The engraving on the trophy awarded to the Chattanooga Men's Metro champion is incomplete.
The names of legendary golfers, even Tennessee Golf Hall of Famers, are etched on the side.
But not the name of last year's winner.
Matt Robertson, who won a year ago at Brainerd Golf Course, moved to Jefferson City for work purposes last fall and took the trophy with him, but he never had his name etched on the side.
"I didn't have time to get it engraved," Robertson said Monday. "I figure I'll get my name on there somehow. I may have to beg the next champion into adding my name as well."
Robertson will not be defending the title he won by seven strokes with an 11-under-par 199 at the course where he worked for two years. A new job has taken him out of Chattanooga - he still gets mail in the city and would be eligible to participate - and it's taken him almost completely out of golf.
"I turned in my golf clubs for a shirt and tie," said Robertson, who also won the Brainerd Invitational in 2014. "I don't play anymore - maybe six times this year."
Competition has been replaced by compensation.
"I forgot that the tournaments were even going on," Robertson said. "I have ADD or OCD or something. When I start something, I'm all in. So if that's work, that's work. If it's golf, it's golf and I'm practicing.
"I saw a couple bits and pieces of two PGA tournaments this year, the Masters and the U.S. Open. That's it."
So there will be a new city champion crowned at Canyon Ridge Golf Club on Sunday.
"If it would be possible to get three days off, I'd play, but that's not possible," Robertson said. "I like Canyon Ridge. It's different, and not like anything else in Chattanooga because of so much elevation change."
Canyon Ridge, which is new to the Chattanooga District Golf Association, will be hosting its first major CDGA event on the course this weekend. Attending the tournament requires more gasoline and drive time than previous sites rotated through the CDGA.
"This number, about 60 participants, is about what we expected," tournament co-chairman Mike Jenkins said. "I think the people who will play are going to really enjoy it. I think some will be sorry that they didn't play."
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