Swinging For 50 Years
By Bill O'Brien | Oct. 19, 2026
It was the day after Thanksgiving in 1975, and Chuck Olson was shooting baskets at his best friend’s house in Elmwood Township when a brief conversation about golf changed his life.
Gary Turnquist, the brother of Olson’s best friend John, was a student in Ferris State University’s new Professional Golf Management (PGM) program and suggested Olson check it out.
“Gary came out when we were on the driveway and said ‘I got into this program, and it would be great for you, and you should look into it’,” Olson recalls. “That’s the only reason I’m a golf professional today… it was such a fluke that that happened.”
Olson abandoned plans …
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