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When the U . S . Army chose to place a museum on part of Fort Belvoir Golf Club , the military course was forced to adapt
every hat in his career as a golf professional . He ’ s been a teaching pro . He ’ s been a superintendent . He owned a course in Florida for 10 years and was the director of operations for a golf management company at another point in his career . So Coolican , the general manager at Fort Belvoir Golf Club , was prepared
CHRIS LANG / VSGATim Coolican has worn just about for the challenge the United States Army threw his way about a year ago .
The golf club , located on the edge of the sprawling base in southern Fairfax County , was the ideal location for the planned National Museum of the United States Army . One problem : the proposed site was right in the middle of Fort Belvoir ’ s Gunston course . So Coolican and his staff were charged with the redesign to ensure the club remained a 36-hole facility .
In early spring , the upper part of the Gunston course looked like it had been hit by a tornado , giant downed trees and branches littering the ground in all direction . The Army chose the location because of its proximity to Washington , D . C ., about 20 miles to the north , and its accessibility to the Fairfax
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