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Herrmann: Jurgens a working pro at Spring Lake

Spring Lake head pro Cristy Jurgens, one of

Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan | Spring Lake head pro Cristy Jurgens, one of the few LI head pros accredited by the LPGA, not the PGA of America. Her work helped Spring Lake recently win LI Golf Course of the Year award. (May 17, 2011)

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When the LPGA’s Sybase Match Play begins in New Jersey Thursday, Cristy Jurgens will be very interested and she will be watching. She just won’t be anywhere near the place, even though she is an LPGA pro. Nor will she ever play on tour.

“I’m a pretty good golfer, but I’ll never get any better,” she said. “I don’t have the time.”

She...

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