Half a century of American golfers' exchange tour

The association was born from a bus hired by 12 engineers from AT&T, who came to play at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club and then chose this course as an annual meeting point. Their game took place continuously for 50 years with the latest "return to source" period in the first week of November 2022. Membership development for each meeting is done in a "passed down" style, or colleagues introduce friends...

The last time the organization was held, no one was in the founder category, but the number of people has increased to 24, aged from 36 to 78. In the group, there are members who have been with them for more than 30 years, many of whom have been going for at least 10 years, next to them. some new faces.

Members have many interests and needs, but the organization of the trip is also simpler because there is a person in charge of specific tasks. "We split the job. There is a brother in charge of wine, a beer person, a snack person. Many hands are happy to commit to long-term missions to contribute to continuing the tradition of the association," Ray Butterworth said. He is the head of the organizing committee and the scheduler.

Even, the association also printed many "traditional books" to tell the achievements of each member at each hole in Pine Needles from the year of its establishment to the present. Production has been handled by Bob Hissick since 2003. "Our publications are similar to the Old and New Testaments," Hissick told Golf Digest.

He also revealed that the entire game has achievement bets to add excitement. "Everybody put down 30 USD of initial capital. That's not much, right?". Hissick is partially correct. In fact, the money will be significant when they split into 6 handicap stroke groups, each group of four with a schedule of playing 36 holes a day for four days according to the principle that after each round, the group is first.