When given the information on where Week 6 of “Can You Beat Biggy?” was to be played, C.J. Reo texted back with a simple message: “Not your best choice because I’ve played at that course more than any course on the Island.” Turns out he wasn’t being facetious.
“What I meant by that was, growing up, I actually have played on this course more than any on Long Beach Island,” said the 27-year-old from Barnegat, who played alongside his mother, Melinda Patelli, on the Cave Course of Settler’s Mill…
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