Midwest (Great Lakes)
The Great Lakes region is a part of the Great Lakes Megalopolis, whose population is expected to grow to 65 million by 2025. The region itself is identified by its distinct culture, history and economy. As for quality golf courses, the Great Lakes is teeming with them. To make the most of your golfing trip, and to help in your planning, you can look up the location of the best courses in The Great Lakes on our customised maps.
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St Louis
Dr Michael J. Hurdzan
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Traverse City
Rick Smith in collaboration with Warren Henderson.
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Cleveland / Akron
Pete Dye
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Cleveland / Akron
Stanley Thompson
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Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Arthur Hills in collaboration with owner Stephen Kircher.
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Indianapolis
Dean Refram
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Cincinnati
Tom Fazio
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Petoskey / Harbor Springs
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Minneapolis / St Paul
Pete Dye & Tim Liddy
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Indianapolis
The Kampen (formerly North) course was substantially redesigned by Pete Dye (1994). Ackerman Hills (formerly South) course was designed by William Diddel (1934), redesigned by Larry Packard (1968), further improved in 1998 and renovated by Pete Dye (2015).
(Closed in 2019)
Gaylord
Tom Doak
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Petoskey / Harbor Springs
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Milwaukee
Pete Dye
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Milwaukee
Pete Dye
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Milwaukee
An Arnold Palmer Signature Course.
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Chicago
Arthur Hills & Steve Forrest
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Cleveland / Akron
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Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Robert Trent Jones Sr
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Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Arthur Hills
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Petoskey / Harbor Springs
William Newcomb, Jim Flick and E. & S.Kircher
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Petoskey / Harbor Springs
William Newcomb, Jim Flick and E. & S.Kircher
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Petoskey / Harbor Springs
William Newcomb designed both courses at Boyne Mountain: Alpine course (1970), Monument course (1985).
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Indianapolis
Husband/wife team of Pete & Alice Dye
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Milwaukee
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Milwaukee
Originally designed by George Hansen (1929). Partially redesigned by Andy North and Roger Packard.
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Milwaukee
Private club
Chicago
Uncle/nephew team of George & Tom Fazio.
Private club
Cincinnati
Original design by Seth Raynor & Charles Banks (1925); later minor improvements by Tom Doak (1984, 2000).
Private club
Cleveland / Akron
Herbert Strong (1922); modifications by Bruce Hepner (2016).
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Chicago
Private club
Indianapolis
Private club
Chicago
Original design by "the father of American golf course architecture" Charles Blair Macdonald (1893); improved by Seth Raynor (1923).
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Chicago
No.2 Ravines: David McIntosh & Bert Coghill (1929), later redesigned by Joe Lee & Rocky Roquemore / Also at Cog Hill: No.1 Blue: David McIntosh (1927) / No.3 Red: Dick Wilson (1963) / No.4 Dubsdread: Dick Wilson & Joe Lee (1964), later redesigned by Rees Jones (2008).
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Chicago
No.4 Dubsdread: Dick Wilson & Joe Lee (1964), later redesigned by Rees Jones (2008) / Also at Cog Hill: No.1 Blue: David McIntosh (1927) / No.2 Ravines: David McIntosh & Bert Coghill (1929), later redesigned by Joe Lee & Rocky Roquemore / No.3 Red: Dick Wilson (1963).
Private club
Cleveland / Akron
Current layout designed by William S. Flynn (1928).
Private club
Indianapolis
Husband & wife team of Pete & Alice Dye.
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Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Harry Bowers
Private club
Traverse City
Dr. Alister MacKenzie in collaboration with Perry Maxwell.
Private club
Chicago
Private club
Columbus (OH)
Tom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish
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Grand Rapids
Chris Lutzke in collaboration with Pete Dye.
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Chicago
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Chicago
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Chicago
(Closed in 2016)
Gaylord
Jerry Matthews
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Cincinnati
Greg Norman
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Milwaukee
Hurdzan/Fry Design (Dr Michael J. Hurdzan & Dana Fry) working with golf writer and course architect Ron Whitten.
