By Bruce Meadows APRIL 2026 Lenny does it again In 2006, former Santa Rosa JC football coach Lenny Wagner scored his first hole-in-one, acing the 13th hole at Foxtail. Years went by with Lenny coming close to duplicating the feat, but he couldn’t pull it off, noting “I’ve…
BY BRUCE MEADOWS FEBRUARY 2026 Sea Ranch Alive and Well . . . If you’ve ever played golf at Sea Ranch, you definitely have memories of a very unique place. Depending on how you played, maybe not great golf memories, but it’s hard to get this special destination out of…
By BRUCE MEADOWS OCTOBER 2025 Fall golf brings new challenges Looking for golf tips for fall to keep your game sharp as the weather cools down? Here are a few I found online. As the leaves change and the air gets crisper, many golfers are eager to continue their…
By BRUCE MEADOWS JULY 2025 Dogs on the golf course . . . Most golf courses have doglegs . . . but how many courses allow dogs on their golf course??? And what are the rules??? The question came up the other day at Fairgrounds GC,…
By BRUCE MEADOWS MARCH 2025 You’re ready . . . are your clubs??? As the weather starts to get warmer – and drier – you will no doubt be getting out to the golf course or driving range more often. There are always a lot of things to…
By BRUCE MEADOWS AUGUST 2024 How old is your course ??? There is a relatively understandable preoccupation with being the biggest, the strongest, the tallest . . . the smartest, etc. And to a certain degree, being the oldest . . . and that can apply to…
By BRUCE MEADOWS JUNE 2024 Next stop: Rhode Island Windsor Golf Club’s Director of Golf Jason Schmuhl has competed in a lot of tournaments over the years, as a standout high school player, a successful collegian and then on to the pro ranks. But at the end of June,…
By BRUCE MEADOWS JANUARY 2024 SC Amateur coming up . . . The Sonoma County Amateur Golf Tournament may seem like a long way off on the calendar, but it’s really not that far away. Foxtail will again host the Sonoma County Amateur The annual event…
By BRUCE MEADOWS NOVEMBER 2023 “New’ BV is looking good . . . Call it “coming full circle,” or maybe just “coming home.” But for Greg Anderson, it seems like just the right fit at the right time for him at Santa Rosa’s Bennett…
By BRUCE MEADOWS NOVEMBER 2023 Where to lose – or save – strokes What is the toughest shot for you? For some, it’s the driver . . . trying your best to keep it in the short grass or at least out-of-bounds. Not to mention hitting…