A look at what happens when friends get together ‘beyond the game’
In the summer of 2001, Links Players started recruiting participants for a national gathering on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail courses in Mobile, Alabama. Big ideas for the Gulf Coast in the early fall. Perfect.
Then came September 11, and travel was the last desire on anyone’s mind. We announced the cancellation of the event.
But a call came to our offices from Jim Scotti, a businessman from Houston. He had one question: “Can we still go?” It made sense, of course, for these Houstonians would be driving. No airplane worries. And since there were just four of them, no heavy duty coordination.
So they went. And they had a time so rich that they went again in 2002. And 2003. And every fall since. It’s as many as 20 guys now, at a different stop on the RTJ Trail each year. There are the diehards and, each year, the newbies. But the enjoyment goes on, as does that richness.
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