St. Johns County schedules public meetings on future of World Golf Hall of Fame property
St. Johns County has scheduled two public meetings in September to get more input on the uses of the World Golf Village property that will be vacated after Sept. 1 by the World Golf Foundation.
The meetings will be Sept. 27 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and Sept. 28 from 9-11 a.m. at the St. Johns County Administration Building Auditorium, 500 San Sebastian View in St. Augustine.
The World Golf Foundation announced last year that the Hall of Fame will be moved to the United States Golf Association's new headquarters at Pinehurst, N.C. The museum's locker room will be moved to Pinehurst and other assets are being returned to Hall of Fame members or their families.
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The St. Johns County commissioner staff has been taking ideas online but wants to hear verbal comments at the meetings. That input, along with other research being conducted, will be used to develop a report to the board of county commissioners.
The meetings also can be viewed lived or replayed online on GTV.
The county set up an informational website earlier this summer and set up a survey for county residents. The survey will end Sept. 30. Comments can still be emailed WGV@sjcfl.us.
Gabrelcik goes out in second round
University of North Florida senior Nick Gabrelcik was ousted in the second round of the U.S. Amateur on Thursday by Maxwell Ford of North Carolina.
The two were all square through eight holes before Ford won three holes in a row and never trailed after that.
Gabrelcik has qualified for match play in the last three U.S. Amateurs.
Rollinson qualifies
Former First Coast teaching professional Brad Rollinson, who has regained his amateur status, qualified for the U.S. Senior Amateur Aug. 26-31 at the Martis Camp Golf Club in Truckee, Calif.
Rollinson shot 72 in the qualifier at The Oaks Golf Club in Cottage Grover, Wis., and finished in a four-way tie for second and the last qualifying spot. He then birdied the first playoff hole.
Rollinson has been playing golf this summer in Wisconsin and joined the state’s golf association. He posted three finishes of fourth or better in statewide senior events and won twice and finished second in three starts in Chippewa Valley Golf Association senior events.
In a U.S. Senior Amateur qualifier at the Oceanside Golf Club in Ormond Beach, Ken Moody of Ponte Vedra Beach and Bill Lodise of St. Augustine each shot 72 and are alternates to the main draw.
Goldknopf rallies to win
Cam Goldknopf, a rising senior at Episcopal, shot a closing 65 at the County Club of Jackson (Miss.) and won the Gator Invitational by four shots at 11-under-par 205.
Goldknopf opened the tournament with a 71 but got into contention with a 69 in the second round and pulled ahead in the final round.
Century mark
Harry Siemen matched or beat his age for 100th time last week at the Cecil Field Golf Club. Siemen, 77, shot 75. ... Jim Eschen birdied four of five holes from Nos. 13-17 at Cimarrone and shot 71, beating his age by three shots.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: St. Johns County sets public meetings on use of Hall of Fame property
