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WELCOME LETTER 6 Remembering Sam Ruby and Tom Butters

#MCGDREAM18 8 The next round of holes in the lineup

MEMBER’S CORNER 10 A longtime member and a recap

MAP 13 CLUB COMMUNITY 18 Latest happenings

FOOTPRINTS ON THE GREEN 20 A charitable delight for the senses

CULINARY 30 The healthy side of beef

DRINK 33 Beat the heat with berries

ALONG THE TRAIL 34 The perfect daytrip

TENNIS 49 By the numbers

FITNESS 54 Swim team roundup

KIDS 58 Junior tennis standouts

THE BACK NINE 64 William McGirt

MEMBER BUSINESS DIRECTORY 68

Features

THE FABLED FINISH 14 EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME 24 YOUR FAVORITE MEMORIES 28

A TALE OF TWO HISTORIC COURSES 40 BEHIND-THE-SCENES 52

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4 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE From left to right, Tournament Director Mark Brazil, McConnell Golf President and CEO PHOTO CREDIT TK John McConnell, professional golfer Tiger Woods, Wyndham Vacation Ownership President and CEO Franz Hanning, professional basketball player Chris Paul, and Wyndham World- wide Chairman and CEO Stephen Holmes.

www.mcconnellgolf.com | Summer 2016 5 Sam Ruby Tom Butters (center) Life Mottos

I LOVE SUMMER. IT IS REFRESHING met him at the Wyndham and have his secrets to such a long and healthy to hear the echoes of kids’ constant been a fan of his ever since. He life. He looked at me with those steady exuberance, splashing and diving in is a fierce competitor, and persisted big blue eyes he had and said, “Mr. our pools. Parents seem less stressed through many tough years to finally win McConnell, I have three things that at our clubs knowing that homework is his first tournament. Without a doubt, worked for me. I inherited good genes, not an issue today, and memory-making many people will be watching and as my mother lived to be 107. I had a abounds from summer vacation season. cheering for him in next year’s Masters. great business career along with a Warmer weather is perfect for outdoor (Incidentally, another of our members, wonderful girlfriend (he never married). activities; life takes on a slower pace. Carl Pettersson, also won this presti- But that little shot of Grey Goose at And then we end summer with the gious event a few years ago.) lunch each day goes a long way.” Wyndham Championship in mid-August Just like William McGirt, who kept Tom Butters, on the other hand, at our historic Sedgefield Country Club plugging away for that first victory, I enjoyed being married to his beautiful — a time that I look forward to each year. have goals remaining in life as well. wife, Lynn, and had children and grand- This June, William McGirt won his Seeing Virginia Tech win a national children who were the apples of his eye. first PGA tournament at The Memorial championship in football would be Tom was a great athlete and played for Tournament in Columbus, Ohio, which is awesome — I have been a diehard the Pittsburgh Pirates, but he is most Jack Nicklaus’s invitational tournament. Hokie fan for over 50 years. I also want noted for being the respected longtime William is a local hero in the Spartanburg to make a double eagle in my golf athletic director at Duke. (He liked to area and played golf at Wofford. I first game, something that has continually remind you that he hired Coach K!) After escaped me. Lastly, I want to catch a his retirement, he always held court member or guest playing with range in the same chair at the 19th hole at balls on our golf courses. Treyburn, where passersby could always Often, I’m thankful for meeting the look forward to a lively banter-filled so many wonderful people who are chat. While he will be missed, he left a members at our clubs. Two of these great legacy for a life well lived. We can individuals have moved on to their next all use his motto for living: “Forget the season: Sam Ruby and Tom Butters. past, it is over and done, but learn from Mr. Ruby was a longtime member at it. Live for today, as tomorrow is never Raleigh Country Club and played golf promised.” until he was almost 100 years old. You I miss you guys. could see him riding all over the golf course searching for open holes, which he preferred to play solo in his later years. I’ll never forget the day I sat down to John McConnell lunch with Mr. Ruby and asked him for CEO & Founder

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RALEIGH COUNTRY CLUB RALEIGH COUNTRY CLUB No. 5 – Par 4 McConnell Golf Director of Golf Brian “Boomer” Kittler has been Make sure your tee shot finds operating out of Raleigh Country Club for the past 12 years; so few the fairway on this dogleg golfers know the intricacies of the venerable Donald Ross layout right, as the approach shot better than him. to the green must carry the creek. Any errant shot will hit the bank short of the green and roll back in the hazard.

RALEIGH COUNTRY CLUB No. 9 – Par 4 You have numerous options off the tee; avoid the deep fairway bunkers on the right side. If played correctly, this hole is a good birdie oppor- RALEIGH COUNTRY CLUB tunity and a nice way to finish No. 13 – Par 4 the outward nine. From the tee, this hole looks like a slight dogleg left; but it’s best played from the right side of the fairway to provide the best angle to attack on your second shot. Bunkers on both the front left and right protect the green. RALEIGH COUNTRY Playing this hole late in the after- CLUB No. 18 – Par 4 noon with the shadows on the Par is a good score on green will make you think you this tremendous finishing are playing Augusta National. hole. The second shot plays slightly uphill — often hitting off a down- hill lie — with the green protected by bunkers on both sides.

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By Jessie Ammons Tom Williamsen

Longtime Musgrove Mill-ian

When Tom Williamsen joined Musgrove Mill two decades ago, it was a secluded haven for mostly local golfers. Twice a year, Williamsen and his wife, Faye, would make the six-and-a-half-hour drive from their northwestern Virginia home, bags packed for a weeklong stay. Williamsen says they looked forward to the quiet escape: “When you play the golf course, you don’t see any houses and you don’t see a road. The only thing you see out there are turkey and deer. Be- cause they have cottages and rooms in the clubhouse, when we go, we park the car and don’t ever leave the property.” Now the couple have raised their grown children, Erik and Kaaren, and Williamsen has retired from his position as a Lutheran pastor. Always an avid golfer, the game is now his full-time focus. He serves on the Golf Digest rating panel, a group of about 1,000 golfers nationwide who visit courses year-round to rate them for the magazine’s annual Top 100 list of best places to play. With dozens of courses under his belt, Williamsen says Musgrove Mill is still his favorite. “The golf course is unique,” he says. “You don’t play it and think, ‘Oh, this is great, and it sort of reminds me of this golf course or that golf course.’ It stands alone.” Now, the couple have traded in their weeklong biannual vacations for more frequent weekend jaunts. If Faye is unable to join, Tom plugs into the “close-knit community” of members, specifically a group of “golf nuts” he’s gotten to know well over the years. And he’s sure to spend time with the Musgrove Mill staff, whom he now considers friends. “I’ve known Jeff Tallman for 30 years now and he’s the best golf pro I’ve ever had,” Williamsen says. “I always go down and talk to Deborah in the kitchen. The employees down there are just phenomenal.” As Musgrove Mill continues to garner acclaim, Williamsen reports that it has maintained every bit of secluded local charm. “You’re out in this pristine wilderness. A retreat is exactly what it is. It’s just a ball.” 10 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE August 15 - 21

