STAPLES, Minn. — The crowd noise of those Minnesota section boys basketball games that Lynn Peterson coached rivaled any jet engine gassing for take off, or an intense full house for a North Dakota State football game. When Staples High School took the floor and Peterson was on the sideline, it was go time.

He retired from coaching in 2011 with 683 victories, which still ranks him 10th all time on the Minnesota career wins list.

He’s still trying to win in sports these days, only the surroundings are vastly different. At The Vintage golf course on the outskirts of Staples, it’s quiet with a woodsy feel of serenity, the tranquil Crow Wing River winding through the outskirts of the course. On a couple of holes, deer checked out my backswing. Above No. 3 green, a hawk flew by carrying a sma

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