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Kupcho feels at home on Moccasin Creek course

Steven Kupcho, of Westminster, Co., watches his tee shot at the practice facility during the community clinic Wednesday, part of the Western Printing Pro-Am at Moccasin Creek. Photo by John Davis taken 7/21/2021
When Steven Kupcho and his wife rolled into Aberdeen earlier this week, a flood of pleasant memories came rushing back. The Colorado golfer is back in the Western Printing Pro-Am tournament at Moccasin Creek Country Club, which runs through Sunday. It's an event he won two years ago on a course he always seems to play well. "This place ages beautifully," Kupcho said. "I want to say I've finished in the top five every year I've been here. It’s only three years, so it’s nothing like amazing." Maybe not, but Kupcho seems to have a feel for the course and it has a way of rewarding him. "My theory on this golf course is, the guy that’s hitting it the best is going to win here. A fair amount of the Dakota’s Tour events are a lot more open than this," he said. "You can get away with kind of just bombing a driver and try and get up and down or whatever that is. Not necessarily the case here. Narrower fairways, good green complexes. Bad shots are punished here. That’s not

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