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His life was taken on a rainy road in Rancho Santa Fe, California, while helping a stranded motorist on Jan. 4, 1995, but Weidner left a legacy that will endure forever ... North Dakota State's golf coach from 1982 to 1994 ... His fundraising efforts helped to reinstate the program without interruption in 1990 ... Named District 5 Coach of the Year for the 1990-91 season after coaching the Bison to their third North Central Conference title in four years, and a 12th place finish in the program's first-ever NCAA national tournament appearance (Matt Mayer tied for fifth individually to highlight the NDSU effort) ... Competed in Minnesota, North Dakota and national golf tournaments ... Started as assistant golf pro in 1973 at the Fargo Country Club and became head golf pro in 1975 … Founder of the North Dakota Chapter of PGA Pros … Started the Eastern Dakota Junior Golf Association, North Dakota Challenge Cup, the Dakota's Chapter Professional Golfers Association and the Fargo-Moorhead junior tour ... Chairman for the Fargo-Moorhead Junior All-City Championship from 1979-1994 … Board member of the Minnesota Professional Golfers Association of America ... Operations chairman for the North Dakota State Open in 1976 and 1978 ... 1968 graduate of Baudette (Minn.) H.S. ... Entered U.S. Air Force Academy in July 1968 and was discharged October 1968 ... Graduated from Minnesota-Duluth with a business administration degree in 1973 ... Survived by his wife, Shelley, who he married in 1971, and daughter Kari, who coached at NDSU.
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