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His son, Jim Dent Jr., now is the head pro at The Patch.Augusta National is pouring support into upgrading the municipal course under the work of architects Tom Fazio and Beau Welling. It will include a longer, conditioned course with a new short-game area and clubhouse. Woods is designing a Par 3 course called the “Loop at The Patch” to honor Augusta National caddies who played there.
Fans and countrymen on Thursday shared their remembrances of Dominican Republic music icon Rubby Pérez, who was among the scores of people killed this week after thein Santo Domingo collapsed. He was 69.Know for songs such as “Volveré,” “El Africano” and “Tu Vas a Volar,” Pérez devoted his long career to merengue, the signature musical style of the Dominican Republic. It earned him the title, “the highest voice in merengue,” despite it being his second career choice.
Born on March 8, 1956, in Haina, Pérez aspired to be a baseball player, but those dreams came to an halt when his right leg was injured in a car accident.Pérez eventually found solace in the guitar and started his musical career in the 1970s. He made his debut as part of Los Pitagoras del Ritmo.
In 1989, Pérez joined Wilfrido Vargas’ orchestra, which gave him the opportunity to launch his solo career in 1987. In 2022, Pérez released his latest album, “Hecho Esta.”
His albums have gone gold and platinum in Venezuela and earned him the Orchestra and Merengue of the Year honors at the Soberano Awards, the Dominican music awards.Michel Badr, who came from another village to attend the reenactment, said he supports the performance “so that people would know, even if in a small way, how much Jesus had suffered ... to give us a new era and a beautiful life after him.”
Chalhoub said his concern is to avoid an overemphasis on mourning. “It’s better to turn the pain into glory and to triumph over pain with God’s power, not just to go and cry,” he said.A statue of Saint Rafqa is displayed in front of a residential building in the village of Quraye, near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A statue of Saint Rafqa is displayed in front of a residential building in the village of Quraye, near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)“There’s redemption. There’s salvation,” Chalhoub said. “Of course, there’s sadness, but there’s huge hope for triumphing over all that is painful.”