Nancy Lopez: Learned the game on a nine-hole muny and another city course, New Mexico Military Institute Golf Course, in Roswell.
Calvin Peete: Introduced to golf at Genesee Valley Park in Rochester, N.Y., in his 20s.
Moe Norman: Canadian pro played often at the city-owned Rockway Golf Course in Kitchener, Ontario, sometimes 72 holes a day.
Fred Couples: Grew up riding his bike to Seattle's Jefferson Park with his clubs.
Hale Irwin: First played on the sand-greens muny in Baxter Springs, Kan.
Ken Venturi: A regular at San Francisco's Harding Park and Lincoln Park as a junior.
Dr. David Bronner: Led the development of the largest public golf project in history, Alabama's 11-site Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.
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