The Concrete Classic · Est. 2018

Hall of
Champions

The week ends.
The championship stays.

Every title has a moment. Walk through the hall and revisit the shots, partnerships, and finishes that made these championships matter.

Enter the hall

The Bryan Willis Trophy, featuring a deer in tribute to Bryan’s love of hunting — The Bryan Willis TrophyThe name at the heart of the championship

Eight men. A shared history.

The names that stay.

Presented in the order of their first championships. Each portrait honors a champion; each inscription preserves the moment behind a title.

9 Chapters8 Champions1 Shared title

Concrete Classic Champion

Tom Seaborg

2018

2018 · Championship

The moment it mattered.

With all eight men together for the final round, the first championship came down to the eighteenth on the National. Andy’s second shot left their ball on the neighboring tenth fairway. Tom faced an approach over the hills to the par-five green.

Shaking with nerves, he put it on the green and went on to become the first champion. Afterwards, Tom marveled that a golf trip could mean enough to make him tremble. The group had arrived with an itinerary. They left knowing this mattered.

2018The Rise of Tom

Concrete Classic Champion

Bob Sieloff

2019

2019 · Championship

“Today we’re playing Bob Wins.”

Bob’s serious approach to the first night’s games left the group unsure about its newcomer. His early-morning declaration—“I’m on vacation!”—did little to settle the question. Then he kept winning, and “Bob Wins” became the refrain of the weekend.

In the final round, his tee shot on Red’s fourth finished on the sixth. Jake and Dean saw an opening. Austin closed it with a towering three-wood over their heads. They won the round, and Bob became champion. With the wine flowing at Harborside, he celebrated by keeping the staff talking about Making a Murderer after the others headed outside.

2019Bob Wins

Two-Time Champion

Austin Willis

2020 / 2024

2020 · Championship

Bob Wins… Austin Wins.

A year earlier, Austin had delivered when Bob needed him, helping his partner become champion. In 2020, Bob returned the favor from another team.

Austin’s play across the weekend put him in position to win. Bob and Andy’s final-round victory then pushed Jake and TJ into second and left Austin and Dean third—the order Austin needed to preserve his overall advantage. For the second year running, “Bob Wins” decided the ending. This time, Austin held the title.

2024 · Championship

The comeback in the rain.

Four years after his first title, Austin found his way back in a cold, wet final round. With rain gear on and hands cold, he and Andy kept their game together as much of the field fell away. They finished three strokes ahead of Jake and Carl to win the round and the championship.

Earlier that week, Austin had presented the Bryan Willis Trophy to Jake. Now it was his to hold. The brothers’ victories stood on either side of their dad’s passing, and Austin’s comeback carried his father’s name.

2020Bob Wins… Austin Wins 2024The Brotherly Shove

Concrete Classic Champion

Carson Anderson

2021

2021 · Championship

Eli Saves the Day.

Carson’s first trip opened a new era: sixteen players and the inaugural Ryder Cup. In the final round, he was paired with Eli, whose strong play helped them win the closing event and lifted Carson to the overall championship.

In a trip built around team competition, his title showed how much the golfer beside you could matter. Carson left with his name in the championship record—and a partner whose contribution became the name of the chapter.

2021Eli Saves the Day

Concrete Classic Champion

Kevin Pacholski

2022

2022 · Championship

Worth the wait.

Moving the trip beyond Memorial Day finally let Kevin attend. All smiles and happy to be there, he brought his teammates both a strong golfer and a partner they enjoyed playing beside.

The wins kept coming: a Ryder Cup decided by a playoff, then another playoff in the four-man scramble. In the final round, his unlikely partnership with Harold proved exactly right. Harold played one of his finest rounds, and Kevin supplied the steady golf they needed to win. Kevin finished his first trip with five victories in six events and the title. His ability raised the standard; his joy made the week better.

2022It Pays to Be Number 2

Two-Time Champion

Jake Willis

2023 / 2026

2023 · Championship

For Bry.

Jake left with his dad in the hospital. Bryan came home Friday; on Saturday, Jake had a chance at the title that had eluded him through years of close finishes.

On seventeen, Garrett fought out of the trees while Jake’s second shot finished pin high. After chipping on, Jake sank a long birdie putt and felt it was finally going to happen. They won by one stroke. A tearful FaceTime call let him share the victory with Bryan. Jake saw his dad Sunday; Bryan passed away Monday. His first title gave them a moment together while there was still time.

2026 · Championship

“If we win, people will talk about that shot.”

On the National’s eighteenth, Jake’s drive stopped beside the water, leaving an awkward stance. Trying to keep his next shot in play, he topped it. The ball skipped across the water and returned to the fairway, about 150 yards out.

Jake turned to Brennan: “If we win, people will talk about that shot.” He made par. Brennan made the bogey that mattered just as much. They won the final round by one stroke, securing Jake’s second title. The shot he predicted people would remember became part of a finish neither teammate would forget.

2023For Bry 2026The Fall of Tom

Co-Champion

Garrett Gusloff

2025

2025 · Championship

The last group home.

Garrett and Kevin played a serious, steady final round. On eighteen, Garrett found a strong drive after struggling with his driver that year. Both men put their approaches on the green and were left with short par putts outside gimme range.

The watching group gathered as the last pairing finished. Garrett and Kevin both made their putts. Those closing pars helped secure Garrett’s place alongside Caleb at the top of the overall standings. The first shared championship had two different finishes; Garrett’s was a composed closing hole in front of the group.

2025A Tale of Two Champions

Co-Champion

Caleb Billings

2025

2025 · Championship

A late surge. A narrow escape.

With four holes left, Caleb and Tom found their finish. On the long par-three sixteenth, Tom hit driver to roughly four feet and made birdie. Their late push kept Caleb in the championship race.

On eighteen, Caleb’s approach stopped beyond the cart path in a narrow patch that remained in bounds. He chipped onto the green and made bogey, completing a finish that helped bring him level with Garrett in the overall standings. A remarkable shot from his partner and Caleb’s own escape gave him a place in the trip’s first shared championship.

2025A Tale of Two Champions

Bryan Willis · 2018–2022

The name the trophy carries.

Bryan attended every trip from its beginning through 2022. He competed hard, called things as he saw them, and never met a stranger. His sons Jake and Austin were part of the group with him, but his place in the trip extended far beyond family.

A concrete finisher by trade, Bryan inspired the Concrete Classic name after his brain-cancer diagnosis in November 2022. In 2023, the group wore Team Bryan wristbands and tribute shirts while hoping he would recover and return.

Jake won his first championship that year and shared it with his dad over FaceTime. He visited Bryan after returning home on Sunday. Bryan passed away the next day.

In 2024, Jake commissioned a deer trophy to honour Bryan’s love of hunting. Austin presented it to Jake as the reigning champion, in front of the friends who had shared those trips with their dad. By the end of the week, Austin had won it himself.

The trophy gave Bryan a permanent place in the championship tradition. Every name in this hall is part of the trip he helped build.

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Hall ofChampions

The names that stay.

Tom Seaborg

The moment it mattered.

Bob Sieloff

“Today we’re playing Bob Wins.”

Austin Willis

Bob Wins… Austin Wins.

The comeback in the rain.

Carson Anderson

Eli Saves the Day.

Kevin Pacholski

Worth the wait.

Jake Willis

For Bry.

“If we win, people will talk about that shot.”

Garrett Gusloff

The last group home.

Caleb Billings

A late surge. A narrow escape.

The name the trophy carries.

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