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By Mark Button
Texas Links Staff
RYAN—The South Texas
team’s victory in the prestigious 29th playing of the Joe
Black Cup Matches in November at
beautiful Miramont Country Club
actually started seven months earlier
with a phone call in May.
“I called up Bret and told him to
start playing more.
I told him we
were going to need him,” said firstyear South Texas captain Jeff Strong
about his captain’s pick, Redstone
head pro Bret Nutt.
“I know him,
and I like him.
I know he can really
putt.
That’s why I wanted him.
”
For a guy who had neither
played nor captained in the Joe
Black Cup, Strong, the head pro at
the challenging Eagle Pointe Golf
Course in Mont Belvieu, sure
seemed every bit of a crafty veteran
during the week.
When he wasn’t
running around lending support to
his team, he was feed
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