Sea Island

Doug Freeman wins the Mike Smith Trophy in 2024.

Every year for 30 years, the Edgewater Golf Group has retired to the Sea Island community to play golf in a two day tournament at the King and Prince or Sea Island Country Clubs on St. Simons Island during the first weekend in May, coinciding with the Kentucky Derby. 

This year, tournament host Henry Pfingstag took several players to the Sea Island Golf Course. 

The tournament winner receives the Mike Smith Trophy, named for Mike, who died on the Sea Island course after being hit by a flock of sea gulls, diving for fish in one of the Seaside Course lakes.

The road trip marks the end of one golf season and the beginning of a new one.  Below are some memories of past seasons.