Pro-Am at RTJ and Capital Hospice
I played a pro-am event yesterday at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Lake Manassas, VA. It wasn’t until I arrived at the event that I learned it had a charitable theme. Proceeds from the event (over $300,000) go to several charities including Wounded Warriors and Capital Hospice. This was a great surprise. I’m happy the event was so successful for a few charities that really deserve the help.
It was my first time at Robert Trent Jones GC since the 2001 VA State Amateur. It was a challenging course then, but it was played in the mid-summer so the greens were not as fast as they could be. Yesterday the greens had some teeth. I was told they were rolling 14.5 on the stimpmeter. They were the fastest I can remember playing…and smooth. It was a privilege to get in a round on such a well-conditioned course.
I’m taking a bit more time to get my achilles 100%. My next event will be the US Open Sectional qualifier on June 4.