Charlie pasarell biography
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Charlie Pasarell:
Vision in the Desert
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Charlie pasarell biography
What most fans undoubtedly don't know is the story of how this all happened, or more specifically how founder Charlie Pasarell made it happen, in association with friends and partners.
Charlie was a top American player in the 1960's, developed by our own Welby Van Horn - but more on that later.
In 1966, Charlie won the NCAA singles title while at UCLA. A year later he reached the #1 men's ranking in the United States.
Shireen fareed
I had the chance to sit down with him and asked him to sketch out his vision and how it was realized in the history of the event. Did you know that the tournament actually began 30 years at the LaQunita Resort? Or that Charlie had to build a hotel in order to build the second s