Mickey McCamish’s permanent smile can almost disappear when discussing Chattanooga’s unflattering sports events history.
“We just can’t let the Chattanooga Classic go the way of the NCAA [FCS title game] and TSSAA [Spring Fling],” said the manager of our Nationwide Tour golf tournament on Wednesday.
“The Classic is the only major sporting event we have left.”
The eighth edition of the Classic tees off at Black Creek Club on Oct. 7. Befitting an event the PGA labeled one of the top three Nationwide stops last season for the way McCamish and Chip Baker’s Friends of the Festival group teamed up to run it, the Classic should again have a stellar field, including our own Luke List.
One example of McCamish’s marketing skills: He convinced two mini tours to pay $10,000 apiece to have their top golfers receive Classic exemptions.