All in the family 

Maggie Crichton learned the secret to the century-long family heritage at Hope Valley Country Club while she was on the range with her father in 1959 hitting balls to him in the distance. Marshall Crichton, the Durham, North Carolina, club’s original and legendary head professional, was standing more than 100 yards away “shagging” balls as he gave an impromptu lesson to his older daughter.
“I hit him in the shoulder pretty good with one of my shots, and he wasn’t going to be consoled,” Maggie Crichton recalled. “He just told me not to tell anybody about this. There’s no need. That’s the first lesson I learned: ‘What goes on at Hope Valley stays at Hope Valley; don’t you forget that.’ So, through the years I learned if I heard something from or about members, I just let it go over my head.”
That credo, better known to apply to Las Vegas visitors, has served the Crichton family well. The 1926 Donald Ross-designed gem has always had a Crichton in the golf shop, from Marshall for 34 years, son/older brother Dave as the second head pro for...