The Golf Course Superintendents Association of New Jersey (GCSANJ) Foundation donated $10,500 to the Environmental Institute for Golf's Robert Trent Jones Endowment Fund.
GCSANJ Foundation raised the money by selling various sponsorship packages to local vendors and members from its hospitality area at The Barclays, the PGA Tour's first event of the 2008 FedExCup Playoffs, at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J., and from the 19th annual Robert Trent Jones Invitational at Metedeconk National Golf Club in Jackson, N.J.
The RTJ Invitational is conducted each fall at Metedeconk National and brings together superintendents and representatives from golf courses along the East Coast to raise funds for scholarships, turf research programs and education initiatives. The event also serves to recognize the critical role played by superintendents in developing the vision of the golf course architect and ensuring the integrity of that vision. It was architect Robert Trent Jones who worked with Institute leaders to establish the fund in 1987.