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February 2007
Volume 1, Issue 2
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Inside this Issue
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2
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Callippe Preserve Results
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3
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Upcoming Tournaments.
NCGA Tournaments
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7
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Membership News
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7
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President’s Corner
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7
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Rules Trivia
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8
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Letters to the Editor
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Bell Golf Club Of San Francisco
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All the News that Fits, We Print
Letter
from the Editor
Tom Weir
Our first journey to Callippe Preserve provided
mixed results. The weather held back, just barely, as we appear to heve entered
a series of rain days. We encoutered a 30 minute delay in the start of play
and things appeared to go downhill from there (Par 4, 388 yards, slight dogleg
left). 330 minutes later (5.5 hours) the first group posted their scores to
the clubhouse. The rest of the field finished in fits and bursts (or was that
fits and outbursts) thereafter. No awards to either the greenskeeper or pin
placer today. My fondest menory of the course may be pushing our cart for the
last three holes…. Gentlemen charge your carts!
Callippe Preserve
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February 24, 2007
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Field Low Net
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Tom Weir
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65
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#4
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Michael J Oliver
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#6
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Art Palomo
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#13
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Michael J Oliver
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#16
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Randall Shusher
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Team 1-2-3
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Fosdick, Benas.Spiva,Weir
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129
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1ST David Panelli Jr
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66
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1st Randall Shusher
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66
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1st Jose A Robles
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71
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2nd Tom Fosdick
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72
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2nd Joseph Cadena
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69
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2nd Roger E Colella
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72
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3rd Leonard Pruss
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73
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3rd Art Palomo
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70
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3rd Richard Marsh
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73
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Flight 1
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Flight 2
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Flight 3
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Name
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Net
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David Panelli Jr
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Randall Shusher
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Tom Weir
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65
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Tom Fosdick
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72
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Joseph Cadena
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69
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Jose A Robles
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71
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Leonard Pruss
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Art Palomo
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70
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Roger E Colella
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Thomas L Baker
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Steve R Spiva
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Richard Marsh
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Roy V Riddle
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Loren D Woodmansee
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Matt Parenti
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Robert A Mullens
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Charles T Perrino
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Keith Denison
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J Duncan Benas
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Stacy N Pruss
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Ronald Lowe
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77
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Leon Calkins
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79
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Ken Silva
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Michael J Oliver
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79
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Luke S Blum
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82
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Dennis Dahlgren
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80
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Brian E Philpot
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Maurice J Piccari
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Harold Eldridge Jr
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Todd S. Chamberlin
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John Rittweger
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Larry A Coogan
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Susanne Piccari
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James WE Larson
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Upcoming Tournaments
Tom Weir
This year’s campaign began with the highly successful
Silverado North Tournament. But don’t forget to sign up for these rapidly
approaching events. Tom Baker has made it easier than ever to attend. He
accepts e-mails, phone calls, voice mails, completed sign up forms mailed
directly to his house or even an in person chat. Mr. Fosdick has added a new
link on the Web Page, http://pages.sbcglobal.net/trfosdick/Signups.htm.
for current signup status. We will try to update this list on a weekly
basis up to close date. Email and verbal commitments are OK, but the
printed signup form with check is better, http://pages.sbcglobal.net/trfosdick/1st%20Qtr%20Apps%202007.htm.
Emails, verbals and forms with checks are all commitments to
play and pay.
NCGA Upcoming Tournaments
Tom Baker
The NCGA tournament schedule provides dates for the
Associate Club Team championship. Format for the team play is 2 best
balls out of 4 @ 90% of the course handicap. Rancho Canada is our Club qualifying tournament. We will pick the low 4 nets from the
qualifying field, full course handicap. Those wishing to qualify pay an extra
$5. The Club pays the entry fee's for the team for local and
sectional qualifying rounds. For more info, check the blue book or talk with
Tom Baker.
