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Ernie Schneiter Jr. is a Utah golf icon, becoming one of the state's lifetime ambassadors for the game.

He turned pro after quitting skiing, eventually getting a job at a municipal course before creating two of his own courses.

At 95, Schneiter remains active in the game, encouraging others to do the same.

OGDEN — It's been 80 years, but Ernie Schneiter Jr. can still pinpoint exactly when he stopped skiing.

It wasn't an easy decision, given that he had a good winter job working at the recently opened Snowbasin ski resort above his hometown of Ogden. His dad, Ernie Schneiter Sr., was the manager at Snowbasin and gave his son the plum assignment of being last person down the hill each night, hoisting the rope tow onto tall hooks to prevent

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