The beautiful weather that occurred was a good omen for the recent Ninth Annual Alister MacKenzie Tournament to Save Sharp Park.
Finally back following a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19, a full field of players of all ages came out to celebrate Sharp Park and its legendary designer, NCGA Hall of Famer Dr. Alister MacKenzie.
Sharp Park Golf Club President Bob Downing called the course conditions the best he has ever seen -- thanks to an understaffed-but-hard-working greens crew.
Meanwhile, the golf auction was its strongest ever, featuring Top-100 courses from Coast to Coast: Winged Foot, Baltusrol. Camargo, Canterbury, and Somerset Hills on the East to Monterey Peninsula CC, Spyglass Hill, and Olympic Club’s Lake Course.
In what could be a preview of things to come, at a post-golf clubhouse luncheon architects Jay Blasi and Peter Flory shared their vision for a Sharp Park restoration. Flory is a Chicago-based historic golf restoration specialist, who consulted with Tom Doak on the recent restoration of Charles Blair Macdonald’s fabled Lido Golf Club on a Wisconsin sandlot. Blasi recently finished work to restore the 9-hole Golden Gate Park short course.
Here's hoping there’s more good news to come!