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Michael Len Hollywood (Born September 28, 1946) is an American professional golfer and author of the "Papa Mike's Guidebook Series" of island based guidebooks. http://www.amazon.com/ He competed as a professional golfer from 1969 until 1973. As an amateur golfer, he was a member of the 1963 and 1964 C.I.F. (California Interscolastic Federation) State champion, San Marcos High School golf team. His amateur victories included the Santa Barbara City, County and Classic (Best-Ball) championships. His highest professional finish was tied for tenth in the 1969 Heiniken Dutch Open, in Utrecht, Holland. He competed on the European tour in 1969 and South African Tour in 1970.

Hollywood was born in Hollywood, California and raised in Santa Barbara. He attended Santa Barbara City College, where he played #1 man on the golf team. He turned professional in 1968. From 1974 to 1997 Hollywood served as president of Selectile-Santa Barbara, a ceramic tile contracting firm founded by his father Jack Mervin Hollywood. In 1978 Hollywood, along with Herbert Walker and Robert E. Dittmar founded The Tile Collection, a ceramic tile distributing company, also located in Santa Barbara