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By Josh Points Rex Hospital Open A recap from TPC Wakefield Plantation’s director of golf

I ONCE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO total. Wakefield’s own Web.com Tour sponsored. This year’s event proceeds spend time around Jackie Burke, Masters players, Cameron Percy and Grayson will go to a new Heart and Vascular champion and owner of Champions Golf Murray, each posted top-10 finishes. Center. Club in Houston. He described an analo- During the final round, there were only Over 450 volunteers helped make the gy about tournament golf that has stuck 14 total scores under par. We will have event a success. Wakefield Plantation’s with me: “Battlefields are special places to see how the rest of the year plays out, head starter Bob Bidwell was named the because something historically significant but the 73.65 final round scoring average 2015 Web.com volunteer of the year and happened on that soil. Similarly, that’s (par 71) might be the highest on the hit the ceremonial tee shot. Bidwell, a why tournament golf matters to courses.” Web.com this year. beloved part of the Wakefield communi- In that spirit, Wakefield Plantation This annual golf tournament is about ty, also announced his 60th tournament hosted its 16th Rex Hospital Open in much more than the game. Rex Hospital this year. May. Trey Mullinax — a Birmingham has a longstanding commitment to Overall, it was another opportunity for native who played collegiate golf at PGA Tour golf in the Raleigh community, us at Wakefield to witness history being the University of Alabama — was the and this was the 29th professional golf made on our battlefield. We’re already champion of the event with a 14-under-par tournament the health care system has looking forward to next year.

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By Irwin Smallwood

The Fabled Finish A reflection on the 2013 Wyndham Championship playoff

As the August twilight was about to LOOKING BACK descend on the lush fairways of Sedgefield But that’s getting a little ahead of the story Country Club on a soggy Sunday afternoon in of the Wyndham Championship playoffs. 2013, little did the faithful who had remained Most of the 15 earlier ones had their for the Wyndham Championship playoff moments to remember. Two of Snead’s eight realize: They were about to witness the writ- GGO victories came in playoffs, and he let ing of the first draft of history. another slip away when Earl Stewart beat him That Sunday conjured snapshots from the and Art Wall; and Doug Ford did the same in first four years of the golf tournament’s one that lasted 19 holes. forebear, the Greater Greensboro Open, In 1972, George Archer had already packed when then-fledgling professionals Sam Snead, his clubs in his car for the trip to the Masters Ben Hogan, and Byron Nelson jump-started when Arnold Palmer triple-bogeyed away a their illustrious careers on the very same soil. two-shot lead with three holes to play, plopping No one then dreamed that the trio would Archer and Tommy Aaron into an unexpected later rule the PGA Tour and wind up as hall-of- overtime that Archer won with a par. famers, just as precious few in the late summer Along the way there were also such notable of 2013 realized that they were seeing authen- playoff winners as Julius Boros, Gene Littler, tic stardom in the making. Sandy Lyle, Ryan Moore, and Rocco Mediate, One of the contenders in the 2013 sud- and such not-so-notable winners as Bud Allin, den-death playoff was still a teenager; the Trevor Dodd, and Frank Nobilo, the latter now other had just turned 23. Both had been a Golf Channel analyst. two-time participants in Greensboro’s But the shot is what they will still be writing American Junior Golf Association tournament, about when the tournament turns 100 or so recently renamed the Haas Family Invitational. — that and the two young lions who appear But what they produced was a finish that destined to become hall-of-famers. is bound to earn legendary status as the Turns out there was more than a little drama years speed by. Barely three years later, the before Reed and Spieth got to the decisive then-teenager, Jordan Spieth, has been second hole of the playoff in 2013. The final ranked No. 1 in the world and has won both round of regulation had pretty much belonged the Masters and the U.S. Open. The man who to them as Spieth bested Reed by a stroke, beat him, Patrick Reed, is closing in on a top-10 65 to 66, in the wake of overnight rains and an world ranking. early morning storm that delayed play for So what else was so great about that playoff? three hours. And then came the real stuff. The shot. The shot.

14 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE Jordan Speith now has Masters and U.S. Open wins under his belt. He wasn’t so lucky at the 2013 Wyndham Championship.

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In His Words

No story of The Shot would be complete without hearing how it came about from the young man himself. Here is Reed’s version of how he managed to pull off the minor miracle, edited for clarity: “Where my ball landed there was a little bit of dirt, a couple pieces of grass, twigs, a couple spiders, basically any- thing you’d find in a wilderness ... Actually, there was a wire next to my ball but I was able to move it. The lie was fine, but I felt like I was back playing T-ball. The ball was so far above my feet that it almost felt like I was taking a baseball swing. I had trees, I had a tree overhanging, I couldn’t see the flag. I saw two blue towers behind the green and I knew that the green was on the right edge of the tower. That line literally was two yards left of the tree trunk. ‘Just do what my swing coach has told me to do,’ I said to myself. Work on timing; get in a good pattern. It’s so hard for me to do that because I play draws ... I hit a three-quarter 7-iron. It was a full 8-iron distance but if I tried to hit something hard, that thing would have gone left. We just clubbed up one and I pulled it off.” Pulled it off, indeed!

PLAY-BY-PLAY This time it was Spieth who hit the reach the green, right? Wrong. With On the first extra hole, Sedgefield’s par- perfect tee shot, right down the mid- Spieth already on the green in two and four 18th, Spieth drove into the woods dle of the uphill par four, and Reed within good (10 feet) birdie range, Reed on the left and had to play a safety shot found the trouble. Big trouble, it first smacked a three-quarter 7-iron under back into the fairway. Meantime, Reed appeared. Out of bounds in the trees to an overhanging tree limb, straight as a split the middle with a textbook tee the right, someone signaled. As Reed string, and it stopped seven feet below ball, and after Spieth put his third on later recounted, he was in shock. “My the hole. the green, a good 26 feet from the pin, heart sank,” he says, but then came a The shot. Of a lifetime for Reed, as it Reed hit another perfect one, leaving turn of events that in the end saved turned out. him maybe seven feet for a possible the day. Spieth was the one a bit spooked this winning birdie. “All of a sudden,” he says, “three time, and his birdie attempt lipped out. But not so fast. Spieth, whose hero- or four other people started running Reed’s was dead center for a shot that ics with the putter have since become out on the fairway and gave me the earned him his first PGA Tour victory, legendary around the world, curled in safe signal.” and a certain place for him and Spieth the putt with a good two-foot break. Cut to the chase. Though just 150 in the storied history of the venerable old Par. Reed, perhaps a bit shaken, missed yards or so from the green and in- tournament a hearty band of young his birdie try and off they went to the bounds, his ball was, as they often businessmen dreamed up eight 10th tee. say, in jail. There was no way he could decades ago.

