By Bruce Meadows FEBRUARY 2019 We’ve got a tip for you . . . I recently emailed a request to golf pros and a few amateurs to send me golf tips they think might be of value to players searching for ways to improve their games, lower their scores, or as…
By Bruce Meadows Gone but not forgotten . . . Beulah McCaffrey We lost a few golfing friends recently. Beulah McCaffrey, a true legend at Healdsburg’s Tayman Park Golf Course, passed away at her home on Christmas Eve at age 97. Thanks to the Press…
BY BRUCE MEADOWS January 2019 THE BOYS OF BV… It’s not uncommon for golf course employees to come and go on a fairly regularly basis. Then there’s Bennett Valley GC. “They must be happy here,” is the simple explanation of longtime head pro and golf director Bob Borowicz when he talks about the hard-core…
By Bruce Meadows It’s that time of year again . . . Where did 2018 go? Doesn’t seem that long ago we were making New Year’s resolutions – some about our golf game – and here it is time to do it, or at least think about doing it, all over again. It’s also time…
Results from the Championship Flight, Seniors and Handicap/Net Divisions Senior Divison: Championship Flight: Handicap/ Net Division:
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS ON SUNDAY, Oct. 28, 2018 : Steven Warne teeing off on number 10 at Bennett Valley. Warne carded a 65 on Saturday at Oakmont to hold the lead heading into Sunday. Warne with an approach at 18. Travis Peterson leading by one stoke. Warne trying to reach in…
By Bruce Meadows October 2018 5,245 courses and he’s not done yet . . . Santa Rosan John Lienart, an admitted “golf junkie,” comes to Fairgrounds GC pro shop and other shops in the area often to dig through barrels of $1 balls, looking for logo balls from other courses. John took up golf…
OCTOBER 2018: By Bruce Meadows Dax could use your help Windsor Golf Club is hosting a special event for a special young man on Nov. 10. “Dollars for Dax” is a night golf tournament to benefit Dax Cohen, a 3-year-old Windsor boy recently diagnosed with leukemia, and his family, Matt and…
By Bruce Meadows SSU Alumni tournament in October The annual Sonoma State Golf Alumni/Scholarship Tournament is coming up Oct. 1 at Sonoma Golf Club. It’s not just a good cause, it’s also a chance for golfers to play an exclusive and historic private course that is one of the best in Northern…
By Bruce Meadows September 5, 2018 SR City Championships in October The Santa Rosa City Championships are scheduled Oct. 27 and 28 at Bennett Valley and Oakmont golf courses. Format is stroke play over 36 holes and this is an NCGA point event. The number of flights will be determined by the…