Memorial Day 2021: Honoring Those Who Gave Their Last Full Measure - Dog Leg News

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Tom Edrington

Tom Edrington spent the first 10 years of his misguided youth as a sports writer for the Tampa Tribune. His career brought him face to face with many of sports greatest stars -- Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Muhammad Ali, Don Shula, countless Hall of Fame NFL stars, more PGA Tour players than he can count. In 1980 he was honored by the Golf Writers Association of America for writing the best news story that year, his coverage of Jack Nicklaus' U.S. Open victory at Baltusrol. Today, 36 years later, golf is still a great part of his life, thanks to competitive playing days and the wonderful people he has met on this fabulous journey.

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    RM

    Well said!

    Thanks, Tom

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      Tom Edrington

      Arlington is the most humbling, spiritual experience, especially when you’ve lived a lot of your life on military installations; We had a great ceremony at Post 4 on Monday and at the end, the Post Commander reminded us of the simple point: Freedom isn’t free….

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