I have volunteered to assist the US Golf Association with the 2009 Walker Cup Match at Merion Golf Club.

What is the Walker Cup Match, you ask?  It is the amatuer equivalent of the Ryder Cup Matches that the professionals play.

Every two years, the best amatuer golfers from the United States and Great Britain & Ireland (GB&I) meet to compete for the Walker Cup.  The Walker Cup is named after George Herbert Walker, who was the President of the USGA in 1920, when the matches were originally held.  Oh, yes – he was also the grandfather of President George Herbert Walker Bush and the great-grandfather of President George Walker Bush.

The matches will be held at one of the greatest courses in the world – the Merion East Course at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore PA.  I have had the pleasure of playing Merion East once – I refer to it as the greatest 116 I ever shot in my life.

So, anyway, don’t make any plans for me on September 12th, 13th & 14th, as I will be at Merion working my five hour shift, then enjoying an up close and personal view of some great golf.

Looking forward to it, I am

JustJon