Dr. Stan Jones said he built his nine-hole golf course in Haines because, “When you sit on the porch, you die.”
In the interest of not expiring on the veranda, 11 local golfers took on the “Iron Eagle,” a straight-handicapped tournament requiring competitors to walk 72 holes in one day. That’s a 16-mile hike from tees to green, so with distances between holes and walking around looking for your ball in the rough, it’s probably…