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CLUB COMMUNITY Club Happenings

THE RESERVE GOLF CLUB PROVIDENCE TITLEHOLDER COUNTRY CLUB Ashley Sloup won FOOD FOR THOUGHT the 90th Carolinas On May 17th at the new women’s Amateur menu preview night, Championship, the Executive Chef Jason longest running Neal showcased his women’s amateur expertise by serving golf championship a selection of his soon- in the Carolinas. to-be-featured dishes.

OLD NORTH STATE CLUB AMERICA’S BIRTHDAY The 4th of July celebration TPC WAKEFIELD included live music, rock PLANTATION wall climbing, extreme YOUNG FUN board surfing, balloon toss- Play-Well TEKnologies es, face painting, cornhole, brought over 20,000 Legos a contest for the best-dec- to The Sports Club for a orated golf cart, and — of Minecraft-themed Kids’ course — fireworks. Night Out. Children made their own motorized Lego vehicles and enjoyed dinner and snacks.

BROOK VALLEY MUSGROVE MILL COUNTRY CLUB GOLF CLUB FATHER-DAUGHTER GUYS’ TRIP DANCE The Wakefield From the red carpet Senior Men’s Golf entrance to the tiaras Association had a and jewelry gift boxes, great time staying each one of the girls on-site for an entire left feeling like a prin- weekend at their cess from this classic sister property, club favorite event. Musgrove Mill.

18 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE TREYBURN COUNTRY CLUB MEMORIAL DAY Despite gloomy weather, grilled burgers and hotdogs, a fish taco station, and ice cream floats helped kick off the pool season with a bang.

SEDGEFIELD COUNTRY CLUB CHEF’S TABLE The culinary staff has introduced Chef’s Table, a unique event where members dine in the kitchen and learn how flavors are combined to HOLSTON HILLS create a mouthwatering menu. COUNTRY CLUB ANNUAL INVITATIONAL 144 players from across the country turned out for the 2016 Holston Hills Invitational. The Level II Player of the Year event for the Tennessee Golf Association remains both popular and competitive. GRANDE DUNES SIP AND SWING In April, ladies played a 9-hole practice round of golf — with wine and hors d’oeuvre stations along the way. The ladies’ night ended at the clubhouse with a RALEIGH COUNTRY CLUB final wine tasting. EGG HUNT The annual Easter Egg hunt is always a member favorite. The children show up in their Easter best for the egg hunt, enjoy a magic show, and leave with their faces painted. THE COUNTRY CLUB OF ASHEVILLE KENTUCKY DERBY VIEWING PARTY Ladies wore their most extravagant hats and men showcased seersucker suits for festive dishes such as Kentucky Derby Pie and mint juleps. Prizes were awarded to the best dressed male and female members.

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By Jessie Ammons

Art and Soul An annual festival delights the senses and engages the community all year long

BENEATH A TENT STUDDED WITH STRING LIGHTS, guests mill about enjoying hors d’oeuvres and wine. The air is full of the gentle whir of friendly chatter, and friends scope out a table of trips and prizes available to win in a silent auction. This is the Pawley’s Island Wine and Food Gala at The Reserve Golf Club — and it’s only one event in the Pawley’s Island Festival of Music and Art lineup. The annual fall festival is one of the few times The Reserve prepares its grounds for an event other than golf, and it’s a welcomed change of pace. “People come from all over,” says Club Manager Donald Clement. “Folks come and stay from out of town to attend.” Over three consecutive weekends, there are concerts, a fresh-air painting class, the wine-and- food experience, and a seated dinner; 90 percent of the events happen at The Reserve. “This is our fifth year of hosting,” Clement says. “It’s a big three weeks, to say the least.” To say more, the nonprofit celebration has existed in some capacity for more than two decades. “We believe in the value of the arts as an essential part of civilization,” states the orga- nization’s website, “and in its role of preserving accomplish- ments of humanity.” The musical-performance-heavy yearly roster enhances cultural awareness, and the events raise money for both the festival itself and its outreach efforts. Festival-goers don’t just enjoy themselves — and they do — they support local art education, too. When it’s not festival time, the organizing board of directors is busy coordinating band and chorus workshops and dance classes with nearby public schools. Program funding is entirely dependent on proceeds from the festival. This year’s celebration takes place on the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of each weekend from September 24 – October 15. McConnell Golf is happy to contribute discounted venue space throughout the festival: Events at The Reserve begin September 29.

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24 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE Jordan Spieth at the No. 8 tee on Sunday, April 10, at this year’s 80th Masters Golf Tournament.

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Australia’s Jason Day plays a shot on No. 16 during Round 1 of the Masters.

“ONE OF MY BUCKET LIST ITEMS was to be at a Sunday round in Augus- ta. I didn’t know I was going until the “All I wanted was to hear that roar of a crowd Tuesday before the Masters — tickets fell into my hands. Our head on a Sunday at the Masters, and I got to hear golf pro, Chris Dibble, encouraged me it three times. It was incredible.” and assistant golf pro Jordan Fairbank to go. We stayed about two hours Benson Brown & Faucher away the night before and drove in on

