The award-winning venue slated to host the 2020 Mid-Am, canceled due to Covid, has been waiting patiently to show off its course to the country’s best mid-ams. These highly skilled golfers will be amazed at the layout, conditions, and challenges they will find there. And they’ll enjoy meeting one of the world’s most accomplished living amateurs — Marvin “Vinny” Giles.
Hey it’s Pete from amiter golf I am here at kinlock golf club in mannequin sabbot Virginia it is not far from Richmond and here lies this Serene beautiful golf course with some on-site lodging top 75 in the country can be set up all different ways to make it challenging
And I was lucky enough to play in their member Invitational and the reason I wanted to give you a little preview of it is because kinlock is the club that in 2020 was supposed to have the US mid amateur of course the USGA only had the four big amateur tournaments and the US
Open and women’s open during that year but they’ve wait their turn and in 2024 the US midam will be played here and those of you that qualify are going to be in for a treat now this club was designed by a gentleman named Lester George but he had help from a very
Famous amateur player named Vinnie Giles he’s a living legend I was lucky enough to meet him this week very humble very gracious and around this club club house is a shrine to Mr Giles legendary playing career four-time Walker cup contestant for Team USA a captain of the
USA team a British amateur winner US amateur winner and also he’s come in 17th in the US Open he’s come in 22 in the Masters among his appearances so Mr Giles has played in just about everything and he’s one of those living amateurs never turned professional it
Was kind of fun to uh to make his acquaintance as he got in round early in the week before the tournament uh took place the member Invitational Tournament the course is run amazingly well and the conditions were as good as anything I’ve ever played greens are diabolical be
Prepared for that uh be prepared for um a creek that runs through the golf course that really gives it an austa like feel so behind me is the first hole and I sort of felt like of all the holes here and number 10 also really reminded me of Augusta National not that I’ve
Played it but now I’ve played here and if you qualify for the US midam you will too I guarantee a lot of the members will be out here supporting the usgaa and just enjoying some some really good golf this is a golf club here in Virginia it is kinlock
