Little, who has dominated Central Virginia amateur golf for the past two years, will lead the field heading into today’s 54-hole annual Jefferson Cup Invitational at Birdwood Golf Club. It is one of only two local tournaments that Little hasn’t won.

Thirty-one golf balls sailed simultaneously down the 14th fairway at Farmington Country Club, each a memory of the late Bill Battle and what he meant to those assembled to celebrate his life.

Nick Little isn’t planning on giving up his hold on the Battle Trophy any time soon. The Crozet golfer, who plays out of Old Trail and just finished his junior season on the Radford University team, has entered two of the local Battle Trophy tournaments so far this season. He’s two for two.

While many of his accomplishments, coming to John Kennedy and PT 109’s rescue during World War II, helping Kennedy win the presidential election, serving as ambassador to Australia, running a major corporation, running for governor of Virginia, and many other deeds, have been well-documented in this newspaper the past two days, we knew Battle more from the golfing perspective.