Olympic Club Ocean Course 2025

  As the first group of 24 “lucky” souls who got into the Olympic Club tournament waited to tee off, they looked for a tree to protect them from the incoming rain.  Yes, rain.  It was somewhere in the drizzle category of rain, but definitely more than just heavy wet fog.  It was too humid to be cold.  The rain did stop shortly, the clouds never went away and the humidity only increased.
              Our number of foursomes is often limited to 6 by the clubs we play, including the Olympic Club.  Having such an iconic name and reputation, there is a strong demand from our members to play in the  event.  So strong that golfers have joined our club a month before our tournament there just to play in it.  Several years ago, the board decided that it wasn’t fair to members who had been very active but weren’t able to register the day it opened, and, to prevent that unfairness started the process we use, which is to offer openings to a subset of our most active players first, giving them a few days to register, then to our next most active, and on down, until the field of 24 is filled.  This year we made it down the third list, which contained members who had only played one event with us.  It was the first time we made it down that far.
              As for the event itself, huge thanks go to Vishnu Ramaswamy our member and his friend, Olympic Club member, Larry Vierra.  Without them the event would not have happened. 
              Due to the humidity, wetness, and weather, the ball was not traveling far.  A few managed this well.  The fairways were cut pretty narrow, the rough was deep and wet, and if you were outside of the rough you were in the tall weeds, it usually consisted of a lost ball.  You had to control your ball out there, and if you played a hole properly, you could make par.  At 6200 yards from the Blue tees and 5800 from the Reds, it wasn’t too long for most.  There were only two par fours over 400 yards off the blue tees.  The Burger Dogs were of course amazing for the meat eaters.  Non-meat eaters could go with the Tuna cup.  All in all, it was a fun day of golf on a tremendous course. 
              Post-round we met downstairs in the sports bar for refreshments and to hear tales of woe and joy.  And to sing Happy Birthday to Brett Pedersen, who took 2nd place Gross on his birthday.  Happy Birthday, Brett!  Several followed our leaderboard on the GolfStatus App.  When all was said and done we had the following winners:

Gross
1. Eric Ingraham, 82
2. Brett Pedersen, 86, (card off)
3. Sancha Bhukkarat, 86
Net
1. Terry Szucsko, 72
2. Mike Ber, 73 (card off)
3. Stephan Kyle, 73
Women's Division
Cadee Ohansian, 108

Closet to Hole
Hole #2, 160 Yards, 15 Hndcp, Red Hale to 17’ 9.25”
Hole #5, 149 Yards, 17 Hndcp, Stephan Kyle to 3’11”
Hole #10, 142 Yards, 18 Hndcp, Sancha Bhukkarat to 19’10”
Hole #17, 178 Yards, 16 Hndcp, Kevin Coleman, 20’7”

Click HERE for full Gross and Net results, or see them on the Golfstatus App.
Bridgett Pts: 100/50/25/10 – Winner/2nd/3rd/CTP
Congratulations to all our winners!  You will receive your winnings in the form of Gift Certificate to Golf Mart and other Worldwide Golf Brands.  It will be emailed to you, so watch out for an email from Worldwide Golf Shops.