{"id":326226,"date":"2020-07-10T06:04:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T20:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=326226"},"modified":"2020-07-10T06:04:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T20:04:46","slug":"irish-cart-bomb-blasts-foes-in-golf-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/irish-cart-bomb-blasts-foes-in-golf-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Irish Cart Bomb\u2019 blasts foes in golf tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"
From left, Glenn Smith, Steve Mullin, Yogi Singh and Eric O\u2019Malley of \u2018Irish Cart Bomb\u2019 pose for a photo after ruling the 11th Wollak Golf Classic held last Saturday at Kingfisher Golf Links. (Kay Elliot)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIrish Cart Bomb\u201d bested 14 other teams to top the 11th Wollak Golf Classic held last Saturday at the Kingfisher Golf Links.<\/p>\n

The winning team is made up of Yogi Singh, Eric O\u2019Malley, Glenn Smith and Steve Mullin and they shot a 67 to put their names on the perpetual WGC trophy.<\/p>\n

Sharing the spotlight with \u201cIrish Cart Bomb\u201d in the 2020 edition of the annual tournament was hole-in-one winner and second-time WGC participant Jeremy Rother. He sank the ace on the par-3, 140-yard No. 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cWas it planned? I guess you always try to aim for a hole-in-one at every par and that shot was a fun surprise,\u201d the Marianas High School teacher said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, according to WGC organizer Dan Wollak, the first WGC took place on Memorial Weekend in 2014. <\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to put together a fun little golf tournament with my golfing buddies before people left for summer travel. My goal was to create a low-pressure, team-based tournament and tried to create some adapted rules so that the people who are higher handicap golfers could still contribute to their teams,\u201d Wollak said.<\/p>\n

Organizer Dan Wollak, left, presents a hat to Jeremy Rother for making a hole-in-one shot in last Saturday\u2019s 11th Wollak Golf Classic at the Kingfisher Golf Links. (Kay Elliot)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe rules of the tournament were adapted to level the playing field for a wide range of handicaps so that no team had a huge advantage. Your handicap dictates which tee box you played from and how many mulligans you were allowed to hit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The annual WGC also always supports a great cause and for this year, the $905 funds raised will will be donated to the Saipan Cares for Animals. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe tournament is open to everyone but is not publicly advertised and instead, it has been a more word of mouth tournament and so most people who are playing are close friends or friends of friends. When I opened registration for the tournament, it filled up in just over an hour. In the 11th WGC, 16 of the 60 participants were new to the tournament,\u201d Wollak said<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main thing I hear is that it is a lot of fun and they like the camaraderie of it. Nobody takes themselves too seriously and the rules are designed to make golf easier and more fun, especially for the higher handicappers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Kingfisher Golf Course awarded four free golf vouchers to the winning team, while sponsor MARPAC gave away products such as Landshark, Shock Top, and Bud Copper Lagger. Busch t-shirts, Busch, and Bud Light coozies, Landshark beach towels, TaoTao Bud t-shirts, Budweiser Titleist hats, and Bud Light soft-sided coolers were handed to the closest to the pin winners, while McDonald\u2019s donated $100 gift cards and John and Flor Jones provided wine, Beluga Vodka, cigars, and golf shirts and hats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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