Sunday morning. I didn’t sleep at all Holmes. I almost missed the hole- The only thing that would be better Attorneys at Law the night before, not a wink. I was so in-one because after Oosthuizen hit than this is if I actually get to play the excited. I’m 55 years old and I’ve played Holmes, I looked over at Jordan to get course one day, which I know is never golf since I was five. It’s always been his reaction. He screamed at me to going to happen. my passion. I grew up watching Jack look back at Oosthuizen and I saw the Although, I never thought I’d get to Nicklaus and Lee Trevino and Arnold last six inches of the ball go into the be at a Sunday round, either — never Palmer at Augusta. hole. The crowd was going absolutely say never in golf. But I don’t think it’s Serving all of North & South Carolina On Sunday, we had been following crazy. going to happen. I will definitely try to the crowds all day; but right as Jason All I wanted was to hear that roar of get down to Augusta again. If I don’t, Business Litigation Day teed off, I decided to go over to a crowd on a Sunday at the Masters, it’s all good. I just wanted to be there hole 16. I got there five minutes before and I got to hear it three times. It was one time for that final round. It was Car Wrecks Shane Lowry knocked his hole-in-one incredible. amazing.” —J.A. in. He hit it exactly where you need to What are the odds on this? They’ve Divorce hit it on Sunday in Augusta. got to be in the billions and trillions At the time, there were probably that there are three hole-in-ones, on Eminent Domain only 300-400 people around the hole. the same hole, and I get to see them It wasn’t super crowded. Of course, by all because I’m at the Masters on a MCCONNELL the time Louis Oosthuizen came later, Sunday. It was almost a religious GOLF ONLINE people were going insane. experience. FROM THE PROS But first Davis Love came up. When The next day at work in Knoxville, it Helping McConnell Golf members he hit his hole-in-one, he hit it behind was all Jordan and I could talk about. improve their game is one of the I’ve probably told the story to every the hole. Everybody thought it was most rewarding aspects for our 336.478.6000 going to be 10-15 feet away, but the member at the club. I’ve been there 17 team of golf professionals. Visit years now, and the people at Holston ball stopped for a second and made YouTube.com/McConnellGolf for 843.732.6004 a U-turn by the water. Hills have become my family: It felt like our first instructional video and Nothing can compare to Louis coming home to tell all my brothers follow along as we build a digital PHOTO PAGE 24: KOHJIRO KINNO /SPORTS ILLUSTRATED/GETTY IMAGES; PHOTO THIS PAGE: SHANNON MCGEE IMAGES; PHOTO THIS PAGE: 24: KOHJIRO KINNO /SPORTS ILLUSTRATED/GETTY PHOTO PAGE Oosthuizen hitting his ball off of J.B. and sisters what had happened. library of know-how.

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Walking the course at the 2015 Wyndham Championship. I’ll Never Forget … Members share their cherished tournament memories

“AT THE WYNDHAM PRACTICE they were going to get a picture with round last year, Tiger was on [Sedgefield Tiger Woods. I said good luck while Country Club] property but it was rain- thinking to myself, ‘Yeah right.’ ing all afternoon. Word was spreading Anyway, they got a picture that around the grounds that he was going Tuesday night around 9 p.m. That’s to play a quick 9 with Davis Love: My Jack Boyer, Jace Harriss, and Jay Stiefel son heard that they were going out at — with Tiger Woods (see photo below 6 p.m. I raced over from my house and left). It’s a moment they will remember SM caught up with them on the first green. forever.” We watched the 9 holes and then Tiger —David Boyer, Sedgefield Country Club signed autographs until it got dark. It was great to see him be so appreciative “FOR ME THE GREAT MOMENT AT Relax... towards the fans, especially the kids. Wyndham each year is standing with I was standing up by the Pro Shop our grandsons at the 18th green and with Founders. when my son and a couple of his bud- watching them get golf balls, gloves, dies went screaming by us … they said and hats from the players. Then they “RICK AND I WERE USGA run to the scorer’s trailer, waiting for marshals at the 1997 U.S. Open at All it takes is a $5 deposit and you’ll have access to a these players to come out and sign the Congressional Country Club (pictured full range of loan1 and savings products including ... gloves, hats, and other items. I remem- above). At that time, tournament mar- ber that [Arnold Palmer’s grandson] shals walked inside the ropes, and it Free Checking with eStatements2 • ATM Check Deposit Sam Saunders gave my grandson his was a thrill for both of us. Since then, Founders App with Mobile Deposit3 • Founders Online hat, then autographed it. Ernie Els Rick became a USGA Rules Official and Direct Deposit • Free Bill Pay and Popmoney signed a golf glove. And many more Competition Committee member. Golf Savings Accounts • Personal Loans • Mortgage Loans players have been so very accommo- is the cornerstone of our philanthropy Auto Loans • Share Certificates dating to the children. Our grandson and we both serve on the Executive foundersfcu.com • 1-800-845-1614 came on Saturday and could not wait to Committee of the SCGA and SCJGA, Federally insured by NCUA. get back on Sunday. It’s a great week- respectively. Play Golf America!” end and great time for families.” —Ellen (and Rick) Miller, The Reserve —Jim Barnes, Raleigh Country Club Golf Club Not a member? Visit RelaxJoinFounders.com to see if you qualify for membership. 1 You must be 18 years or older to qualify for a loan. Qualifications for a loan are based on the credit union’s criteria, including applicant’s income and credit history. 2 Requires credit evaluation. Teens under the age of 18 are required to have an adult sign as joint owner. Accounts without eStatements will be charged $2 for periodic statements by mail. McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE 3 Only members in good standing, with a Checking Account, that meet certain eligibility requirements qualify for this service. Business, club, trust, custodial and 28 other fiduciary accounts are not eligible. Relax...SM with Founders.

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By Jessie Ammons

Beef It Up

IT’S HARD TO BEAT A JUICY STEAK temperature, generously add salt and grilled outside in the summertime — let it rest for five minutes, then add and you don’t have to. Often consid- pepper. Put the seasoned beef on a ered a special-occasion indulgence, grill — charcoal, gas, or whatever you a quality cut of beef can actually be prefer — and cook it slightly below part of a fresh and healthy everyday the temperature you’re comfortable menu. eating (so if you prefer medium, McConnell Golf Corporate cook it to a medium-rare). The key to Executive Chef Mike Marques says getting the desired result is to let the the most common mistake with steak steak rest off the grill for ten minutes. is overdoing it. “People try to go “The resting period is important crazy. Salt and pepper: That’s all you because all of the steak’s juices rush really need.” into the center.” Finally, cut the steak Rather than the classic rib-eye or across the grain with a smooth chef’s filet, Chef Marques recommends knife, not a serrated one. “Once your exploring more affordable and less juices have rested and flavored the fatty cuts of beef for your steak: Look meat, cutting it releases some of for flank (also called London broil), flat those juices to tenderize the steak.” iron (also called coulotte and shoul- Attention to detail will season a der tender), and chuck tenders. good steak better than any sauce. Instead of gussying up meat with “You don’t need a lot of fat to have butter and oil, pay attention to a flavorful steak,” Marques says. “As temperature and preparation. “A long as you follow the procedure of room temperature steak cooks better cooking it, letting it rest, and slicing than a cold one,” Marques advises. it across the grain, you will enjoy a “Leave it out for 20 minutes before really great steak without breaking cooking.” the bank.” Or your waistline. What’s When the meat is close to room not to love?

