Pradia, Paul White, Claytee D

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Part of an interview with Paul Pradia conducted by Claytee D. White on July 13, 2010. Pradia describes how golfing helped him advance his career and his support of women golfers.I like the way golf is used as a tool to train young people and to give them scholarships. So what other ways is it used either socially or politically? Socially and politically it puts ordinary people in positions where they meet people they would never even have a dream of coming in contact with. I played golf with the mayor of Sparks. My boss in Washington said go out and do the things that people do in business. So I arranged a business meeting with him on the golf course. And I got suspended for it because they wouldn't let me pay for the round and the round was more than I could accept as a federal servant. I got suspended for two weeks. It was the most expensive golf game I ever had. Just the other week I was playing golf in Henderson up here at one of the fancy golf courses. The manager of the Centennial Toyota — we bought a car out there. I was wearing the knickers. And we were talking about golf and that kind of stuff. I was out on the putting green. I'm just there

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