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[golf thwack]
-Oh!

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-When you get to the middle
of the course, you forget

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you're in the middle of a city.

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[golf ball plunking]

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This is an urban area.

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I am touching grass.

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I'm in nature.

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-Oh!

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[golf thwack]

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Much better, Uncle Perry.

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My name is Amy Faulkner.

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I'm the operator at Green
Lake Pitch and Putt.

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[golf thwack]

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-Yeah!

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-We are the oldest
continuously operating

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pitch and putt in
the United States.

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We started in 1947.

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This part of Green Lake was
partially flooded, and it was

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also a landfill that the Olmsted
brothers, the same people that

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developed Central Park, they
designated that they would lower

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the water level in Green Lake
and make this a recreation area.

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I would come here and
golf just casually.

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And I just saw this place
as a diamond in the rough.

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Like there's so much
community around it.

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You can look at everybody's
chatting and having a good time.

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When it came available, I
submitted a proposal to the city

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and we're seeing that
continue to grow.

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The biggest thing I saw
was that it wasn't a super

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welcoming environment.

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We immediately improved the
pro shop and found some

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interesting challenges in that.

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There's no hot water in the pro
shop because it was built in

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1947 and supposed to be kind
of a primitive building.

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But we painted, we put new
flooring in because there

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was disgusting carpet before.

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-Next up to tee is

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Shelby played in party.

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-There you go.

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Nice, nice.

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-Pitch and putt started in
Ireland in the 1930s, and it

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was designed for people that
didn't have the time or the

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financial means to go spend
five hours at an 18-hole golf course.

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-Good shot, dude!

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-Nice shot, Pear.

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-It's a nine-hole course.

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It's easy.

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It's simple.

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You could have fun.

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and it's just great.

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- You need two clubs, a
pitching wedge and a putter.

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It's really easy.

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It's designed for people
that want to work

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on their short game and
they're avid golfers,

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but also people that are just
like never golfed before.

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[golf thwack]
[cheering]

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The rules are not as
crazy as a golf course.

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There's no special attire
that you have to wear.

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-Yeah. 
-It's designed for

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people to learn.

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So if you're not
good, it's okay.

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It's not about being
the best golfer ever.

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It's about coming
out and having fun.

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-It was supposed to go
over the palm tree to

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the hole, but oh well.

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[chuckling]

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-Greens take a whole lot of work
to maintain and take care of.

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and when you have maybe
less experienced golfers,

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they might take a little
bit more of a beating

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than at Pebble Beach, perhaps.

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- The mom caddy,
always important.

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- We do scrambles, so
you might be golfing

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with people that you've
never met before.

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We do something called a
short game social club.

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It's all about, hey, you
wanna come meet people?

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They talk about the Seattle
freeze all the time.

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This is a great way.

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Come out here, hit
some balls around.

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They might go in the right
direction, they might not.

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-The ball's in there somewhere.

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-Just experiencing the community
of it and feeling welcome

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and making sure
everybody feels welcome

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and making sure that people
that may not have had

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the opportunity to golf
get that opportunity.

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-Look at that.

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-Thank you, thank you.

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So great to come here
and see familiar faces

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and know that we're
part of their

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lives and they're part of ours.

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I feel like it is
a weird calling,

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but it's been so delightful
and seeing the results

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of it that I want
to continue it for

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a really long time.

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It's just a fun place to be.

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[golf thwack]
-Ohhhhhh! Fore!

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