FORT WORTH, Texas (March 27, 2024) – The Ben Hogan Award Foundation and Friends of Golf (FOG) have selected Gregg Grost, a former national champion college golf coach at Oklahoma and past Executive Director and CEO of the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA), as the recipient of the 2024 Eddie Merrins Award. Recipients of the...
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Non-Profit Friends of Golf (FOG) Teams with G/FORE To Donate 2,000 New Golf Shoes to High School Golf Student Athletes CIF Southern Section Students to Get Shoes at Event Saturday, February 3 in Los Alamitos Event Description: Friends of Golf (FOG) has teamed with G/FORE to donate 2,000 pairs of brand-new golf shoes to Southern California...
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By Kendall Capps | Nov 29, 2023 | SB Nation's Eddie Merrins is a member of the World Golf Teaching Hall of Fame and the co-founder of Friends of Golf, a leading philanthropic organization. The golf world was dealt a tough blow last week with the news that Eddie “The Little Pro” Merrins passed away at the...
Read MorePittsburgh Post-Gazette Eddie Merrins was known as “The Little Pro” because of his 5-foot-7 stature, certainly not his influence on golf. The longtime pro at Bel-Air Country Club touched everyone from U.S. Open champion Corey Pavin to Fred Astaire and even Mikhail Baryshnikov. Mr. Merrins died Wednesday in Los Angeles at age 91 after a long illness,...
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