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A golfing dad's journey back to the U.S. Mid-Amateur.

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Josh gets a lesson, makes a debatably rash equipment decision, and plays in the North Carolina Mid-Amateur qualifier. The final week before the U.S. Mid-Amateur qualifier.

Music credits:

Intro music- Night Falls - Everet Almond

City of the Wolf - The Mini Vandals

Standoff - Density & Time

Taverna Mystica - Chris Haugen

Broken Promise - Jimena Contreras

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