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Sat., June 28, 2008

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Name

Kit DeAndre

COURSE: Liberty Lake Golf Course

TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1986

YEARS AT PRESENT COURSE: 20 years, the last 11 as head professional

AGE: 48

FAMILY: Wife Janet, and daughters Paige, 16, and Erin, 14

EDUCATION: Graduated from Central Valley High School in 1978

HOBBIES: Tinkering with cars and falconry

FAVORITE WINTER GETAWAY:

Hawaii

PAST EXPERIENCE: Spent a year as an assistant at Ocean Shores (Wash.) Golf Course and the next two as an assistant at Veterans Memorial Golf Course in Walla Walla. Moved to Spokane in 1988 and worked for nine years as an assistant under Kaye Walker and then Bob Scott at MeadowWood and Liberty Lake Golf Courses, before taking over as the head professional at Liberty Lake in 1997.

What’s in the bag

DRIVER: Titleist 905 (10.5 degrees loft)

FAIRWAY METAL: Cleveland 3-wood, Cobra 5-wood

HYBRIDS: None

IRONS: Ping Eye 2 Plus (3-PW)

WEDGES: Titleist Vokey (52 degrees loft) and Cleveland (56 degrees loft)

PUTTER: Scotty Cameron Newport 2

BEST GOLF TIP EVER RECEIVED: Be comfortable with your normal ball flight and play for it.

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