Nice George, I saw that stuff shortly after I posted. Thank you for that.
Tom, I'm there next week for the POTOMAC CUP - its Maryland vs. Virginia.
Basically its two teams made up of various "Tournaments of champions" from each state (14 guys each) plus a couple Fox and other network broadcasters. Its the 6th year of the competition, Virginia won the l;ast two and leads the series 3-2.
Basically, each year four "new people" make the team from two qualifying tournaments - one in VA one in MD - the oldest four players are rotated out (unless the qualify again) and there's two celebrity "Captain's Picks."
It was the brainchild of Fox/Jim Rome Show/Washington Redskins b'caster Steve Czaban who wanted to combine a rivalry (Maryland vs. Virginia) with an amateur Ryder Cup and it really took off.
They used to rotate it between MD and VA for the Cup matches playing it at places I never even heard of like "Rocky Gap."
This year, Steve was psyched to move it to a neutral site - PA - and rope in a tour stop to Jazz it up for everybody.
Basically since the qualifiers from each region are chosen as 1) low gross and 2) low net 80% of handicap, a nice mix of handicaps are represented and everybody gets to hang up close with some b'caster talent.
Anyway, I never played it yet and need to and so I promised Czabe I'd cover it for Cybergolf and Golf Observer along with some other regional TV media (from DC to Syracuse!) and give the ams a thrill.
My initial thoughts on the course are that I love dye and his strategy and, for him, can usually overlook that its not natural because he serves up lots of meat and potatoes, just super-shaped.
Tom, if you'll be in the area, I'd love to hook up with you one day - it would be my great pleasure. I may even be in the Philly area this weekend, although I'm not sure yet - I have a client playing at a rock club Sat...they're heavy metal - an old major label band called The Feds.