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After seven years at the helm of NCGA Golf, editor and publisher Hilary Heieck left the Association in May. Heieck’s devotion to creating diverse content drove an engaging and lively magazine far exceeding the standard of other regional


publications. NCGA Golf caught up with Hilary on her last few days in the office to record her perspective on the magazine’s evolution during her tenure.


HILARY HEIECK


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Age: 35  Family: Husband, Adam and daughter, Landry  Education: B.A. Duke University, M.S. Communications Management, Newhouse School, Syracuse University  Handicap Index: 4.7 (last round, October, 2011)  Sports highlight: Playing for the 1999 basketball national championship at Duke


What first led you to golf as a career? I grew up playing golf and was looking at the USGA website for professional oppor- tunities when I stumbled across the PJ Boatwright Internship. I was intrigued by moving to California from New York and thought the internship would be a valuable introduction


to golf administration. I also thought I would only be in California for one year before returning to the East Coast. ••• Of the 28 issues of the maga- zine you edited, do you have


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a favorite? That is a tough one; each magazine presented a different challenge and I was proud of how we kept evolving the design and editorial ap- proach. I would have a tough time picking just one edition. I remember thinking the first edition I worked on (summer 2005) was really good but then looking back through it a year later and only seeing ways to improve it. That is my ana- lytical personality coming into play—even before one edition was finished, I was thinking about how to make the next one better. •••


Who was your favorite per- son to interview? I’ve been fortunate to interview a lot of very interesting and accom-


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