Chris Whiteside
PERSONAL - Chris was born and raised in Stockton but moved to Ripon about four years ago. He lives there with his wife, Lauren, and their son, Hagen (1). Chris works as a firefighter for the city of Sacramento. He started golfing a few years ago during covid and quickly fell in love with the game. He seems to be doing okay, as his index is already better than most.
TIE TO THE MONTEMAR - Chris was in the fire academy with fellow Montemar player, Eric Pohl and now the two work the same shift at the same station. Eric worked at Bartley many years ago, where Nate worked and still works, and where I now work. Through that web, and the web of Jimmy Crider also being a Sacramento firefighter, we got Chris Whiteside.
Chris seems like another guy who will fit in very well. He adds another firefighter to our group and he’s a family man with a young child. He also seems very generous and has one of the best donations to this year’s prize pool. Hopefully Chris sticks on board with this tournament for many years to come.
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MONTEMAR - Chris, with Jimmy and Eric chipping in, his donating a brand new Srixon Premium stand bag to whichever Montemar member writes the most profiles. I kid… we’ll find a good contest to award the bag to. Thanks Chris!
WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN 2024 - Chris will need to pick Montemar veteran Jimmy Crider’s brain on the best way to strategically navigate our unique scoring system. It’s a system that hates rookies and that’s by design. That said, we had a few rookies crack the top 10 last year and one of them is a way worse golfer than Chris. Random pairings will be big, as will the draft. The scramble team should be solid in this format.
ODDS TO WIN –76-1
FUN FACT – Chris and his wife love to travel and recently took a three week babymoon to Greece.
MONTEMARS PLAYED – 1ST
MONTEMAR ROUNDS PLAYED – 0
LIFETIME POINT TOTAL - 0
JACKETS WON – 0
TOP 3 FINISHES – 0
TOP 5 FINISHES – 0
TOP 10 FINISHES – 0
RECORDS – 0
TOURNAMENT HANDICAP – 12.1
INVITED BY – Eric Pohl
PLAYERS INVITED -
PRIZES DONATED – Brand new Srixon Premium Stand Bag.
