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Wesley Miller

APR Special Correspondent Wesley Miller

APR Special Correspondent

APR Special Correspondent Wesley Miller is a travel writer and creator of the website "Alabama Rambler." He's worked with the APR newsroom on stories including a Selma man who makes traditional hickory wood golf putters in a day and age of steel and carbon clubs.

  • Jimmy Demaret, of Ojai, Calif., sinks a putt on the 17th green at the Augusta National Golf course on April 10, 1950. He posted a sub-par 69 to take his third Masters crown with a 269. Demaret is the only triple Masters winner to date. (AP Photo/Horace Cort)
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    What a grind! Making traditional hickory wood golf clubs in Selma
    APR Special Correspondent Wesley Miller
    Alabama is known as football country. Statues Nick Saban and all of the Crimson Tide’s championship winning coaches greet visitors to Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. However, sports fans appear to be spending more time watching athletes with drivers, putters, and caddies. Five professional golfers with ties to Alabama teed up for the Masters tournament this year. And, when competitors look to buy their next set of clubs, they often turn to a spot with connections to the state’s civil rights history.