Rees Jones Visits Hazeltine National Golf Club

Let’s just say it wasn’t your typical stroll around the golf course last Wednesday morning when Rees Jones toured Hazeltine National Golf Club.  Jones, renowned golf course architect and mastermind behind the most recent changes at Hazeltine, is also the son of Robert Trent Jones who put his signature on Hazeltine National shortly after the club opened.  Flanked by a bevy of club board members, golf staff and media, Mr. Jones began walking the course on hole number one at 10:10 a.m. and completed the walk at 4:15 p.m. Aside from a break for lunch, the tour included discussions about tee locations, course set up for members and for the 2009 PGA Championship.