Golf is such a wonderful activity. It can be a serious sport. It can be a casual pastime. And it can be amazingly rejuvenating therapy.
That's the case with American Lake Veterans Golf Course, in Tacoma, Washington. I'm officially making ALVGC an honorary Hidden Fairway after watching THIS VIDEO and learning about what this place is all about. The course was built on VA property in 1955 as a 9-hole facility, and is kept alive and well by some folks we could all emulate. Folks like Pepper Roberts, President of Friends of American Lakes Golf Club, former PGA Tour player and Tacoma native Ken Still, and a little known golf course designer named Jack Nicklaus, who has volunteered his efforts to design a second 9.
You'll probably be hearing more about this course in the coming weeks and months. They're launching a national campaign to raise funds for the Nicklaus nine. You can help. Visit the ALVGC web site and contribute. If you're a vet and in the Tacoma area, drop by and play. This is what golf is about. And it's what our country is about. It's kinda nice.
