Page 42 - The Golf Guide, Summer 2017

Out of the Bag

In May, some area courses saw more than 10" of rain. One area course is making it a
little easier to accept hearing the three most dreaded words in public golf...cart path only!
Meadows Farms in Locust Grove, VA, now offers a $5 off regular rate rebate to all players
any time they restrict travel to cart paths only. I don’t know of many golf courses that
make this offer, but we give the “Farm” a big thumbs up for being totally proactive.
The complete facelift for a golf facility on Maryland’s Eastern Shore now heads down
the home stretch. Harbourtowne will reopen in the spring of 2018 as Chesapeake Links.
World renowned Course Architect Pete Dye and his team have worked nonstop since
January 2016. No expense has been spared as they dug new ponds and moved mountains
of earth to create stunning rolling fairways, and the majority of the holes have been
contoured and seeded. The St. Michaels golf destination will also have a new resort named
the Lodge at Chesapeake Links. The new owner, Richard Cohen of Capital Properties, also
owns The Inn at Perry Cabin.

Billy Hurley III and the MAPGA Foundation are excited
to announce a new junior golf tournament, the Billy
Hurley III Junior Championship. This two-day, 36-hole
event will take place from July 31 to August 1 at the
U.S. Naval Academy Golf Course. The championship will
feature junior golfers ages 12-18 and will include one
boy’s division and one girl’s division. Military families
play a special role in Hurley’s life as he served as a
Surface Warfare Officer during five years active duty,
which included time on a destroyer in the Persian Gulf
protecting Iraqi oil platforms. Hurley is also the only
veteran on the PGA Tour. For more information about the
championship and to sign up for the two qualifying events
please visit mapga.com.
Colonial Williamsburg, a premier hospitality destination in Virginia, has been honored by
Golf Digest with a 2017 Editors’ Choice Award in the “Best Golf Resorts in the Mid-
Atlantic” category. The distinction was published in the May 2017 issue of the magazine.
Launched last year, this annual award identifies the “Best Things in Golf,” with an
emphasis on lifestyle properties, products, and services. In keeping with the outstanding
service and devotion to excellent golf as indicated by the awards, the Golden Horseshoe
Gold Course will debut on July 1 following a multi-million dollar renovation of all greens,
fairways, roughs, and bunkers.
The Middle Atlantic PGA Section proudly announced the selection of PGA Professional
Fred Funk to the MAPGA Hall of Fame Class of 2018. He will be inducted into the Hall of
Fame in March 2018. The native of Takoma Park, MD, turned professional in 1981. Fred
Funk performed as the golf coach at his alma mater, the University of Maryland, from
1982 to 1988. He was an accomplished player in MAPGA events, winning the MAPGA
Professional Championship three years in a row and the Maryland Open in 1983 and
1987. He was also the MAPGA Player of the Year in 1983. Funk has won eight times on
the PGA Tour and nine times on the PGA Tour Champions.
In other MAPGA news, Matthew Schulze has been named the 2017 Middle Atlantic
PGA Professional of the Year. Schulze, the Tournament Director for the LPGA Kingsmill
Championship, serves as the President of the Middle Atlantic PGA. This high honor
bestows special recognition on a PGA Professional for overall performance including
leadership of, service to, and promoting the game of golf.

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