On the golf course, friends meet to continue a tradition

January 26, 2012 | 5:46 p.m. CST

Retirees Jerry Stone, 64, Gerry Schultz, 58, Skip Wills, 67, and Donald "Joker" Kitner, 71, walk onto the fifth hole Thursday at Lake of the Woods Golf Course. Stone, Schultz, Wills and Kitner play the course three times a week year-round, dependent on the weather, as part of the Lake of the Woods Three Dollar Golf Club.