Catching up on things before heading to the U.S. Open at Olympic Club:
-- The course rotation for the 53rd Charlotte City Amateur championship
is set and registration for the prestigious event is nearing a close.
The tournament, Aug. 17-19, will be played at Cedarwood Country Club,
Carmel Country Club and Charlotte Country Club. The field will be cut after each
round.
Registration closes June 22. If you're interested in playing, visit www.charlottecityam.com.
-- Gastonia's Harold Varner III, whose college career just ended, will
defend his title in the North Carolina Amateur championship beginning Thursday
at Treyburn Country Club in Durham.
Varner, who helped East Carolina to an NCAA tournament appearance as a
senior, became the first African-American winner of the event. Top challengers
are expected to be another ECU golfer, Adam Stephenson, 2011 runner-up Richard
Fountain, Paul Simson and 2012 Carolinas Mid-Am champion Paul Simson.
-- If you didn't visit the media tent at the RBC Heritage over the years,
you probably didn't know Arnie Burdick, who oversaw the place for years. He was
a retired newspaperman from upstate New York who settled on Hilton Head Island
and became as much a part of the annual PGA Tour stop there as the famous tartan
blazer awarded to the champion.
Burdick passed away last week at age 92 after a brief illness. He was
still at his post in April when the tournament rolled around again, serving
mostly as a greeter and making sure everyone had what they needed. We lost a
good one.
-- If you want to be part of the 2014 men's and women's U.S. Opens at
Pinehurst and you don't have the game to qualify, here's your chance: The
tournaments are looking for approximately 7,000 volunteers to work over the
two-week period.
Volunteers don't have to work every day. There are four and five-day
shifts available. If you're interested, visit http://2014volunteers.usga.org.
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