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Ron Whitten: From Building a Criminal Conviction to Building a Golf Course

Greg Echlin

The U-S Open Golf Championship is underway this week in Wisconsin, and an Omaha native has a special connection to this year’s second golf major. But he’s not playing on the course. He helped design it. As Greg Echlin reports for Omaha Public Radio, Ron Whitten took an unusual route to becoming a golf course architect.

Credit Greg Echlin
Erin Hills