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  • 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

YearLocationSessionSpeakerTitleTopic
2005Pauma Valley CCKeynote Speaker:Roger RulewichArchitectMy Days with Robert Trent Jones
Historian Session:Bob KummerMemberHistory of Golf Architecture
Bob GiereMemberHistory of Pauma Valley CC
2006Point O’Woods G&CCKeynote Speaker:John KaczkowskiWGA DirectorEvans Scholars Foundation
Historian Session:Tom GearenPO’W HistorianHistory of Point O’Woods G&C
2007Spyglass Hill GCKeynote Speaker:Roger RulewichArchitectGolf Course Architecture
Historian Session:John KlugaMemberHistory of Spyglass Hill GC
2008Robert Trent Jones GCKeynote Speaker:Robert T. Jones Jr.ArchitectGrowing Up with Robert Trent Jones
Historian Session:Dr. Stanley ZontekUSGA AgronomistLatest Trends in Course Agronomy
2009Old Warson CCKeynote Speaker:Ron WhittenGolf DigestRobert Trent Jones and the Top 10
Historian Session:Bill FranzOW HistorianHistory of Old Warson CC
Tim RoethlerGreens SuperintendentOld Warson Bunker Restoration
2010Birnam Wood GCKeynote Speaker:James VernonUSGA PresidentChallenges in Golf Today
Historian Session:Bob KummerMemberHistory of Birnam Wood GC Greens Committee Ten Year Plan Greens Superintendent Comparison
2011Greenville CCKeynote Speaker:Rees JonesArchitectArchitecture in the Jones Tradition
Historian Session:Frank FosterMemberHistory of Greenville CC
Hayward SullivanMemberHistory of Chanticleer Course
2012Spyglass Hill GCKeynote Speaker:Dr. James HansenAuthorMy Biography of Robert Trent Jones
Historian Session:Neal HotellingHistorianHistory of Pebble Beach
Elaine EngstDirector – ArchivesCornell University RTJ Collection
2013Robert Trent Jones TrailKeynote Speaker:Dr David BonnerFounderFounding of Robert Trent Jones Trail
Historian Session:Roger RulewichArchitectBuilding of Robert Trent Jones Trail
Bobby VaughnDeveloper
Niall FraserCourse Shaper
2014Pauma Valley CCKeynote Speaker:Robert T. Jones Jr.ArchitectHow My Father Influenced My Design Career
Historian Session:Robert T. Jones IIIRTJ II FirmConserving Our Most Precious Resource One Golf Course at a Time
Bruce CharltonArchitect
2015The WigwamKeynote Speaker:Brian Whitlark – USGAAgronomistBehind the Scenes at the US Senior Open
Historian Session:Leo SimonettaDirector of GolfRemodeling of the Gold Course at the Wigwam
2016The DunesKeynote Speaker:Rees Jones, Joe PassovArchitect Golf MagazineFireside Chat
Historian Session:Jack Bonner, Dr. James HansenDirector AuthorHistory of The Dunes “A Difficult Par” Update