Try topping your steak with a reduced balsamic or pomegranate r molasses, both available at the grocery store. Or, make a gastrique by combining equal parts of vinegar and brown sugar in a saucepan over medium heat until it reduces by half. All three garnishes “add a little bit of acidity to balance the full-bodied steak flavor,” says Chef Marques. TK

30 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE Position Play

Here’s an inventive way to prepare a whole beef tenderloin this summer. Pork drippings combine with charcoal to create a complex smoky flavor that infuses the beef simply by grilling it.

Ingredients - Beef tenderloin - 3-5 slices of bacon fat back or lardons (skewered) - salt and pepper (to taste) - natural charcoal

Place all charcoal on one side only of grill. Light charcoal and allow to burn. While charcoal heats, season beef with salt and pepper to taste. Place skewered pork on charcoal edge of grill so that as it heats, fat drips on coals. Place beef on charcoal-less side of grill to cook. Turn as needed and cook to desire doneness. Remove from grill and let rest ten minutes.

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Berry Bliss

Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Smirnoff blueberry vodka ½ oz. blue Curacao liqueur 4 oz. cranberry juice Sugar, for garnish Fresh blueberries, for garnish

Instructions Combine vodka, liqueur, and juice in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a cocktail glass rimmed with sugar. Garnish with skewered fresh blueberries.

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www.mcconnellgolf.com | Summer 2016 33 ALONG THE TRAIL

By Matt McConnell

The Perfect Daytrip It’s time for a jaunt to Treyburn

34 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE ON ANY BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY, I LOVE TRAVELING TO TREYBURN COUNTRY CLUB. From Raleigh, the 45-minute drive takes you through historic Bull City — also known as Durham, N.C. — and into the quiet scenery of Northern Durham. The meandering, bucolic drive is relaxing after you pass the city, and the end destination is one of the most visited McConnell Golf properties. Here are a few high points to hit for a perfect day there.

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Hole No. 17 reflects the wilderness Hole No. 18 is known as one of surrounding the entire course. North Carolina’s best finishing holes.

THE FACE OF THE CLUB fun every day for all McConnell Golf derness and wildlife. One of my favorite After dropping off your golf bag with members. We have that ‘rustic, I’m out holes — one I consider a bit of an the cart attendants, spend time catch- in the country’ feeling, and we’re away unsung hero at Treyburn — is No. 3. ing up with Director of Golf Tag Wylie. from the busy, jamming places and all Every time I am there, I stand in the Wylie has been with the club for 16 the construction. If you are regularly fairway (if my drive makes it there) to years and is possibly the most welcom- entertain clients, McConnell Golf has just enjoy the moment, realizing, “This ing and accommodating golf pro in golf courses in every major city in North is it, I’ve made it to my sanctuary.” But McConnell Golf. Besides providing you Carolina. Everyone feels comfortable tranquil moments like this continue as personalized service, his next goal is to and welcomed, always, because they you have 15 more golf holes to go. give you a good laugh; so be sure to are. The McConnell Golf experience for The No. 8 tee box is possibly the get as much time with the face of the corporate people is a layup if you ask best tee box to hit off of in North club as you can. me.” Carolina. Elevated way above the “Basically, we’re the course in the fairway, you are as close to heaven as countryside for the members of ‘A JEWEL OF A GOLF COURSE’ you are going to get for miles. Not only Wakefield and Raleigh, who have big- I will never forget the late Tom Butters that, you typically hit your golf ball 20 ger, busier memberships,” Wylie will (read more about him on page 6) once yards farther. tell you. He notes that Treyburn only declaring, “Treyburn is a jewel of a golf If you wind up at Treyburn on a hot logged a modest 14,000 rounds in 2015, course.” Considering that this man was day, I’ll let you in on a secret: The coolest which means there is always a tee time an avid golfer who played some of the area to stop your golf cart is between waiting for you. best courses in the world, that’s quite the No. 14 tee box and your next shot. Wylie can’t wait to meet any visiting the statement. Truly, there’s no better The cart path wraps around to the right member, but especially appeals to way to describe this Tom Fazio golf at probably the lowest elevation on the outgoing on-the-go golfers. “The most tract. course and lies under the shade of a positive thing is that we try to bring the Every hole is unique, flanked by wil- thick wooded area. Not only is it a great

36 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE You won’t soon forget one of executive chef Pedro Villasana’s meals.

spot to cool down, but most of the time you will find deer wandering right by you. Amazingly, the deer are so used to the golfers, they don’t even flinch. “You are as close to heaven here as you You’ll finish, of course, at No. 18, which is an incredible but intimidating are going to get for miles.” par-four. Depending on your drive, you likely need to lay up short of the green. Surrounded by a creek and some bunkers, 18 is known as one of North Carolina’s best finishing holes. Getting on that green in two strokes is definitely don’t have the time to get a guest cooler winter months, enjoy a cozy, considered a successful day, regardless locker next to these guys, then you private fireside dinner in the Sanford of your overall score. at least need to stop by just to lay Library. Any season is a good time for eyes on these legendary lockers. a casual bite to eat in the Fazio Grille. A LOCKER ROOM OF LEGENDS And warm summer evenings call for a Following play, walking through the FOODIE FINISH meal al fresco on the spacious veranda 19th hole to the men’s locker room is Assuming you’ve worked up an overlooking the signature 18th hole. a must — sorry, ladies. As you clean appetite, trust Treyburn’s executive chef up before dinner, check out the lockers Pedro Villasana to finish the day with No matter how busy your schedule, of legends such as Grammy Award- an exquisite meal. His culinary work is find time for a daytrip to Treyburn. No winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis raved about throughout McConnell need to wait for a Sunday like me — a and basketball hero and five-time MVP Golf, not to mention the welcoming visit on any day of the week is sure to be of the NBA Michael Jordan. If you dining room atmosphere. During the personalized, pastoral, and memorable.

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40 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE HISTORY

By Brad King

A Tale of Two Courses Sedgefield and Brook Valley Country Clubs have great reasons to celebrate

THE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES OF THE PAST DECADE have not been kind to many sporting or leisure businesses. And that includes private country clubs. In that regard, the ability not only to survive but also to thrive is exactly what McConnell Golf celebrates with its member clubs’ major anniversaries. Such is the case with two of the clubs in the McConnell Golf stable: Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., which celebrates its 90th anniversary this year, and Brook Valley Country Club in Greenville, N.C., which turns the big five-o.

