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Morganton native Dana Rader is a nationally-known golf instructor. In 1990, the Ladies Professional Golf Association named her the national teacher of the year. GOLF MAGAZINE has also recognized her as one of the country's top 100 teachers. In 1997, she became director of golf operations at Charlotte's new Golf Club at Ballentyne. The Linda Rader Golf School is located nearby.
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The Golf Club at Ballentyne Resort in Charlotte was voted the best new course of 1998 by the golf panel of the magazine NORTH CAROLINA. It represents a new trend in courses. Instead of being the centerpiece of a residential development, the course is surrounded by a resort/business park.
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Lexington has always been famous for its old-fashioned southern barbecue, and during the annual Barbecue Festival in October, over 120,000 people fill its eighteen barbecue restaurants. Now two additional attractions have come to town, the Bob Timberlake Gallery and the Richard Childress Racing Museum. Both attract over 100,000 yearly.
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Built in 1896, Spencer Shops was the Southern Railway's restoration and repair facility for steam engines and rolling stock. After World War II, steam engines were replaced by diesel and electric locomotives. Work at the shops dwindled until the facility closed in the mid-70s. In 1977, the idea for a North Carolina Transportation Museum was born. Today Spencer Shops is a State Historic Site, featuring nineteen locomotives, fifty-five pieces of rolling stock, and other railroad memorabilia.
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Founded in 1792 as Smithville and before that a hideout for pirates Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet, Southport today is a quiet, picturesque town with a friendly, laid-back style that attracts visitors to craft and antique shopping, historic attractions, and outdoor activities including golf and deep-sea fishing.
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Banner Elk, with a population of 600 plus 600 Lees-McRae Colleges students, grew from a sleepy mountain village to a popular travel spot. The change began in 1984 with the opening of the Elk River Club. Wealthy members built spectacular homes. Demands for more services increased. Today Banner Elk is a mixture of town, gown, and tourists, along with new restaurants, and a variety of accommodations and shops.
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Established in 1925, the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown teaches classes, including weaving, photography, pottery, and wood carving, that allow individuals to learn a new skill or refine an existing one.
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Fayetteville, in Cumberland County, the state's fifth-largest city, is a top travel destination, with attractions that include historic churches, Victorian homes, museums, and an 85-acre botanical garden.
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Clyde Johnston and Rick Robbins have gained a reputation for designing outstanding golf courses in the state, nation, and world. While they do not work together, each has designed courses that favorably compare with those of Tom Fazio and Arnold Palmer.
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Murphy, famous for the expression \"From Manteo to Murphy,\" is a town of 1,600 in Cherokee County. The town, surrounded by some of the state's best scenery and vacation areas, has a solid economy based on tourism, agriculture, and small manufacturing.
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3579
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One way for golfers to improve their skills and scores is to take lessons from a good golfing instructor. The state has a number of instructors, including Peggy Kirk Bell, Chip King, and Dana Rader, who are known nationally.
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The Birkdale Golf Club course heads the list of the state's ten best new golf courses. The course, located in Huntersville, was one of two designed by professional golfer Arnold Palmer. His other one, The Carolina in Southern Pines, ranked fourth.
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Harold A. Wheeler, Jr., better known as 'Humpy,' is one of the country's most successful and best-known sports entrepreneurs. As president of Charlotte Motor Speedway and CEO of Speedway Sports, Inc., he oversees racing from the state to California.
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The state's ten best golf courses are judged. Pinehurst No. 2 continues to be the most admired course. However, Pinehurst No. 8, designed by Tom Fazio and opened in 1996, attracts attention as it makes the top ten for the first time.
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Charlotte has much to offer tourists and the local residents, including professional basketball and football, 1,500 restaurants, museums, and music - from symphony to jazz. With $2.2 billion generated in 1997, the city is the state's leader in travel-related income.
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