- Hosted by member club on rotating basis
- 2 ½ Days in duration
- Attended by club appointed Director and Historian
- Additional club members invited, number determined by host club
- Business meeting of Board of Directors
- Welcoming cocktail party for arriving participants
- History presentation by host club
- Guest speaker on golf architecture or related subject
- Evening banquet with featured guest speaker
- 36 Holes of golf with informal competition
Meeting History
Year | Location | Session | Speaker | Title | Topic |
2005 | Pauma Valley CC | Keynote Speaker: | Roger Rulewich | Architect | My Days with Robert Trent Jones |
Historian Session: | Bob Kummer | Member | History of Golf Architecture | ||
Bob Giere | Member | History of Pauma Valley CC | |||
2006 | Point O’Woods G&CC | Keynote Speaker: | John Kaczkowski | WGA Director | Evans Scholars Foundation |
Historian Session: | Tom Gearen | PO’W Historian | History of Point O’Woods G&C | ||
2007 | Spyglass Hill GC | Keynote Speaker: | Roger Rulewich | Architect | Golf Course Architecture |
Historian Session: | John Kluga | Member | History of Spyglass Hill GC | ||
2008 | Robert Trent Jones GC | Keynote Speaker: | Robert T. Jones Jr. | Architect | Growing Up with Robert Trent Jones |
Historian Session: | Dr. Stanley Zontek | USGA Agronomist | Latest Trends in Course Agronomy | ||
2009 | Old Warson CC | Keynote Speaker: | Ron Whitten | Golf Digest | Robert Trent Jones and the Top 10 |
Historian Session: | Bill Franz | OW Historian | History of Old Warson CC | ||
Tim Roethler | Greens Superintendent | Old Warson Bunker Restoration | |||
2010 | Birnam Wood GC | Keynote Speaker: | James Vernon | USGA President | Challenges in Golf Today |
Historian Session: | Bob Kummer | Member | History of Birnam Wood GC Greens Committee Ten Year Plan Greens Superintendent Comparison | ||
2011 | Greenville CC | Keynote Speaker: | Rees Jones | Architect | Architecture in the Jones Tradition |
Historian Session: | Frank Foster | Member | History of Greenville CC | ||
Hayward Sullivan | Member | History of Chanticleer Course | |||
2012 | Spyglass Hill GC | Keynote Speaker: | Dr. James Hansen | Author | My Biography of Robert Trent Jones |
Historian Session: | Neal Hotelling | Historian | History of Pebble Beach | ||
Elaine Engst | Director – Archives | Cornell University RTJ Collection | |||
2013 | Robert Trent Jones Trail | Keynote Speaker: | Dr David Bonner | Founder | Founding of Robert Trent Jones Trail |
Historian Session: | Roger Rulewich | Architect | Building of Robert Trent Jones Trail | ||
Bobby Vaughn | Developer | ||||
Niall Fraser | Course Shaper | ||||
2014 | Pauma Valley CC | Keynote Speaker: | Robert T. Jones Jr. | Architect | How My Father Influenced My Design Career |
Historian Session: | Robert T. Jones III | RTJ II Firm | Conserving Our Most Precious Resource One Golf Course at a Time | ||
Bruce Charlton | Architect | ||||
2015 | The Wigwam | Keynote Speaker: | Brian Whitlark – USGA | Agronomist | Behind the Scenes at the US Senior Open |
Historian Session: | Leo Simonetta | Director of Golf | Remodeling of the Gold Course at the Wigwam | ||
2016 | The Dunes | Keynote Speaker: | Rees Jones, Joe Passov | Architect Golf Magazine | Fireside Chat |
Historian Session: | Jack Bonner, Dr. James Hansen | Director Author | History of The Dunes “A Difficult Par” Update |