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Sam Snead and Mike Souchak face off against Ben Hogan and Charlie Smith at Brook Valley Country Club.

A LEGACY RICH IN TOURNAMENTS Perhaps no other non-major champi- across the board and daily viewership onship has ever accumulated such a off the charts. The second-round tele- McConnell Golf made its stamp on stately list of champions. cast was the most-watched Friday on The PGA Tour with its February 2011 In 2006, Sedgefield spent more than the Golf Channel since Woods’ last win acquisition of Sedgefield Country Club. $3 million to restore the course to its at the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone The Greensboro institution had been a original specifications with tweaks to Invitational. Ratings that day were up member-owned, private club since its accommodate modern golf technology. 234 percent from last year’s second founding in 1926 — renowned especial- Noted Donald Ross course restoration round at the Wyndham. The weekend ly for its Donald Ross design that annu- architect Kris Spence led the effort. was even better as Saturday’s 3.2 rating ally hosts the world’s best during The Using drawings by Ross from the late on CBS matched what the network Wyndham Championship, the Piedmont 1940s, as well as a few aerial photo- drew during the third round of the year’s Triad’s annual PGA Tour event, which graphs from different eras, Spence final major, the PGA Championship. began in 1938 as the Greater Greensboro restored the putting surfaces to their Sunday’s final round was the best rating Open (GGO). original sizes and rebuilt all the bunkers for a non-major on any network since Sam Snead won the inaugural tour- in their approximate positions to reflect May 2013 for Woods’ win at The Players nament and would go on to capture the Ross style, while also adding around Championship. The rating was also the the GGO eight times. From1938 to1961, 400 yards of length to the course. highest for a non-major on CBS since Sedgefield was the alternate site of the In 2012, with an eye to having Sedgefield’s Woods’ win at the AT&T National in GGO with Starmount Forest Country golf course ranked among the state’s top July 2012. Club, and Sedgefield hosted the GGO 10 — and preventing the club’s mainte- The 2015 Wyndham featured a for 16 consecutive years through 1976. nance staff from having to worry about Sunday shootout leaderboard with The tournament moved to Forest hot weather and its effects on bent some of the world’s most talented Oaks Country Club in 1977, but in 2008 grass greens every summer — up-and-comers battling several of the moved back to Sedgefield for good. McConnell Golf decided to convert game’s legendary elder statesmen for Arnold Palmer once said that out of Sedgefield’s green complexes to the not only a nearly million-dollar prize, all the tournaments he didn’t win, he more heat-resistant Champion but also the right to continue their regretted most never having won the Bermuda. playing seasons. This year’s Ryder Cup PGA Championship — and the GGO, All the improvements reached a captain and local favorite Davis Love III Palmer said, because the Champions’ pinnacle during the 2015 Wyndham gave the 2015 Wyndham a champion Board at Sedgefield comprised a Championship, which was one for few might have imagined — and yet a veritable who’s-who of golf’s glory years the ages. perfect champion. — including names like Hogan, Snead, First the “Tiger Woods Effect,” which The immense history, the Wyndham’s Nelson, Casper, Goalby, and Player. became a tsunami: record numbers place on the tour schedule, the move

42 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE Travel through time on Sedgefield Country Club’s northeast staircase where historical moments from the club’s long and eventful past surround your every step. back to Sedgefield’s Ross Course, and names of many great champions — bunkers to modernize the golf course,” the club’s purchase by McConnell Golf, including a young Curtis Strange, who Spence says. “Brook Valley is a very all have been major factors in the captured the inaugural event at Brook nice mix of golf holes with a lot of tournament’s — and Sedgefield’s — Valley, as well as 2012 U.S. Open cham- variety. The par-5s, in particular, are exciting resurrection. pion Webb Simpson. some of the best three-shooters I’ve Today, Brook Valley’s future appears seen. It’s not long, but it is a great SUBLIME COURSE ARCHITECTURE bright following the club’s 2015 pur- membership golf course.” chase by McConnell Golf. The purchase The difference is noticeable. PGA In 1760, a tract of land in Greenville, immediately jump-started numerous Tour professional Will MacKenzie N.C., now occupied by Brook Valley improvements to the facilities, with the grew up in Greenville and regularly Country Club, became part of a royal goal of transforming Brook Valley into played Brook Valley. “Everyone always grant bestowed by King Charles to a one of the finest clubs in eastern North said Brook Valley was the best layout family who later sold the property to Carolina — and added real estate value in Greenville” says MacKenzie. “It’s another family, the Brooks. They main- for the 600 houses in the neighborhood. definitely got some of the best rolling tained the land for centuries before In 2015, Brook Valley’s golf course and terrain we have in Greenville. Brook selling the large tract for development. practice area were renovated under the Valley’s golf course was always a step Brook Valley reflects the family name, tutelage of renowned Greensboro-based above the others (in the area) in shot and today a copy of the royal charter golf course architect Kris Spence — a quality and feel, how the golf course adorns the club’s front walls. move expected to garner acclaim. was routed. But it needed to be Ellis Maples, who worked under and Spence is known for restoring Ross- restored. McConnell Golf came just learned from Donald Ross, designed and Maples-designed golf courses. in time.” the Brook Valley golf course. Brook Like Ross and Maples, Spence designs Valley’s rich history includes an exhi- from the perspective of a golf course bition match between legends Sam superintendent. Spence’s work at Brook Snead and Ben Hogan. Reynolds May Valley included bunkering and one — one of the development’s original in- green modification (No. 2), along with vestors and a promoter — was friendly significant tree removal and the reloca- with many of the world’s best golfers at tion of a number of cart paths. Spence the time. After helping develop the golf called Brook Valley an “out of the box” WATCH HISTORY UNFOLD course, he established the Reynolds design for Maples, mostly due to its Don’t leave it to your imagination, May Tournament that featured many intricate cross bunkering. catch a smile and wave from Sam top professionals. The trophy from that “We have brought the Ellis Maples Snead and Ben Hogan at event still resides at the club, bearing bunkering back, as well as adding a few YouTube.com/McConnellGolf.

