AT&T National Extended at Congressional

by Ryan Ballengee on Oct 1, 2008 12:35 PM EDT Comment 9 comments

The vote was the other night and, according to an insider at the club, the vote was basically 51/49 in favor of extending the deal.

The AT&T National will once again return to Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. , for an additional three years after members voted to bring the successful tournament back to the Blue Course. The voting results were jointly announced by Greg McLaughlin , president of the Tiger Woods Foundation and Bret Hart , president of Congressional Country Club. The new term for the PGA TOUR event runs from 2012-2014 with an additional three year option for 2015-2017.

Also, look for the date of the event to change sometime after the Open in 2011.

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very cool

I love Congressional.

What happened to moving back to TPC Avenel ? They did all that redesign work with the understanding that they would be playing there when they were complete. (granted – they should’ve started by carpet bombing the old layout and starting all over) :-)

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Oct 1, 2008 12:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think

They’re going to move the Senior Players Championship there after the deal with Baltimore Country Club ends. Just seems too logical.

by Ryan Ballengee on Oct 1, 2008 12:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

hmm

are we SURE they can’t just carpet bomb the place ? maybe put up rental properties ? :-)

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Oct 1, 2008 12:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

haha

I don’t like Avenel as I knew it, but I have yet to see it in new form.

by Ryan Ballengee on Oct 1, 2008 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

just pictures

I’ve only seen overhead pictures of the changes. I was kidding about carpet bombing the place (D would probably accuse me of being a war monger) – but the changes look pretty decent. They had a LOT of work to do on that place – it was a mess from day one.

Too bad we can’t get rid of TPC Sugarloaf as it is now. It’s a big subdivision course that is almost 8 1/2 miles around because of the distances from green to tees in a number of places. The houses got all the good land and Greg Norman got the leftovers.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Oct 1, 2008 1:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

war monger?

Probably not. I’d define a war monger as someone who thought war was a great idea as long as someone else’s kids were fighting it. Carpet bombing a bad golf course to make way for a better one doesn’t qualify.

by dianemarie on Oct 2, 2008 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs