Local teen golf phenoms played in the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour at Reston National Golf Course June 24- 25. Photo by Jay Szlamowicz
In the last few days, homeowners abutting Reston National Golf Course have been alarmed to find red and white markings along the edges of their properties. Anxiety around the fate of this beloved part of our community runs high, so it wasn’t long before someone dug up the reason: The markings are for the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour, which runs June 24- 25, and do not signal the imminent arrival of bulldozers and the end of Reston as we know it. We can all breathe easier for the time being.
The tournament demonstrates that there are other interests at stake in the effort to keep Reston National Golf Course as perpetual open space and, specifically, a golf course. The tournament’s website states that the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour’s mandate is to provide junior golfers an opportunity to play exceptional courses (emphasis added) in a competitive environment. Participants are staying at the Sheraton Hotel on Sunrise Valley Drive, and local restaurants and businesses are no doubt enjoying increased patronage as well while the golfers and their families and sponsors are here.
Reston’s businesses, as well as the business of golf itself, recognize the merits of this nationally acclaimed course. The tournament is another reminder that there are a lot of reasons to “Keep the Greens” (Rescue Reston’s lawn sign).
So breathe easy, everyone. The golf course isn’t going away, not now and hopefully not ever.
Thomas (TJ) Repczynski, 15 of Fairfax Station, won the event.
Other Northern Virginia finalists included Curtis Holland, 16 of Oak Hill (4th place); William Swirski, of Fairfax (6th place); Nick Antonacci, 17 of Chantilly (tie 7th place);and John Schindler, 15 of Vienna (tie 7th place).