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Net
Amateur (3)
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Qualifier
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23-Jun-07
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Sat
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Franklin Canyon
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Entry Close
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25-Jul-07
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Wed
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NCGA
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Sectional
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30-Aug-07
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Thur
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TBD
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Final
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24-Sep-07
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Poppy Hills
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Final
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25-Sep-07
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Tues
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Poppy Hills
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Senior 4 Ball (2)
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Qualifier
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19-May-07
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Sat
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La Contenta
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Entry Close
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18-Jul-07
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Wed
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NCGA
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Sectional
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23-Aug-07
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Thur
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TBD
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Final
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18-Sep-07
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Tues
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Poppy Ridge
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Final
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19-Sep-07
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Wed
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Poppy Ridge
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4-BALL (2)
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Qualifier
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21-Apr-07
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Deer Ridge
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Entry Close
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23-May-07
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NCGA
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Local
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Local
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Sectional
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28-Jun-07
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Thur
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TBD
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Final
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30-Jul-07
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Mon
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Poppy Hills
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Final
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31-Jul-07
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Tues
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Poppy Hills
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Assoc. Club Team (4)
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Qualifier
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24-Mar-07
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Sat
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Rancho
Canada
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Entry Close
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2-May-07
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Wed
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NCGA
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Local
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6-Jun-07
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Wed
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TBD
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Local
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7-Jun-07
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Thur
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TBD
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Sectional
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23-Jul-07
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Mon
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TBD
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24-Jul-07
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Tues
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TBD
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Final
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20-Aug-07
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Spyglass
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Final
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21-Aug-07
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Tues
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Poppy Hills
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Welcome to the Big Leagues
Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach is a Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
design that opened for play in 1986 and is home to the Northern California Golf
Association. It is the first course in the United States to be owned and
operated by an amateur golf association.
Poppy Hills is a challenging, par-72 venue that weaves through the Del Monte
Forest and plays host to several renowned tournaments, including the AT&T
Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
This beautiful, tree-lined layout measures 6,833 yards from the blue tees,
6,237 from the whites, 5,403 from the forward tees and features large,
undulating greens, many of which are well-protected by water and bunkers.
Poppy Hills is consistently ranked among the best courses in Northern
California and was ranked in the top 20 in the state by Golf Digest.
US-101 SOUTH toward LOS ANGELES
Take exit #336 onto
CA-156 WEST toward MONTEREY PENINSULA
Merge onto CA-1 SOUTH
Associate Club Team (4) Qualifier.
Local June 6 or June 7 Sectional July 23 or 24 Finals August 20 and 21 Add
$5.00 entry fee to participate in qualifier.
Sophisticated golfers will love
this layout!
Rancho Cañada presents an
outstanding golf club facility with two 18-hole courses that meander back and
forth over the Carmel River. These mature venues were once a prized portion of
a 4,366 acre California Rancho named, "Cañada de la Segunda."
In the tradition of great
golf courses, both layouts are unencumbered with real estate development so
that you can enjoy Rancho Cañada's gently rolling fairways and pristine greens
framed by the Santa Lucia mountains and stately trees. The 6,357 yard West
Course will test your golfing skills. Fairways range from deceptively broad to
needle narrow as you traverse the Carmel River three different times. On the
back nine, lofty stands of cottonwood and sycamore trees await errant shots.
US-101 SOUTH toward LOS ANGELES
Take exit #336 onto
CA-156 WEST toward MONTEREY PENINSULA
Merge onto CA-1 SOUTH
Turn left on CARMEL
VALLEY
Arrive at 4860 CARMEL
VALLEY RD, CARMEL
A World-Class 18-Hole Golf Course
Pacific Grove Golf Links offers
spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean, Lovers Point, Point Pinos, Crespi Pond,
and Asilomar's natural sand dunes. Originally designed by Chandler Egan in
1932, the first nine holes takes you through the forested areas of Pacific
Grove. Egan's nine takes you through an inland terrain and reflects much of the
charm of an English rural course done in the old style.
The back nine was designed by Jack
Neville, original designer of the Pebble Beach Golf Links.
The holes are unpretentious,
reminiscent of an era when the 'par fours' were sometimes less than 300 yards
and the 'par threes' could be contemplated by the common folk. There are not
many bunkers, and the greens are small.
It was recently ranked by Zagat
Survey as one of America's Best Golf Courses. The 18-hole golf course features
a restaurant as well as a golf pro shop.
