Door County native James Larsen turned an opportunity to work at the U.S. Open this past June into a permanent position as a bartender at the iconic Pebble Beach Golf Resort in Monterey, California.  Larsen moved to California from Door County several years ago and shares how the dream job became possible.

Larsen says the timing was perfect with the U.S. Open being played and he landed a job working in the Rolex tent near the fourth hole tee-off.    The experience gave Larsen the chance to rub elbows with some of golf’s greatest dignitaries.

Subsequently, Larsen was offered a bartending position at the Beach Club in the century-old Pebble Beach Golf Resort that became a public course in 2001 and employs about 1,000 people.  Larsen will have a chance to share his many stories with fellow Sturgeon Bay High School classmates at his 30th class reunion next weekend in Door County.