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New England Golf Feature Stories
Walking around Newport, R.I., you can smell old money and get the impression you need several million dollars to just be in the city. Looks can be deceiving, as Newport has several courses in the surrounding area that will gladly take the common man's tee time. "Newport's not just a place to sit by the water. You can go to the local theater, get a great meal, play some tough courses," said local Judy Cournoyer..
They're talking golf in posh Newport, R.I. but it isn't the normal have-you-played-there, did-you-see-what-Tiger-Woods-did chat of the idle rich. No, with the U.S. Women's Open coming to town in June 2006, they're talking women's golf - about a 15-year-old Asian-American golfer to be exact. When this is the talk of Newport, a town as old money as tobacco plantations, you know the Michelle Wie mystique has hit overdrive, writes West Coast Bureau Chief Chris Baldwin.
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