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People who make a difference

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Golf's difference-makers come in two varieties: the kind of people who make you feel good about the game, and the kind of people who make you feel good about your game. We're grateful for both, and, it turns out, so are you.

Interviews by Connell Barrett and Steve Beslow

A year ago we presented a list of the game's most important innovators. You received their stories so positively that we decided to do it again in 2008 — and believe us, the selection process was no easier this time around. For nominations, we solicited our friends at the USGA, the PGA Tour, the PGA of America, the National Golf Foundation and the World Scientific Congress of Golf, as well as our own Top 100 Teachers, last year's finalists and you, our millions of loyal readers at Golf Magazine and Golf.com. After months of increasingly difficult decisions, we pared down hundreds of deserving nominees to these 10 remarkable honorees. Did we miss a worthy innovator? Drop us a line at golfletters@golf.com. Our search for next year's winners has already begun. NEXT SLIDE