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On the golf course, Scott Samele steers clear of trouble.

It's on the 19th hole where the mischief begins.

Since 1996, Samele has led a group of 12 likeminded buddies on an annual golf getaway to Reno, Nev., a long-weekend excursion that starts out on the links and ends up in places that Samele's Sunday pastor might frown upon: blackjack tables, bars, dance clubs.

Samele and his crew are golf's version of a harmless dirty dozen, a band of 30-somethings of varied backgrounds, some married, some single, all advanced in their careers.

Their common goal is a quest for good, clean fun.

"We've all hit that age where maybe we can't dunk a basketball or play football in the park without pulling a hamstring," says Samele, 39. "But we can still get out on the golf course and be competitive. And afterward, we can hang out and just be guys."

Over the years, the extravaganza gathered so much momentum, and attracted so much interest from men his age, that Samele thought there might be a market in organizing the same sort of trip for others. So this past summer, he launched the Scottsdale Swing from his hometown, the desert golf hub of Scottsdale, Ariz. ...

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