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Behind the Scenes Getting Wyndham-ready takes all hands on deck

As the days get longer and winter gets Luckily, Shoun says there’s a team of overhead,” Shoun explains. “We begin the last few frosts out of her system, experts more than up to the task. “We dyeing on Monday, add dye through- Michael Shoun can be found scribbling work with so many other entities to get out the week, and CBS starts broad- strategies into a notebook, envisioning it done.” casting on Thursday.” summer. He’s not wistfully daydream- And by tournament time, the logis- For the maintenance crew, it’s a ing, though: McConnell Golf’s director tics are a well-oiled machine. Shoun week of little sleep and a lot of atten- of agronomy is preparing for the Wyn- brings two maintenance employees tion to detail. “It’s challenging on day dham Championship, an undertaking from every property with him to four or five, when you’ve slept maybe that begins in February. Greensboro, alongside a troupe of three hours a night,” Shoun says. To Alongside routine tournament volunteers. (All in total, a group of 60 thank them, volunteers and industry maintenance — which is thorough, workers goes out at both morning partners provide home-cooked midday constant, and extensive — an event of and nighttime shifts; Shoun reserves feasts: ribs, fried chicken, and other Wyndham’s caliber includes a few extra a block of 25 hotel rooms to house hearty fare. Early-morning shifts begin steps, too. the entire team.) They arrive a day or with coffee and donuts, and then a two before the tournament begins to full Southern breakfast is served a AHEAD OF THE GAME undergo training and for an extensive few hours later. “They eat good when “Planning is tremendous,” Shoun says tour of Sedgefield’s grounds. An ex- they’re here,” Shoun says. of preparing for the annual tournament tensive tour may seem like an unnec- For afternoon pick-me-ups, there’s a held at Sedgefield Country Club, this essary task, until Shoun explains: “Our crew tent stocked with coffee, energy year August 15-21. The late winter and morning shift starts early. A golf course drinks, ice cream bars — and cots. “In early spring months are spent consid- looks a lot different at two in the after- the maintenance facility at about 12 ering procedural agronomic needs noon than at three-thirty in the morn- noon, you’ll see 15 or 20 guys trying so that Shoun and his colleagues can ing.” It’s all in the name of the game. to get a nap in,” Shoun says with a order the appropriate fertilizers and chuckle. “It’s good to get a power nap, properly prepare Sedgefield’s soils. MAINTENANCE MAGIC as long as you keep your radio next to Come March and April, meetings The Wyndham is a big deal, and you.” with the Wyndham organizers begin. Shoun and his team take the event The net result of this well-coordinated It’s then that the championship’s layout seriously. Extra flower beds are plant- effort is that if the crew does its job is set — where private boxes will go, ed. An 8-10-person crew keeps park- well, all of the intensive detail work is what course fences will be removed to ing lots clean, pine straw refreshed, part of the perfect presentation for the make room for crowds. “The infrastruc- and flower beds weeded at all times. Wyndham event. It’s quietly gratifying ture is incredible,” says Shoun, “and Annuals are watered by hand. Since it’s work. “I think it’s well worth it, and I getting all of that on-property without a televised PGA tour, a bit of mainte- know any of the guys who do it think damaging the golf course is very much nance magic happens: “We dye the so, too. You’re proud of what you a challenge.” pond black to reflect blimps that fly accomplished. It all looks great.”

52 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE Round-the-clock prep work covers all the elements for

PHOTO CREDIT TK Wyndham Championship play. Clockwise: Water is dyed to be reflective; soils are prepped and greens fertilized.

www.mcconnellgolf.com | Summer 2016 53 FITNESS

By Jessie Ammons

Making a Splash

54 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE A round of applause for our member swim teams

Swim Teams clockwise from top: Providence Country Club Piranhas, Holston Hills Country Club Hurricanes, Raleigh Country Club Stingrays

www.mcconnellgolf.com | Summer 2016 55 FITNESS

Swim teams clockwise from top left: The Country Club of Asheville Fins, Sedgefield Country Club Fins, TPC Wakefield Plantation Tsuanamis, Treyburn Country Club Tides, Brook Valley Barracudas

BROOK VALLEY BARRACUDAS THE COUNTRY CLUB OF ASHEVILLE HOLSTON HILLS COUNTRY CLUB The Fins’ season concluded with a championship The Hurricanes had the chance to swim in the Smoky meet on July 23. Mountain invitational on July 16.

PROVIDENCE COUNTRY CLUB SEDGEFIELD COUNTRY CLUB The Piranhas — more than 200 members strong — The Fins competed in the City Meet at Greensboro wrapped up a successful first season with McConnell Golf. from July 7 – 9.

56 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE THE FINS

TPC WAKEFIELD PLANTATION RALEIGH COUNTRY CLUB The Tsuanamis ended with a bang at the RACCLS The Stingrays’ season included a pep rally on June 24. Championship on June 26. TREYBURN COUNTRY CLUB BROOK VALLEY The Tide’s season finale was on July 10, with a champion- The Barracudas enjoyed hosting a mini meet for ship meet at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. ages 8 and under on July 23.

www.mcconnellgolf.com | Summer 2016 57 KIDS

58 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE Job Well Done These junior tennis players are off to great things

WITH OUTSTANDING FACILITIES at App State. There, she maintains the on an athletic scholarship for men’s and under the tutelage of Director of No. 2 spot in singles and No. 1 spot in tennis, where he plays as high as the Tennis Bill Barber, The Country Club of doubles, where she’s played for most of No. 3 spot in singles and No. 2 spot Asheville’s junior tennis program is thriv- her college career. in doubles. For the first time ever, the ing and noteworthy. Barber works hard team won the Big South Conference to foster an encouraging atmosphere DYNAMIC DUO championship last year, and Kelley won for young players of every age. Tennis Matt Evans and Eli Abernethy were a All Big South Conference in both singles proficiency, not competitive success, force to reckon with at The Asheville and doubles. He has had some of the is the goal — but of course, talent is School: Evans was a four-time All- best tournament results in the school’s nurtured, too. “We don’t expect every Conference player and two-year team history, which is why he’ll be the team’s junior to be a top state tennis player,” captain, and Abernethy was on the captain next year as a college senior. Barber says. “But we want to provide All-Conference and All-State teams them with the tools to get them there if all four years. Together, they were an HOMETOWN HERO that’s what they desire.” undefeated doubles team. Today, Evans Once the Citizen Times’ WNC player A handful of CCA junior tennis grads is a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill where of the year, Alix Theodossiou headed have achieved top state honors. Here’s he plays club tennis and made it to the from the mountains to the coast on an update on where they are today. final rounds of the national college club a scholarship to play women’s tennis tennis championships. Abernethy is a at UNC-Wilmington. Her high school HIGH RANKS freshman at Davidson College, where All-Conference, All-Regional, and All- Appalachian State University senior he walked onto the men’s tennis team. State nods boded well for her collegiate Mackenzie LaSure was a top-five North They’re not slowing down. performance: She led the team to a Carolina junior player for most of her Colonial Conference Championship high school career, which culminated RECORD BREAKER win. This year, the team qualified for in making it to the list of top 30 players At CCA, Benjamin Kelley became the the NCAA tournament. If history is an in the South in 2010 and a 3A singles No. 1 junior tennis player in the state indicator, Theodossiou’s final year next state championship in 2011. She earned and ranked among the top ten in the season will be a good one. a full scholarship to play women’s tennis South. He went to Presbyterian College — J.A. DAVE MAYO DAVE

