Opening Day 2024

Opening Day 2024

The Golf Professional Staff cordially invites you to participate in the Two Thousand and Twenty Four Opening Day Par 3 Tournament to be held at Lexington, Kentucky the eleventh of April. Following play will be dinner and a guest speaker, David Moore. Email the Golf Shop to R.S.V.P for golf, dinner, or both.

The Par 3 Tournament is a 9 hole competition open to both men and women. Holes will be shortened to manageable distances, but the flagsticks will be placed in unfamiliar places. Prizes will be awarded to the best scores of both men and women.

Our advice is to bring the flatstick.

The Menu

Stationed Hors D’oeuvres: -St. Andre, Phyllo, Apricot Preserve and Pecan -Deviled Egg, Pickled Ramp and Cured Salmon -Marinated Manchego and Spanish Chorizo -Goat Cheese Terrine with Tart Cherry Confiture -Cornmeal Crusted Catfish Fingers with Remoulade Dinner Buffet: -Carved Beef Tenderloin with Parker House Rolls, Horseradish and Henry Bain -Chargrilled Shrimp with Calabrian Chili Butter, Fresh Cilantro and Lime -Sesame Crusted Yellowfin Tuna on Himalayan Salt Block with Wasabi and Soy -Grilled Lincoln Co. Asparagus -Baby Carrots with Coriander, Agave and Citrus -Herb Fried Fingerling Potatoes -Creamed Spinach with Mornay and Parmesan Breadcrumbs -Chopped Iceberg Salad with Tomato, Bacon and Ranch -Kale Caesar with Cornbread Croutons -Dinner Rolls Desserts -Cheesecake, Chocolate and Petit Confections

David Moore

David Moore is a professional golf historian, consultant, and writer based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A native of the Pocono Mountains, Dave earned his bachelor’s in American History from the University of Pittsburgh and his master’s in Public History from the University of (PA) and the Youngstown Country Massachusetts, Boston.

Club(OH), among others.

Since 2016, Dave has served as the Dave is a proud member of the Donald Curator of Collections at Oakmont Ross Society and the Golf Heritage Country Club and the Curator of Society (GHS). His writing has History of Allegheny Country Club been recognized by the GHS with the since 2020. He has also worked as an 2022 Golden Quill Award for the best independent consultant for Clubs since article in their quarterly magazine, The 2022, helping the likes of Montclair Golf.

Golf Club (NJ), Pittsburgh Field Club