Private club
Cleveland / Akron
South course: original design by Bert Way (1929); redesign by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1960).
North course: Robert Trent Jones Sr (1969).
West course: Tom Fazio (2001).
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Gaylord
Rsrt guests only
Gaylord
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Indianapolis
Pete Dye & Tim Liddy
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Cleveland / Akron
Private club
Detroit
Rsrt guests only
Louisville
Pete Dye (2009). Located 2 mi SE of the Dye course is the resort's original course (Valley Links), an 18-hole layout designed by Tom Bendelow (1907) and later revamped into a 9-hole layout (by Lee Schmidt, 2006) when ground was given up to build the casino.
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Louisville
Original design by Donald Ross (1917), revamped by Lee Schmidt (2006). Located 2.2 mi NE of the Ross course is the resort's original course (Valley Links), an 18-hole layout designed by Tom Bendelow (1907) and later revamped into a 9-hole layout (by Lee Schmidt, 2006) when ground was given up to build the casino.
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Milwaukee
An Arnold Palmer Signature Course designed by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay.
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Milwaukee
A Gary Player Signature Course. First nine opened in 1995, second nine in 2000.
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Milwaukee
A Lee Trevino Signature Course designed by Lee Trevino & William Graves Design Co.
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Chicago
Tom Fazio
Private club
Columbus (OH)
Pete Dye
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Milwaukee
Robert Bruce Harris
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Milwaukee
Original design by Pete Dye & Jack Nicklaus (1970); substantial redsign by Bob Cupp (1996) and updated by Bob Lohmann (2006).
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Traverse City
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Traverse City
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Columbus (OH)
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Grand Rapids
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Grand Rapids
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Grand Rapids
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Grand Rapids
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Grand Rapids
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Design
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Chicago
Dick Nugent
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Chicago
Dick Nugent
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Grand Rapids
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Traverse City
John F. Robinson
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Grand Rapids
Arthur Hills & Steve Forrest
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Milwaukee
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Milwaukee
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Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Bruce Matthews III
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Milwaukee
Private club
Toledo (OH)
Original design dates from 1903. Course remodelled by Donald Ross (1919); modifications by George & Tom Fazio (1979), Arthur Hills (1999) and Andrew Green (2018).
Private club
Cleveland / Akron
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Gaylord
Kevin Aldridge designed the Gailes (1992) and Blackshire (2001) courses; Bruce & Jerry Matthews designed the Seradella course (1969).
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Green Bay
Original design by William Boyce Langford and Theodore J. Moreau (1930); renovated by Ron Forse (2000).
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Green Bay
Rocky Roquemore
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Cleveland / Akron
Hurdzan/Fry Design (Dr Michael J. Hurdzan & Dana Fry).
(Closed in 2019)
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
Jeff Gorney
Private club
Chicago
Tom Doak
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Detroit
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Cleveland / Akron
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Indianapolis
Pete Dye in collaboration with his wife Alice. The great man's first ever 18-hole layout.
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Green Bay
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Toledo (OH)
Private club
Chicago
No.1 course: designed by Tom Bendelow (1924).
No.2 course: original design by Tom Bendelow (1927); renovation by Rees Jones (2017).
No.3 course: original design by Tom Bendelow (1928); redesign by Rees Jones (2003, 2009).
Private club
Milwaukee
Course designed by Harry Colt & Charles "Hugh" Alison (1927); modifications by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1974), Arthur Hills (2002) and Tom Doak (2015).
Private club
Cincinnati
Alex "Nipper" Campbell (1930); restored by Keith Foster (2015).
Private club
Columbus (OH)
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course designed by Jack Nicklaus with input from Desmond Muirhead and Pete Dye.
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Indianapolis
Father/son team of Pete & P.B. Dye.
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Milwaukee
Original design by Lawrence "Larry" Packard; modifications by Arthur Hills (1999).
Private club
Cincinnati
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Milwaukee
Dave Relford & Matt Mootz
Private club
Detroit
South course: original design by Donald Ross (1918); modifications by Arthur Hills (1987), Rees Jones (2006) and Gil Hanse (2019).