US-101 SOUTH toward LOS ANGELES
Take exit #336 onto
CA-156 WEST toward MONTEREY PENINSULA
Merge onto CA-1 SOUTH
Take Pebble Beach/Pacific
Grove Exit (Highway 68 West) - Exit 399A
Turn Right onto Highway 68
towards Pacific Grove
Highway 68 Becomes Forest
Ave. Continue on Forest Ave.
Turn Left onto Lighthouse
Avenue (Downtown)
At the end of the street,
turn Right onto Asilomar Avenue.
Continue approx. 1/4 mile.
The Pacific Grove Golf
Links is to the Right
President’s Corner
Steve Spiva
I have to start this message off with some very sad news. One of our long term members has passed away. Ed Trotter who was one of more active and supportive members passed away a couple of weeks ago. Ed was a very positive person and a great guy to be around, he will be greatly missed. The board has voted to send donations in Ed's name to UNCF and the ASPCA, two of his favorite organizations. We will also play the annual breakfast tournament in Ed's honor this year. Please plan on attending in remembrance of Ed.
Not nearly as important is my follow up on the tournament on February 24th at Callippe Preserve. On a positive note we had very little rain, some mist or light sprinkles only. On the negative side, it was cold, cloudy, and someone forgot to put actual grass on the greens. Other than the greens, the course was in good shape and very interesting to play, I found it to be fun but a little on the short side. The 1,2,3
Ball aspect made it very interesting and fun. That's means my score was bad.
I'm actually sorry that I suggested this course to our tournament director; as we teed off about a half hour late and the round took almost 6.5 hours to play. I'm not sure the latter groups even finished. Of course it didn't help that the carts are charged to only go 5.5 hours so we had to push the cart the last 3 holes. We had a very good running dialog with all this spare time on our hands, the subject, "Preserve".
There was a lot of lateral hazard designated as environmentally sensitive", meaning stay out. But my ball is right there, it's a $5 Titleist, what do you mean I can't walk in 5 feet and pick it up. I could also get the other 100 balls in there. What were they preserving anyway, Chicken Wire, Wood Stakes, Imported Rock, and Sticker Weeds? No one in our foursome even saw a live animal, lizard, snake, rabbit, snail, or slug. We finally decided it was a tax break scam so they could buy more seed for the greens.
Even though the course and amount of time was not as it could have been, it was still a great time. Laughing and cursing during chips and putts. camaraderie at it's finest. I hope to see you all next month in Monterey. Get out and play more, whether it's golf, eating, walking, or just visiting friends. Don't let your valuable time escape you.
Membership
Corner
The bell club
currently has 56 active members for the 2007 season. All members are invited
to participate in the 2007 State Telco Tournament. State Telco qualifying will
be the low six differentials from the ten tournaments between Poppy Hills
(3/23) and Lakeridge (7/21).
Tom Baker is
working on the possibility of having two joint tournaments with the East Bay
Bell Golf Club to increase interest and to build some camaraderie. Look for details in future newletters.
Rules Trivia
Tom Weir
Any interesting
rules stories, please e-mail me at Thomas.Weir@Oracle.Com.
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Letters to the
Editor
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Praise for the NEWSLETTER
Congratulations!!! I just read your first letter and found it to be well written, informative and the addition of pictures added a nice touch. Keep up the good job. What happened to Luke?
I've become involved (again) with running golf tournaments for the club that I joined here in Redmond OR. It is not as easy as when I was doing tournaments with the BGC since less than 10% of our membership has email. The members are use to just arriving at the course on the day of play and
teeing the ball up. Last year was a real challenge to my patience but I survived and hopefully this year will be a bit easier.
Speaking of my club, it's the Juniper Golf Club here in Redmond Oregon. We just got voted as the #6 best new public course in America by Golf Digest. If you are ever up this way you must add it to your list of courses to play. Bring extra golf balls since the course is carved through the lava rocks and desert - miss the fairway and it's bye-bye baby.
I've signed up for the Monterey BGC tournaments so I will be looking forward to seeing you and others in March.
Pat Rogers
