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Powell moved his family to a house on the golf course. At the time, he was working as a security guard and in his spare time, he started converting the farm into a golf course. He worked on the course during the day, growing grass and clearing the land by hand while at night, he worked at
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Powell expanded the club to eighteen holes in 1978. In 1995, Renee took over as head golf professional at
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The club was renovated for free in 2004 by
Hurdzan-Fry Golf Course Design. The Hurdzan-Fry renovation helped fix the main drainage system at the course. The drainage system was connected to two ponds on the course.
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provided drawings and designs to help renovate the golf course. The drawings helped the fundraising drive to raise $ 1.6 million for capital improvements. In 2009, the club faced problems when
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nine." But Powell didn't care. He said, "I wanted this to be a place where race didn't matter; where the only thing that matters is the game of golf."
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purchasing the land and working on it in his spare time. It opened to the public and to all races in April 1948. The club, which is located outside of
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when attempting to join other golf clubs in the United States, so he chose to build his own. First, Powell tried to get a
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golfed his course, but Powell only told his daughter, Renee, about the incident. Racists called the club the "
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who learned to play on
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