeton, Harvard, Yale and Columbia then agreed to play using a form of rugby union rules with a modified scoring system. These schools formed the Intercollegiate Football Association, although Yale did not join until 1879, the introduction of the snap resulted in unexpected consequences. Prior to the snap, the strategy had been to punt if a scrum resulted in bad field position, however, a group of Princeton players realized that, as the snap was uncontested, they now could hold the ball indefinitely to prevent their opponent from scoring. In 1881, both teams in a game between Yale-Princeton used this strategy to maintain their undefeated records, each team held the ball, gaining no ground, for an entire half, resulting in a 0-0 tie
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Matthew Stafford
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John Matthew Stafford is an American football quarterback for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was raised in Dallas, Texas, and attended Highland Park High School and he played college football at Georgia, and was drafted by the Lions first overall in the 2009 NFL Draft. Stafford also holds the NFL record for the most comeback wins in a season, Stafford was born in Tampa, Florida, to John and Margaret Stafford. He lived in Dunwoody, Georgia, while his father attended school at the University of Georgia. He was the eldest of five siblings and his family then moved to Dallas, Texas, and Stafford attended Highland Park High School with Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw. He was coached by Randy Allen and was considered to be one of the best high school quarterbacks in the United States in the Class of 2006. In 2005, he led his team to a perfect 15–0 record, during the playoff run, Stafford beat Ryan Malletts Texarkana Texas 38–31, as well as Jevan Sneads Stephenville 41–38. Stafford had over 4,000 yards passing despite not playing in the first three games of the due to a knee injury. Stafford received numerous accolades, including being named to the Parade All-America Team and he also won the MVP and Best Arm awards at the 2005 EA Sports Elite 11 Quarterback Camp and was named the 2005 EA Sports National Player of the Year. Regarded as a recruit by Rivals. com, Stafford was listed as the No.1 pro-style quarterback prospect in the class of 2006 by Rivals. com. Before he had started a game at the collegiate level, analyst Mel Kiper, Jr. predicted, correctly. Stafford wore number 7 at Georgia and he completed five of 12 passes for 102 yards and one touchdown in a Georgia spring game. Stafford debuted late in the opener of the 2006 season against Western Kentucky and went 3 of 5 passing for 40 yards. During the seasons third game, against South Carolina, starting quarterback Joe Tereshinski III was injured, although he completed just 8 of 19 passes for 171 yards and three interceptions, Georgia won the game, 18–0. Against University of Alabama Birmingham the following week, Stafford made his first collegiate start, victories over Colorado and Mississippi improved Georgias record to 5–0, but the heart of the conference schedule loomed. The rest of the season was up and down for Stafford, following home losses to both Tennessee and Vanderbilt, UGA head coach Mark Richt named Stafford the starter for the rest of the season ahead of Tereshinski. Stafford completed 20 of 32 passes for 267 yards and two touchdowns in a 27–24 win over Mississippi State, and was named the SEC Freshmen of the Week for his efforts, statistically, he had his best game of the season against the 5th-ranked Auburn Tigers. Stafford finished the game 14 of 20 for 219 yards and a touchdown, and added 83 rushing yards, the following week, Stafford led the Bulldogs on a 12-play, 64-yard drive and threw the game-winning touchdown pass in Georgias 15–12 win over No.16 Georgia Tech
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Jack Nicklaus
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Jack William Nicklaus, nicknamed The Golden Bear, is a retired American professional golfer. He is widely regarded as the greatest golfer of all time, winning a record 18 career major championships, while producing 19 second-place and 9 third-place finishes, over a span of 25 years. After winning the U. S. Amateur in 1959 and 1961 and his first professional win came in a major championship, the 1962 U. S. Open, when he defeated Palmer by three shots in a next day 18-hole playoff. This win over Palmer began the rivalry between the two golf superstars. At age 26, he became the youngest to do so at the time, in 1968 and 1969, Nicklaus did not win a major tournament. He then won another Open Championship in 1970, at the age of 46, Nicklaus claimed his 18th and final major championship at the 1986 Masters Tournament, becoming the championships oldest winner. He continued to play at least some of the four regular Tour majors until 2005, Nicklaus has also taken part in various other activities, including golf course design, charity work and book writing. Nicklaus is a member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and has helped design such as Harbour Town Golf Links. Nicklaus also runs his own tournament on the PGA Tour, the Memorial Tournament and his golf course design company is one of the largest in the world. Nicklaus was born on the east side of Columbus, grew up in the suburb of Upper Arlington, Ohio and is of German descent, Charlie had also been a scratch golfer and local tennis champion in his youth. Nicklaus was raised in Upper Arlington, and attended Upper Arlington High School, whose nickname and he also competed successfully during his youth in football, baseball, tennis, and track and field. Nicklaus took up golf at the age of 10, scoring a 51 at Scioto Country Club for his first nine holes ever played, Charlie Nicklaus had joined Scioto that same year, returning to golf to help heal a volleyball injury. Nicklaus overcame a mild case of polio as a 13-year-old, Nicklaus won the first of five straight Ohio State Junior titles at the age of 12. At 13, he broke 70 at Scioto Country Club for the first time, Junior Amateur, where he survived three match-play rounds. He had earned a handicap of +3 at age 13, the lowest in the Columbus area, Nicklaus won the Tri-State High School Championship at the age of 14 with a round of 68, and also recorded his first hole-in-one in tournament play the same year. At 15, Nicklaus shot a 66 at Scioto Country Club, which was the course record. He won the Ohio Open in 1956 at age 16, highlighted by a third round of 64. In all, Nicklaus won 27 events in the Ohio area from age 10 to age 17, in 1957, Nicklaus won the International Jaycee Junior Golf Tournament, having lost the previous year in a playoff
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Alexa Stirling
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Alexa Stirling Fraser was an American-Canadian amateur golfer. She won the U. S. Womens Amateur golf championship in 1916,1919 and she also won the Canadian Womens Amateur title in 1920 and 1934. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Stirling was the daughter of Dr. Alexander W. Stirling and Nora Stirling née Bromley. She was coached in golf from an age at the Atlanta Athletic Clubs East Lake Golf Club course by Stewart Maiden, the clubs professional. At age 13 her golf skills were evident when on May 15,1911 she was the low qualifier in the Womens Southern Golf Association championship. Stirling solidified her reputation as a prodigy when she won three consecutive U. S. Womens Amateurs. She won her first in 1916, Stirling was a friend of James Douglas Edgar and took golf lessons from him when he was the professional at Druid Hills Golf Club. Stirling was also a skilled and enthusiastic violinist and she performed a public violin solo at age seven. After the war, she came back to win the 1919 and 1920 U. S. Womens Amateur titles, although she did not make it to the finals in the 1927 championship, in the third round she defeated Simone de la Chaume, the British Ladies Amateur champion. Stirling won the U. S. Womens Amateur golf title three times—in 1916,1919, and 1920, in 1920 she won the Canadian Womens Amateur, and after finishing second in 1921 and 1925 in that event, she won the Canadian title again in 1934. She married Canadian doctor Wilbert G. Fraser in 1925, and made her home in Ottawa, Ontario, where she became a member of the Royal Ottawa Golf Club. Throughout her life Alexa Stirling Fraser maintained her interest in golf, Stirling died on April 15,1977 at home in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She was posthumously inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1978, the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1986, and she was portrayed by Stephanie Sparks in the 2004 film, Bobby Jones, A Stroke of Genius