North course: original design by Donald Ross (1922); redesign by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1969); modifications by Arthur Hills & Steve Forrest (2014).
Private club
Columbus
Private club
Chicago
North course designed by Willie Park Jr (1923); modifications by Mark Mungeam (2014). South course designed by Tom Bendelow (1915) and renovated by Steve Smyers (2007).
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Detroit
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
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Chicago
Ken Kavanaugh
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Gaylord
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Indianapolis
Original 18-hole design by Robert Trent Jones Sr (1964); Rees Jones (Robert's son) designed the third nine (1995).
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Grand Rapids
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Chicago
Original 9-hole course laid out by Cardinal Mundelein and extended to 18-holes in 1929 by William S. Flynn. Course significantly redesigned and remodelled by Joe Lee, Rocky Roquemore and Joe Jemsek (1985).
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Indianapolis
Pete Dye
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Chicago
Robert Trent Jones II (lead designer Bruce Charlton).
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Indianapolis
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
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Indianapolis
Ron Kern
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Cleveland / Akron
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Gaylord
Arthur Hills and design associate Chris Wilczynski.
(Closed in 2020)
Columbus (OH)
Arthur Hills & Steve Forrest
Private club
Chicago
Jerry Rich (RHF's owner) & Greg Martin
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Indianapolis
Tim Liddy
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Chicago
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Green Bay
David McLay-Kidd
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Green Bay
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw.
Private club
Columbus (OH)
Original design by Donald Ross (1916); updated by Dick Wilson (early 1960s) and renovation by Jack Nicklaus & Dr Michael J. Hurdzan (2008).
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Green Bay
Robert Trent Jones II (lead designers Bruce Charlton and Jay Blasi).
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Cincinnati
Arthur Hills designed the original 18-hole Shaker Run course (1979), comprising the Red (formerly Woodlands) and Green (Lakeside) nines. The White-nine (formerly Meadows) was designed by Dr Michael Hurdzan & Dana Fry (1999).
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Gaylord
Tom Weiskopf
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Gaylord
Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay
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Detroit
Private club
Chicago
Seth Raynor
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Cleveland / Akron
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Grand Rapids
Jerry Matthews
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Cincinnati
Jeff Osterfeld (designer & owner).
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Chicago
Arthur Hills
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Louisville
Original design by Tom Jones & Allen Sternberg; redesigned by Tim Liddy (late-2000s).
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Green Bay
Private club
Indianapolis
Jack Nicklaus
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Green Bay
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Grand Rapids
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Chicago
Robert Trent Jones II (lead designer Bruce Charlton).
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Green Bay
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Chicago
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Milwaukee
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Gaylord
Tom Fazio
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Gaylord
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
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Gaylord
Rick Smith
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Minneapolis / St Paul
Hurdzan/Fry (Dr Michael J. Hurdzan & Dana Fry) working with PGA tour player Tom Lehman (a Tom Lehman Signature Course).
Private club
Petoskey / Harbor Springs
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Grand Rapids
Jim Engh
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Milwaukee
Robert Trent Jones II (lead designer Bruce Charlton).
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Detroit
Original design by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1931); renovated by Arthur Hills (1994).
Private club
Louisville
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Columbus (OH)
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Chicago
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Milwaukee
Arthur Hills
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Chicago
Hurdzan/Fry Design (Dr Michael J. Hurdzan & Dana Fry).
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Milwaukee
Pete Dye
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Milwaukee
Pete Dye
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Milwaukee
Hurdzan/Fry Design (Dr Michael Hurdzan & Dana Fry).
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Cleveland / Akron
(Closed in 2018)
Indianapolis
Steve Smyers
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Cincinnati
Gene Bates
Tournaments:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
American Dunes opens for play following Nicklaus transformation
Nicklaus Design has transformed the former Grand Haven Golf Club in Michigan into the American Dunes Golf Club, a new public course that is now open for play
New course opens for play at Barnbougle
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm (golf carts allowed).
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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