Jerry Coughlan

• Date: Aug 04, 2012

• Hand: R

• Location: San Diego, CA

During the Olympic fortnight, Jerry Coughlan demonstrated the grit and determination we have come to expect during the Games. On August 4, 2012, Jerry, a roof-golf virgin, recorded the lowest ORG in history during his last-at-bat and became an unexpected inductee. For you see, even though Jerry plays out of the fabled San Diego Country Club and has attended the last 4 U.S. Opens, he played with a severely torn meniscus in his left knee, an injury that would render most unable to swing a club, much less ORG. With his team down 3-1 in the final inning, Jerry dug deep, overcoming searing pain to elevate his team to victory with a shot that struck ORG's right foot. Jerry's competitors immediately cried "NO ORG! NO ORG!" in a non-Olympian manner worthy of those shamed Chinese badminton players. Simultaneously, two seemingly independent witnesses vigorously proclaimed "ORG! ORG!" Fortunately the commissioner had a clear view of Jerry's ball striking ORG's right foot, and the commissioner's ruling that it was a legitimate ORG will stand, despite the recent discovery that these two "independent witnesses" are, in actuality, Jerry's long-time friends. In the true spirit of the quadrennial competition, it is requested that everyone stop questioning Jerry's ORG and ensuing victory and warmly welcome him into the HALL OF ORG. It is suggested that when you next see Jerry please hum our national anthem.