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JDC memories sweet for this Barry

By: Steve Tappa|July 27, 2023
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    Long-time John Deere Classic Media Director Barry Cronin at this year’s JDC. CREDIT JOHN SCHULTZ

    The John Deere Classic is so much more than a golf tournament to Barry Cronin.

    In many ways, the local PGA Tour stop has been a lifesaver for the 68-year-old Chicago media veteran, with the latest and greatest example coming in 2016.

    “I had cancer,” said Mr. Cronin, the JDC’s media relations director since 2000. “Thank God they got it, and…

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