Major golf in Georgia, again!

  Major championship golf is back in Georgia this week with the PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

  Golf is good. Golf is great. Golf is a $5 billion industry in Georgia that supports 57,000 jobs. Golf tournaments in Georgia gave $57 million to charity in 2009. Georgia has the sixth largest golf industry in the U.S.

Golf teaches many life lessons such
as humility, honesty and perseverance.

  Golf teaches important life lessons about patience, honesty, etiquette, humility, perseverance, and sportsmanship. Walking a golf course is great exercise. Golf courses enrich our environment with green space and natural beauty.

  Here's to a fantastic finish at this week's PGA Championship in Atlanta. It seems fitting that the first and last men's majors in 2011 are in Georgia!

  And don't forget about the McGladrey Classic in October as the PGA Tour returns to Georgia for a fall event at the venerable Sea Island Golf Club.

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