Golf's cuntry clubRyan Polzin Royal Oaks Country Club Before golf pros can get certified as PGA professionals, they must first pass the playing ability test to prove competence as a player. The test can
instructive golf lessons be a real pressure cooker. It consists of 36 holes in one day, and players usually have to shoot somewhere around 155 to pass, depending on the course rating. Charlie Epps Redstone Golf Club The blow-up hole for Epps, director of golf at Redstone Golf Club, came during the 1999 Nationwide Championship on theChampions Tour at the Golf Club of Georgia near Atlanta. After an errant tee shot on the fourth hole found a clump of trees, Epps' adventure began. To make matters more memorable, his daughter Mimi Epps, who played college golf at Texas A&M, was on his bag