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January 2007
Volume 1, Issue 1
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Inside this Issue
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2
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Silverado North Results
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2
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Upcoming 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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7
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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
Welcome to the first Bell Club Newsletter of
2007. This letter will be published on a
monthly basis. We plan to cover
tournament results, upcoming events, membership status, words of wisdom from
our president, rules trivia and even a chance for members to sound off to the
editor. This is your newsletter, so
subject to our editorial policy, we welcome your feedback and content for
future publications.
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.
Unique & Challenging Layout That
Will Please Every Golfer
Situated on
the picturesque hillside of the Pleasanton
ridgeland, Callippe Preserve Golf Course opened November 11, 2005.
Providing exceptional views of Mount
Diablo and numerous
oak woodlands, Callippe Preserve offers 18 holes of small ridge terrain and
bountiful amounts of wildlife habitat areas. There are five sets of
tees on this par 72, with the black tees playing at 6,748. The blue tees
measure at 6,409, then the white tees at 6,024 yards, the gold
tees at 5,560, and the red at 4,788 yards.
Directions to Callippe Preserve
Highway 680 N
Exit
on Sunol Blvd.
Make a right onto Sunol Blvd.
Make a right on Sycamore Rd
Make your first Right onto Sycamore Rd.
Sycamore Rd. turns into Alisal Rd. Follow Alisal until you see
Callippe Preserve on the Left
Make a left onto Westbridge Lane. Make a right on Clubhouse Dr.
Highway 680 S
Exit on Sunol Blvd.
Make your first left onto Sunol Blvd
Make a right onto Sycamore Rd.
Make your first right onto Sycamore Rd.
Sycamore Rd. turns into Alisal Rd. Follow Alisal until you
see Callippe Preserve on the left.
Make a left onto Westbridge
Lane. Make a right on Clubhouse
Dr.
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
Well folks, if
you didn't make it out to Silverado North on the 19th you missed a real
treat. Over the past several years the tournament seems to have some of
the best winter weather around. After a minor frost delay we were able to
get out on the course. Silverado did a great job of not scheduling early
Tee Times and they instituted a limited shot gun start so all was
good, thanks go to them. The usual gang was all there to enjoy
the day. There was a Ray Straka sighting, it was nice to have him back on
the course with a neck that was working. Naturally Ed Trotter was almost
late, something about a traffic accident on Hwy 680, Ed was last seen by a CHP
doing about 100 to make his Tee Time. It was a tough day on the course
for some of us. There must have been an evil greens keeper who seemed to
find every tough location on the greens. Putting was not made any easier
by the fact that the greens were lightning fast, go figure. All in all it
was a great day to be outside doing something you love to do. I hope to
see you all at the next event in February in Pleasanton. Bring a
friend and make them join the club.
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
Those of you
who play with me know I don’t know the rules of golf. So, if there is anyone who would like to
contribute and share their experiences with the rest of the club, please e-mail
me at Thomas.Weir@Oracle.Com.
Thanks,
Letters
to the Editor
Since this is
the first newsletter, you haven’t had a chance to utilize this section of the
paper. I’m looking forward to selecting
the more topical and insightful letters for inclusion. please e-mail me at Thomas.Weir@Oracle.Com.
Thanks,
