Golf course manager to retire after over 30 years on job

COURTESY PHOTO | VAN BERRY Van Berry has been the manager of Hancock Park Golf Course for more than 30 years.
COURTESY PHOTO | VAN BERRY Van Berry has been the manager of Hancock Park Golf Course for more than 30 years.

Van Berry has been the course manager at Hancock Park Golf Course since 1993-1994, and he will be retiring early next year with his last day planned for February.

For Berry, working at Hancock Park was something that started for him back in childhood.

“I grew up on the place, watching my dad play golf,” he said. “I used to come out and ride with him and watch him play and then, of course, I played g…