GRC VII

GRC VII

2026 · Scottsdale, Arizona

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We-Ko-Pa · TPC Scottsdale · 56 players

Final score · match points

30½

The OG's

25½

Putt Pirates

Frost delays, thunderstorms and in-the-dark finishes — and the largest field yet at fifty-six.

Day One · Scramble & Alt Shot · We‑Ko‑Pa · Cholla

The frost melted and play began under exceptional conditions. The scramble/alt-shot format put team strategy on show. Nine of fourteen matches came down to the final hole — three ties, six won on eighteen. A three-point edge to The OG's.

Day Two · Best Ball · We‑Ko‑Pa · Saguaro

The Pirates came storming back, winning eight of the first twelve matches. One tie all day, in the dark, in the final match. The Pirates took it 8½–5½ to level the Cup at 14–14 — one of the only times the GRC has been all square going to Sunday.

Day Three · Singles · TPC Scottsdale

The Pirates won five of the first six to lead 19–15. Then the OG's swept the next six, including a critical 1-up win on eighteen from Clayton Smith. Max Ugarte and Captain Dan Messina closed it out in matches 23 and 27.

The Folds of Honor raffle raised over $3,000 in a single evening.

GRC VII · Photography

14 photos from 2026.

A desert course at dusk, carts on the fairway and the last light turning the far mountains pink.
A desert course at dusk, carts on the fairway and the last light turning the far mountains pink.
A desert hole set among low scrub and cactus, a steep butte rising on the left under a clear sky.
A desert hole set among low scrub and cactus, a steep butte rising on the left under a clear sky.
A green fronted by a wide sandy waste, a rocky butte and desert ridge along the horizon.
A green fronted by a wide sandy waste, a rocky butte and desert ridge along the horizon.
The Folds of Honor emblem: a folded flag in blue with white stars, the charity's name beneath.
The Folds of Honor emblem: a folded flag in blue with white stars, the charity's name beneath.
The trophy on its plinth on a mown tee above a desert hole, captioned as day two at Saguaro.
The trophy on its plinth on a mown tee above a desert hole, captioned as day two at Saguaro.
A desert course seen from above, fairways threading between stands of scrub and cactus.
A desert course seen from above, fairways threading between stands of scrub and cactus.
A fairway crossing open desert with an ocotillo in the foreground, a long mountain range behind.
A fairway crossing open desert with an ocotillo in the foreground, a long mountain range behind.
A dry wash of prickly pear and desert brush cutting between mown ground, a numbered marker post beside it.
A dry wash of prickly pear and desert brush cutting between mown ground, a numbered marker post beside it.
A group crowded around a bar table with food and drinks, framed jerseys and screens on the wall behind.
A group crowded around a bar table with food and drinks, framed jerseys and screens on the wall behind.
The trophy standing on a fire-pit ledge beside a bed of red geraniums, the course and mountains beyond.
The trophy standing on a fire-pit ledge beside a bed of red geraniums, the course and mountains beyond.
A green with a white flag on a strip of turf beside a lake, desert hills across the water.
A green with a white flag on a strip of turf beside a lake, desert hills across the water.
A desert hole with bunkers cut into the slope, a jagged peak rising above the far treeline.
A desert hole with bunkers cut into the slope, a jagged peak rising above the far treeline.
Two people holding the trophy between them on a fairway, a bear-crest pin flag hanging from it.
Two people holding the trophy between them on a fairway, a bear-crest pin flag hanging from it.
A wide view over sandy waste bunkering to a white clubhouse, tall pines framing both sides and a flag in the foreground.
A wide view over sandy waste bunkering to a white clubhouse, tall pines framing both sides and a flag in the foreground.

3-0 Club inductees

  • Jake Dennis
  • Josh Aronson
  • David Tannenholz

Closest to pin

  • Commish (×2)
  • Luke Surmeian
  • Terry Rowe
  • Max Ugarte
  • Luke Nolan
  • Patrick Brogan
  • Ben Kassiff
  • Levi Verry
  • Kyle Stanton
  • Wildon Deslauries
  • David Tannenholz
  • Jeremy Schoenberg

The record

Cup
Year
Venues
Champion
Result
I
2020
La Quinta Dunes · PGA West
Big Putts
11 – 9
II
2021
Desert Willow · SilverRock
Team Daly
16 – 12
III
2022
Escena · Desert Willow
The OG's
15 – 11 – 7 – 7
IV
2023
Desert Willow · PGA West
The OG's
19 – 13
V
2024
Wolf Creek · Conestoga
The OG's
18½ – 13½ †
VI
2025
Desert Willow · PGA West
Putt Pirates
25 – 19 †
VII
2026
We-Ko-Pa · TPC Scottsdale
The OG's
30½ – 25½
VIII
2027
Pinehurst No. 4, No. 8, No. 10
To be decided
March 18–21

† Final score computed from the published day-by-day totals — the recap for that year doesn't state one.