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On the trail of the Tiger
Tiger Woods collecting another trophy on a late summer Sunday afternoon hardly even registers as news these days.
Except that yesterday, when Woods won his own tournament, the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club in D.C., there was a Delco angle to the story.
That’s because Tiger’s tourney is moving for the next couple of years while they get Congressional ready to host a U.S. Open. And where might the tournament wind up?
Right here in Delaware County. That’s right. Tiger Woods could very well be collecting a trophy on the 18th green at Aronimink Country Club in Newtown Square next July 4 weekend.
The tournament will call Delco home for the next two years.
We’d love to hear from any club members who have tidbits to share with us about the preparations the club will undergo to host the tournament.
One thing in particular intrigues me. Tiger apparently has never played Aronimink. At his pre-tournament press conference in Washington earlier this week, he spoke glowingly about the course. Apparently one of the people who filled him in on the legendary Delco tract is tour player Sean O’Hair, who lives in West Chester and has played Aronomink several times.
I’m thinking that since Tiger has to see and play the course some time, and since he was just down the road at Congressional this weekend, what are the chances that he pops into Delco today to get a first-hand look at Aronimink?
As I said, we’d love to know when Tiger is going to show up here in Delco. The folks out at Aronimink are notoriously secretive about the place. Maybe we can change that a bit over the next year. I’d love for us to develop a series of stories about the club and its preparations to host Tiger and the rest of the PGA Tour.
It’s something of a tryout for the Philadelphia region, which has not been home to a PGA Tour event since the ill-fated SEI Classic closed up shop several years ago. That tourney had actually flipped back and forth between Waynesborough Country Club in Paoli and a club outside Pittsburgh.
Jim Furyk has always brought a few pros in for his Exelon Invitational each summer, but that event is now on hold, in part because of the arrival of the tour at Aronimink.
Before that you have to go back to the Bell Atlantic senior tour spot and all the way back to the IVB Classic that was held at Whitemarsh Country Club to find connections between the golf-rich Delaware Valley and the regular and senior PGA tours.
In the meantime, we’re on the trail of the Tiger as all eyes will be on Newtown Square. Let us know if you hear anything.
Except that yesterday, when Woods won his own tournament, the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club in D.C., there was a Delco angle to the story.
That’s because Tiger’s tourney is moving for the next couple of years while they get Congressional ready to host a U.S. Open. And where might the tournament wind up?
Right here in Delaware County. That’s right. Tiger Woods could very well be collecting a trophy on the 18th green at Aronimink Country Club in Newtown Square next July 4 weekend.
The tournament will call Delco home for the next two years.
We’d love to hear from any club members who have tidbits to share with us about the preparations the club will undergo to host the tournament.
One thing in particular intrigues me. Tiger apparently has never played Aronimink. At his pre-tournament press conference in Washington earlier this week, he spoke glowingly about the course. Apparently one of the people who filled him in on the legendary Delco tract is tour player Sean O’Hair, who lives in West Chester and has played Aronomink several times.
I’m thinking that since Tiger has to see and play the course some time, and since he was just down the road at Congressional this weekend, what are the chances that he pops into Delco today to get a first-hand look at Aronimink?
As I said, we’d love to know when Tiger is going to show up here in Delco. The folks out at Aronimink are notoriously secretive about the place. Maybe we can change that a bit over the next year. I’d love for us to develop a series of stories about the club and its preparations to host Tiger and the rest of the PGA Tour.
It’s something of a tryout for the Philadelphia region, which has not been home to a PGA Tour event since the ill-fated SEI Classic closed up shop several years ago. That tourney had actually flipped back and forth between Waynesborough Country Club in Paoli and a club outside Pittsburgh.
Jim Furyk has always brought a few pros in for his Exelon Invitational each summer, but that event is now on hold, in part because of the arrival of the tour at Aronimink.
Before that you have to go back to the Bell Atlantic senior tour spot and all the way back to the IVB Classic that was held at Whitemarsh Country Club to find connections between the golf-rich Delaware Valley and the regular and senior PGA tours.
In the meantime, we’re on the trail of the Tiger as all eyes will be on Newtown Square. Let us know if you hear anything.
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