Corey Harris is the head golf professional at the Washington Club in Connecticut. No restaurant? Good, no annual operating losses or monthly restaurant minimums to worry about. No tee times? Even better, you can slip out for a quick nine whenever you please.
The Washington Club is well over 100 years old, and is rooted in idiosyncratic tradition. I first came upon the Club upon reading about it in David Owen's article in The Golfer's Journal Issue #4. I was immediately struck by the Headline: 'Your Club's Restaurant is Terrible.' It got me thinking, why must a golf club have a restaurant to be considered complete?
Corey and I chatted about the extremely collegial atmosphere created by this dynamic. The Club attracts a wide array of folks ranging from billionaires to Average Joes. They all have one thing in common: a desire to escape the frills and exclusivity of a traditional country club. We also chatted about his career spent playing internationally on several professional tours. Corey offers a sense of how hard it is to make a living playing golf professionally, while sharing tidbits about why it's the most exciting job in the world.
P.S. he held his own in a pairing with Retief Goosen and Colin Motgomerie.
