Golf
16th tee at Cypress Point - often regarded as the best hole in the world
equipment is Smithco/Jacobsen. The maintenance shop is fantastic, each crew member has their own cart and all the equipment is well looked after. The course itself has some spectacular views and very difficult holes, most notably the finishing holes, where 15 and 16 challenge you to hit over the pacific ocean! Hole 15 plays 135 yards from the championship tees - which out here are called tips - but is very hard as the winds can be very strong off the ocean. Hole 16 is by far the hardest I have ever played. It plays 233 yards off the tip, but the carry alone is 215 yards at least, depending on wind direction! And then you come to hole 17, a par 4 along the pacific ocean with several
coming all the way over here to mediocre courses that look at you as cheap labour and pay you a stipend?”
“Why waste your time
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cypress trees in the middle of the fairway, right in the landing area. A fantastic hole and one of the best views in golf. On a clear day you can see right down the coastline to Big Sur; it is truly beautiful. I am really fortunate to have interned at Cypress Point Club and will look forward to returning in the future. I have trained here under Jeff Markow now for seven months, and enjoyed every minute; this is truly a special place. In June, again through advice and contacts from Mike O’Keeffe, I was lucky enough work as a volunteer at my second US Open, the 112th, at The Olympic Club in San Francisco. I was really looking forward to this as I had worked the US Open the previous year, and it
was going to be useful to make the comparison on course setup and organisation for the east coast climate and conditions versus the west coast. I arrived on the Sunday before the event week for orientation and met Pat Finlen, Director of Golf Maintenance Operations at the Olympic Club, and his entire crew, along with the other 100 or so volunteers from all over the world. The Olympic Club is a fantastic course and was in great shape. The course looks out over the whole of San Francisco and you can even see the Golden Gate Bridge from the first fairway. My jobs for the week were to rake the
front nine bunkers in the morning and to hand water fairways in the evening
L-r: Daniel Quinn, Mike O’Keeffe and Syngenta’s Austin Sutton with other scholarship graduates
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