The St. Augustine Amateur is at the St. Johns Golf Club and the first stage of PGA Q-School follows at the St. Johns G&CC. (Don't get them confused - the Am is at the course on SR 207, past the outlet malls if you're going from Jacksonville, and the Q-School is at the SR 210 course by South Hampton.)

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A good week for the Votaw household out at Ponte Vedra Beach.

The missus, Sophie Gustafson, won on the LPGA Tour and the man of the house, PGA Tour exec Ty Votaw, was the lead man on the United States' successful bid to get golf in the Olympics.

Odd that he hasn't gotten any national media credit for his Olympic work. Truth be told, no one worked harder.

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Hate to keep harping, but doesn't a local guy winning a major state title deserve a mention in the next day's newspaper?

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President's Cup? An OK diversion but let's do this: play it in January instead of whatever will open the season in Hawaii. It doesn't need to compete for our attention in the football/baseball playoffs/NASCAR Chase time of year.

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One more PGA Tour event in this area and it's recommended. The Disney folks do a great job and it's an enjoyable day (a looong day, for sure) to slip down and see their event.

It's Nov. 12-15. Hint: you can get to the course in about 2 1/2 hours if you avoid Orlando. Go down I-95 to 5228 (almost to Melbourne!) and cut across. You'll have some tolls but the trail ends almost at the Disney entrance.

The real big names won't be there but one of our most popular players will: Davis Love won last year and will defend, and he should be there the rest of his life because it was this win that secured his lifetime exemption on the tour.

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As if our City Council doesn't have enough things to do, what with the budget mess, they're now considering a resolution congratulating Ponte Vedra's Bud Cauley on being a "young, promising golfer."

Thoughts:

1. He's a Walker Cup player, so he's a cut above "promising."

2. He may live here but few have seen him, as he plays on the national level.

3. Why is the Jacksonville City Council worrying about a PV guy?

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Callahan's Bubba Dickerson has a good shot at getting back his PGA Tour card. He's now 29th on the Nationwide money list. There are two events remaining and the top 25 get cards.

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Jim Kuhn speaks to the JAGA directors Tuesday at Magnolia Point and you might wonder who he is.

Right now, he's retired from the Reinhold Corporation and playing golf. But he did something that is a lasting jewel in this area: he started what we now know as the Gate Invitational.

Kuhn was president of the local chapter in the early 1980's and started the Northern Chapter PGA Open. It was such a success that Ponte Vedra got involved, and then Gate came on as a sponsor when Herb Peyton bought the club.

Directors also might hear about another thing from the past: Kuhn was pro at Fort George, a great old course that unfortunately was killed by greedy residents of the island who didn't want riff-raff like us coming out to play there.