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mer president. He was Jack Nicklaus’ amateur partner when Nicklaus was in serious con- tention. “Nicklaus is in second place and playing great, but Ford was driving him nuts. At lunch, Nicklaus tells me, ‘When Ford hits double bogey, grab the ball.’ And, Nicklaus says to Ford, ‘Mr. President, I love you, but if you want me to play with you again and you don’t pick up when you reach double, I won’t.’ ” As for the galleries in Ford’s range, cheers for the president who pardoned President Richard M. Nixon after the Watergate scandal resignation turned into loud boos, as he sprayed tee shots into them. Ford asked Lucido what he should do. “I say, ‘Mr. President, you have all these presidential logo balls in your bag [which, by the way, were loadingVince down]. When you hit someone, give them a ball and sign your name on the ball.’ ” That turned things around. Was That Really a Course Record? Lucido has carried the bag of three Cypress Point record makers—Gay Brewer in the 1976 Crosby who shot 10-under 62 (but Cypress Point pro Jim Langley tapped Brewer on the shoulder and said “no, no, you had your hand on the ball” for it was under lift clean and place that winter. Adam Scott, who played with Sam Reeves in the 2004 AT&T Pro-Am, carded a 63, and Kramer Hickok, playing for University of Texas in 2012, had a 63. Lucido was headed to a fourth, on the bag of Jordan Spieth who was playing with Reeves. Spieth, a Texas alum, roommate and teammate of Hickok, was at eight under par going into 13. But Spieth, cognizant of his buddy’s record, put on the brakes. He whispered to Lucido that he was going to push his approach on 13 and bogey.Then on the 18th tee, after a birdie at the 17th, still with a potential record on the card, Reeves recommended that Spieth hit an iron short of the cypress trees guarding the green on What a star-studded foursome at Cypress Point! (From left) Caddie Northrop Kirk, Yahoo founder and Cypress Point member Jerry Yang, golf coach Butch Harmon, club member Peter Ueberroth, famed pro golfer Tiger Woods, caddies Vince Lucido, Jesse Perryman and Marty Larkin (in front). Lucido caddies with Reeves (center) and Jimmy Dunne, a Wall Street dealmaker who negotiated an attempted merger between the PGA Tour and rival LIV Golf. Photos: Courtesy of Vince Lucido 102 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • F A L L 2 0 2 5