17 Green

Most of us have known someone who have died in a battle fighting for our or someones freedom.  For the last 5 years I have put a flag in the 17th green at what ever golf course I have been working at.  It is to honor a young man that I coached football at Rockbridge County High School years ago.  He left High School and played football for four years at Army.  Once he completed his time at West Point he he completed Ranger School and was quickly shipped off to Afghanistan.  There he was killed on his third day by a roadside IED.  His jersey number for his high school and college years was #17.  That's why the flag stands tall on the 17th green this weekend at RNK.