www.mcconnellgolf.com | Summer 2016 59 By Brad King

Winning Big The region’s top collegiate talent competed at McConnell Golf courses during two consecutive weeks this April for the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s and Women’s Golf Championships. Virginia took home the women’s title at Sedgefield Country Club on April 17 and Clemson won the men’s championship on April 24 at Old North State Club.

60 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP

The Virginia women held off Wake Forest in the final round to repeat as ACC Women’s Golf Champion. With three of its golfers finishing in the top five of the individual leaderboard, Virginia posted a team score of 855, 11 strokes better than the second-place Wake Forest. Leading the Cavaliers was tournament medalist Lauren Coughlin, who finished with a 9-under 207. Walking to the 18th green tied with Wake Forest freshman Jennifer Kupcho for the individual lead, Coughlin birdied the final hole to become the second Cavalier to capture the ACC individual crown. The Clemson men shot a 25-under 839 on the weekend to claim the ACC Men’s Golf Championship. The Tigers posted rounds of 273, 284, and 282 to win the 10th title in Clemson program history and first since 2004. The victory came one year after matching the best team score in the field before falling to Georgia Tech in two playoff holes. Every Tiger posted at least one round below 70 on the weekend, a first for Clemson in ACC Championship history, and all five finished at par or better. Austin Langdale and Bryson Nimmer led the way, tying for fourth at 7-under 209. Louisville’s Robin Sciot-Siegrist, who tied for individual medalist honors last year, posted a 10-under 206 to claim the title. The junior from Rueil-Malmaison, France, entered the final round tied for sixth at 3-under, four strokes behind the leader, but shot a 7-under 65 on Sunday. Sciot-Siegrist is the fourth in league history to win back-to-back individual titles. theacc.com @ACCMGolf @ACCWGolf

www.mcconnellgolf.com | Spring 2016 61 THE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE RECOGNIZES ITS THREE FORMER GOLFERS THAT HAVE WON THE WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP AT SEDGEFIELD COUNTRY CLUB.

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JOHN MAGINNES, HOST OF THE and in the media center. I will remember ship before we even start the playoffs. popular Katrek and Maginnes on Tap those moments for the rest of my life. broadcast on the PGA Tour Satellite He was awesome. That is the only way to REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU Radio Network, sat down with Memorial describe it. He was great with my kids. MAKE IT TO THE TOUR CHAMPI- Tournament champion William McGirt. He was great with my wife Sarah and he ONSHIP OR NOT, YOU’RE GOING McGirt was mere weeks removed from was great with me. TO DRIVE DOWN MAGNOLIA LANE his early June PGA Tour victory, recov- NEXT APRIL. HOW DOES THAT ering by spending time at home with WERE YOU AWARE THAT WINNING STRIKE YOU? his young son and daughter. He talked THE MEMORIAL (OR BAY HILL) CAME That’s a big one isn’t it? They asked me about major victories and schedule WITH A THREE YEAR EXEMPTION, AS after the Memorial about playing my first flexibility, and why he’ll never miss a OPPOSED TO TWO FOR A REGULAR Masters. And for me it’s not so much Wyndham Tournament. PGA TOUR EVENT? about me playing in the golf tournament; I had no idea until someone mentioned it’s getting to play in the Par 3 HAS THE WIN SUNKEN IN YET? it in the media center. Once I heard it I on Wednesday and watching my two It really started to sink in at the US remembered that at those two events little kids run around out there and have Open. I played three practice rounds the exemptions were extended an extra a grand old time. That’s the thing, for me: and everyone stopped to congratulate year. But during the tournament it never getting the opportunity with my family. me — not just other players but caddies, even crossed my mind. That is a huge Obviously it’s awesome to play my first media, officials. I guess it will really hit bonus for us. Masters. I’m looking forward to heading me when the trophy arrives. They sent down as soon as they open in the fall. it somewhere to be engraved. I already HOW MUCH HAS THE WIN CHANGED have a space for it and I am ready for it YOUR SCHEDULE FOR THE REST OF WITH THE OLYMPICS AND THE to be here. THE YEAR? CONDENSED SCHEDULE THIS Well, I was supposed to take five weeks SUMMER, WHAT DO YOU THINK WHAT WAS IT LIKE WALKING OFF off this summer, but with winning that THE WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP IS THE 18TH GREEN AND SHAKING tournament and getting into the US GOING TO LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR? JACK NICKLAUS’ HAND? Open, that all changed. I really don’t think it’s going to look much It all happened so fast. It’s one of the different. You know, after I won, coolest feelings in the world. A win is HAVE YOUR GOALS FOR THE YEAR Wyndham Tournament Director pretty darn special to start with, but to CHANGED, TOO? Mark Brazil was one of the first to call me. win his golf tournament in front of him Everything has changed. My goal lead- It took me a little while to get back to and get to shake his hand walking off. ing into the Memorial was to get enough him, but I told him that I would be at the It’s hard to beat. points through the rest of the season to Wyndham. For me it’s a local event, and make sure that I got into three playoff I will always support it. Aside from that, WHAT WAS MR. NICKLAUS LIKE events, and then try to make a push to I love the golf course. The whole thing WITH YOU AS HIS NEW CHAMPION? make the Tour Championship. Basically is great. Something really drastic would He was very gracious, both in that mo- what I am trying to do now is make sure have to happen for me to miss ment and later at the awards ceremony that I am going to the Tour Champion- the Wyndham. CHRIS CONDON / CONTRIBUTOR /GETTY IMAGES

64 McConnell Golf THE MAGAZINE NEW CHAMP William McGirt poses with the tournament trophy after winning the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 5, 2016 in Dublin, Ohio. CHRIS CONDON / CONTRIBUTOR /GETTY IMAGES

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