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    Michael Croley

    Michael Croley

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    Michael Croley's reporting, essays, and stories have appeared in a wide variety of magazines and periodicals, including Esquire, Virginia Quarterly Review, The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Golfer’s Journal, Golf Digest, Golf Magazine, The Paris Review, Switchyard and elsewhere.

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