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Musch named 2025 Eddie Merrins Award recipient

Musch named 2025 Eddie Merrins Award recipient

FORT WORTH, Texas (Feb. 26, 2025) – The Ben Hogan Award Foundation and Friends of Golf (FOG) have announced that Marlin “Cricket” Musch, a former All-American player, accomplished college coach and longtime golf industry executive, is the recipient of the 2025 Eddie Merrins Award.   Created in 2022, the Eddie Merrins...

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Ben Hogan Award

35 Players Highlighted on 2025 Ben Hogan Award Watch List

FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 29, 2025) – Thirty-five of the nation’s most accomplished golfers across college golf have been named to the watch list for the 2025 Ben Hogan Award. The joint announcement was made by the Hogan Trophy Award Foundation, the Friends of Golf (FOG) and the Golf Coaches...

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Sal Cimbolo, FOG

Sal Cimbolo, Friends of Golf, Receives SCPGA President’s Award

2024 Southern California PGA Section Award Winners   Sal Cimbolo, Friends of Golf, Receives SCPGA President's Award   This annual award is selected by the current SCPGA President to recognize someone for their outstanding contributions to the Southern California PGA. The achievements were celebrated at the Presidents Dinner on December 8, 2024, at...

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Eddie Merrins, FOG

Eddie Merrins, “The Little Pro”

Eddie Merrins was known as “The Little Pro,” but there is nothing small about the legacy he left behind in the game of golf.   Merrins, the legendary PGA golfer, UCLA men’s golf coach, longtime teaching pro at Bel-Air Country Club and co-founder of Friends of Golf, passed away in 2023...

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