McFeely: Grand Forks columnist Ryan Bakken was throwback to long-gone era

McFeely: Grand Forks columnist Ryan Bakken was throwback to long-gone era

FARGO — Paul Bridston was a nice man from Grand Forks and a member of the most famous golf club in the world. Ryan Bakken was a sportswriter from Grand Forks who loved golf and as such wasn't afraid to leverage those vices to his advantage. Thus, the greatest sportswriter coup in North Dakota history. Bakken, a longtime writer at the Grand Forks Herald, accepted an invitation by Bridston, a successful businessman, to play Augusta National Golf C…