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Leslie Dunning’s goals for this golf season?

Some of them are probably a lot like yours.

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“Well … I’d like to reduce my handicap,” Dunning said with a chuckle. “So this year, I’m going to be working on my short game. I’m working on my putting. And I hope, by the end of the season, my handicap will have come down a little bit.

“But for me, it’s about the exercise. It’s about the social component. I mean, the handicap … I just want to know I’m getting better, but that’s not what it is about. It’s about family. It’s about friends. It’s about fresh air. It’s about clubhouse time after you’ve been golfing. That’s what it is all about.”

Thing is, Dunning’s goals for this golf season go far beyond trying to limit three-putts or shave a couple of strokes off her average score.

During her one-year term as president of Golf Canada’s board of directors, the longtime Calgary resident wants to grow the game.

That’s at the very top of her to-do list for 2018.