This week on the show we have the pleasure of talking with Bill Potter of The First Tee - Greater Richmond, the organization that manages and operates Belmont Golf Course in Henrico County. Belmont, then Hermitage Country Club, hosted the 1949 PGA Championship won by Virginia's own Sam Snead and to-date is still the only major championship hosted in the commonwealth. Bill talks about the work the First Tee has done at the property to preserve the A.W. Tillinghast's original design while making it accessible for golfers of all levels on multiple entry points.

In this episode, we're going to recap The Signature, which was at The Federal Club over the weekend. That was Friday, May 17th and Saturday the 18th at The Federal Club in Hanover County, an Arnold Palmer signature design course really in great shape, a little bit softer than it has been traditionally for this event, but in great shape.n For this episode, we're playing the post round interviews in their entirety versus the selected clips that make the post-round videos.

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Matt previews the 2024 Signature at The Federal Club with the help of Federal Club head pro Scott Graber, along with defending champion Joey Jordan and Federal Club member Adam Houck. In the episode, we hear about Joey's excitement to return and defend his title while Scott and Adam talk about course conditions and Adam goes deep into strategy. Matt also runs through some of the field, many players from the top 30 of VSGA player rankings in the event and all of them playing well.

Full disclosure, the interviews are responses to questions asked about the event previously and not necessarily specifically about the 2024 event but we felt the audio all made sense and helped give a look at this year's event.