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…
September 2018 By Bruce Meadows What are your favorites… We have gotten an increasing number of responses to our “favorite’s list” but would love to see a few more. In a recent GOLF 707, I asked for your thoughts on a number of golf-related things, such as “best course,” “best pro,” etc. You…
By Bruce Meadows August 2018 Yes, Oakmont is open to the public ! When Greg Anderson took over recently as general manager and (for now) head golf pro at Oakmont GC’s 36-hole complex in east Santa Rosa, he realized that while most people were aware the Oakmont courses and dining facilities were…
By Bruce Meadows Schmuhl headed for another PGA Windsor GC head pro Jason Schmuhl rallied to survive qualifying for the 2018 PGA Championship next month with a fourth-place finish at the PGA National Club Pro Championship at the Bayonet Course in Seaside. “It was a great week,” said Schmuhl. “I started off slow shooting, 76 the first round…
By Bruce Meadows Familiar face comes to Oakmont Greg Anderson has made a lot of stops in his golfing career, and he’s hoping his latest move will be another good one. Anderson, a 1978 Cardinal Newman grad, has taken over as general manager and head golf pro at Oakmont GC, which features a…
Angle of Approach By: Jeff Woodworth Piner High School’s Boys Varsity Golf finished with a winning record for the first time in 20 years. With 7 student athletes on the roster, the Prospectors’ completed a 6-4 season before coming up short in the SCL Championship tournament. The reason for their success lies with Head Coach…
By Bruce Meadows What do you expect of a teaching pro? A few readers felt I was a little tough on pro golf instructors in my last GOLF 707. I’ll admit that by far most of those pros I’ve seen teaching are first-rate, quality instructors, worth the price of lessons, although I…