Pros Came to Play

On April 6 and 7, you may have seen a few new — yet familiar — faces around the Club as three-time Women’s World Golf No. 1, Cristie Kerr, and her friends came to play. A good friend of OC President Dan Dillon, Kerr was introducing her wine label, Kerr Cellars, to the membership.

The Club hosted a reception featuring Kerr Cellars and their sister winery, Curvature, on Thursday evening at City Clubhouse. Some of Kerr’s famously talented friends joined the festivities, including Morgan Pressel, Kay Cockerill and former NFL kicker Jay Feely. During the reception, the pairings for the Pro-Am golf event the next day at Lakeside were drawn.

On Friday, more troops arrived to play when Paula Creamer, Juli Inkster, Sandra Gal, Alison Lee, Gerina Piller, Martin Piller and Ryann O’Toole joined the fun. Congratulations to the winners of the Pro-Am: Malia Lyle, Frederick McNear and Linda Lewis played with Kerr to top the scoreboard. All the pros also attended the multi-vintner wine event that evening at Lakeside.

On Thursday, Kerr talked about it being “a dream to play The Olympic Club.” She elaborated further on Friday after playing the Lake Course for the first time.
“The history of old course architecture is amazing,” Kerr marveled. “You’re out there and you think ‘Arnold Palmer aimed at that tree,’ it’s a gem.”

Cockerill did a brief interview with Kerr during the program Friday, highlighting the vast experience in the house that night: the combined wins included 62 LPGA tournaments,11 majors and 10 USGA wins.

Funds raised from the events and auctions will benefit The Stanford-Palo Alto Medical Foundation Oncoshare Project through Kerr’s Birdies for Breast Cancer organization. You can try Kerr’s wines yourself, sauvignon blanc by the glass and Curvature Cabernet Sauvignon by the bottle, as they are now available in Article III and the Grill Bar.