BURN THE BOATS

ANCEStors 2025 highlights

We are ghosts or we are ancestors in our children's lives. We either lay our mistakes, our burdens upon them, and we haunt them, or we assist them in laying those old burdens down. And as ancestors, we walk alongside of them, and we assist them in finding their own way, and some transcendence.

Bruce Springsteen

Golfers from 22 states—brothers, fathers, sons—gathered at a single destination: Bandon Dunes. Dream Golf on the Pacific Coastline. They came not just to play, but to compete in a timeless battle:

Vision vs. Legacy

Being an Ancestor means living the values of those who came before us:

  • Community

  • Generosity

  • Presence

  • Fun

  • Innovation

With generosity leading the way, these men had one mission for the inaugural year: Endowed Evans Scholarship in the name of Ancestors and Charlie Mulieri, the late son of one of our members. If we didn’t raise the money, none of it would matter. Did we accomplish our goal?

$125,000 Raised in 2025

100% of the Proceeds Donated to

Evans Scholars Program

To Fund an Endowed Named Scholarship:

Ancestors Scholarship:

A Tribute to Charlie Mulieri

Ancestors kicked off with a welcome party and putting contest at the Punchbowl, the air buzzing with anticipation and the weight of the tournament ahead. Team Vision declared its motto, “Burn the Boats,” the idea of forward progress at all costs, while Team Legacy answered with, “Live in the Past,” a reminder to learn from those who came before us. As tradition holds, the tournament began with the toll of three bells—one for Vision, one for Legacy, and one for the Ancestors who couldn’t be there, but were surely with us.

honor the past

inspire the future

Total Family

The 1916 Company

Fore Hadley

Athletic Brewing

North Coast Golf

Summit Brands

OnCore Golf

Tremont

Jones Golf

Thank you to our sponsors. We could not have done this without you.

Over the next two days, Ancestors battled it out on four of America’s best courses

—Pacific Dunes, Bandon Trails, Old Macdonald, and Sheep Ranch.

And it would stay close until the very end.

But only one team would have the chance to

ring the bell 50 times

Congratulations to our 2025 Ancestors Champions

Team Vision

Burn The Boats