By BRUCE MEADOWS SEPTEMBER 2022 What’s old is new again . . . Many years ago, while perusing the merchandise at a local charity thrift store, I spotted a barrel of miscellaneous golf clubs priced at $5. I tend to think along the lines of “you never know if you don’t look,”…
By BRUCE MEADOWS SEPTEMBER 2022 First Tee comes to Foxtail GC . . . The First Tee program is being introduced at Foxtail with instructors Matt Anderson and Jason Schmuhl leading the way. A six-week has already started with another six-week class set for the beginning of…
By BRUCE MEADOWS AUGUST 2022 Good idea, but is it legal ? ? ? This happened quite a few years ago but it always stuck with me. I was playing golf with a good friend, a lefty. We both hit our drives on a par-4 hole,…
By BRUCE MEADOWS AUGUST 2022 More changes at BV . . . Bob Borowicz has been the face of golf at Bennett Valley GC for a long, long time, but things have changed. Touchstone Golf has taken over management of the 18-hole Santa Rosa course, which at one point was in…
JUNE 2022 By BRUCE MEADOWS New and old look at Bennett Valley Bennett Valley, the only true public, 18-hole golf course in Santa Rosa, has been in the news a lot lately. Will the course close in the future? Will it be reduced to 9 holes? Will the course be eliminated…
By BRUCE MEADOWS MAY 2022 Peterson claims County Golf title… Travis Peterson shot rounds of 71-69–140 to capture first place in the Championship Flight of the 2022 Sonoma County Open earlier this month at Foxtail Golf Course in Rohnert Park. Sonoma State senior Lexi Nielson claimed…
By BRUCE MEADOWS MAY 2022 Changes at Valley of the Moon There are some significant changes at Valley of the Moon Golf Club, as announced by General Manager Hilary Gruendle this past week. Head Pro Chapman Dundas will be moving to a new position as Director of Instruction. And Khiana Schmuhl…
By BRUCE MEADOWS April 2022 Hoff off to great start . . . Windsor’s Will Hoff, playing in his first AGJA tournament on his home turf, made an impressive showing recently. Hoff, a member of the Windsor High golf team, carded a 3-under-par 141, including…
MARCH 2022 BRUCE MEADOWS Don’t blow it in the wind . . . This is the time of year when wind can affect your game, for better but more often for worse. Received a note from the people at Gravity Golf with a few suggestions about what…
By BRUCE MEADOWS FEBRUARY 2022 Sonoma County Open coming up . . . The 2022 Sonoma County Open is not that far off, this year’s tournament scheduled May14-15 at Foxtail GC in Rohnert Park. Format will be 36-hole stroke play and there is something for everybody with…