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Former Memorial Tournament Director Passes Away

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Former Memorial Tournament director John Hines died Wednesday on his 74th birthday. Tournament officials have not disclosed the cause of death. He helped manage more than 30 Memorials in addition to handling the 1987 Ryder Cup, 1992 U.S. Amateur and the 1998 Solheim Cup. Hines' event management company also was in charge of The Presidents Cup last fall at Muirfield Village.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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