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| Local golf courses drying out after rain Posted: 27 Dec 2010 04:51 PM PST Originally published December 27, 2010 at 4:43 p.m., updated December 27, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.  Ed Zieralski Last week's rains forced the closure of Carlton Oaks Golf Course until Jan. 3. Last week at the height of the rainstorms, some golf courses that border creeks and rivers in San Diego County had some unusual players and items play through. At least one course, Carlton Oaks, was forced to close and remain closed, potentially until Jan. 3. Another, San Luis Rey Downs in Bonsall was closed, but now has reopened. Others were lucky and escaped the storm's wrath. At San Luis Rey Downs, golf pro Greg Milligan said the course will reopen Tuesday after being closed for 10 days. He said at the height of the rains his staff had to chase off some kids who were riding a giant raft down the San Luis Rey River, right past the pro shop. "The river went over the bank, and we had a lot of wet spots on the course," Milligan said. "It cost us because this is the time of year a lot of people like to play. We don't know if we can make that up, but at least we're going to get going again." Milligan said the course's rain gauge recorded over 9 inches of rain. It is downstream from Palomar Mountain, which received over 15 inches of rain during the series of storms. San Luis Rey Downs suspended its holiday rate this week and will charge its normal weekday green fee of $44 with a cart, and $30 with a cart after 11 a.m. If you live upstream on the San Diego River, and you're missing a Shop-Vac, the folks at Riverwalk Golf Course know where it is. Sometime during last week's deluge, a Shop-Vac floated downstream and became wedged near the fence line on the fourth hole of the Presidio nine. "That certainly was the most unique thing we found, but we also found a lot of plastic bottles, oil cans, oil filters, just a lot of trash that people throw out along the river and then washes downstream," Riverwalk general manager Monica Davis said. "Maybe we can use the Shop-Vac to clean up around here." Davis said when the San Diego River crested, Riverwalk's parking lot was under 3 feet of water. That killed both the course's golf business and any chance the pro shop might have had to sell some Christmas gifts. "We lost golfers and the last-minute shoppers," Davis said. She said the course's grass and greens are recovering nicely from the flooding. "We're going in and sprucing things up, and we may have to add fertilizer and sod in places, but the grass is fine and the greens are great," Davis said. "We have two beautiful bridges, and both of them are fine because they were above the water line." Amazingly, the river receded quickly, and the course now has 18 holes open – the Mission and Friars nines, with the Presidio nine remaining closed for more clean-up. Davis hopes to lure Holiday Bowl visitors and holiday golfers this week by extending the course's well-publicized 9-hole special of $19.99 and 18-hole rates of $99 for visitors and $69 for residents. Farther upstream from Riverwalk, the Carlton Oaks Golf Course was clobbered by the storm and cresting San Diego River. The course remains closed until Jan. 3 as maintenance crews work to clean up and restore the 18-hole course. "We had a stream of water from the 18th hole (below the clubhouse) to the river," head golf professional Jerry Dremel said. "We basically had a lake covering the entire property." The spillway from the pond that fronts the 18th green will need repaired. Water is cascading out and down to the San Diego River. The waste bunkers, like the ones lining the first and 10th holes, still have water in them and are being pumped out by crewmen. Right now they're filled with golf balls that washed out of the pond and playgrounds for coots, egrets and herons, the latter two looking for small fish trapped in the water left behind. "We had a little bit of damage, but the greens are good, the course is greener than ever, and we'll try and get it open for nine holes on Dec. 31. Otherwise, we'll be open for all 18 on Jan. 3." Dremel said the range is open now, and once the course opens, he's going to offer special rates of $35 with a cart during the week and $55 with a cart on weekends. Elsewhere in the county, Eagle Crest Golf Club on Old Ranch Road in Escondido had some fairways under water when the creek that runs through the course overflowed its bank. It's cart paths only at Eagle Crest, but it's open for business. At Salt Creek Golf Club at the base of Mt. Miguel, the course was a bit soggy, according to golf pro Gary Matthews, but except for the heavy rain days, the course has remained open. Salt Creek isn't going with holiday green fee rates this week and is charging its normal rate of $59 for the public, $39 for Players Club members. At Barona Valley Creek Golf Course, Don King, executive director of golf, said the course's reservoirs are full, but the course has drained well. He said there was no loss of play, other than the days when it was raining heavily. At La Costa Resort and Spa, the golf course took its usual hit from the creek overflowing below the resort, but both courses are open to play. "We lost one day, but that was mostly for clean-up," said Jeff Larsen, the first assistant pro. "We're a bit soggy because we're at the bottom of the valley here and collect a lot of water. But we're recovering. We opened the driving range for the first time today to limited use." At Maderas Golf Club, hard by the Blue Sky Reserve and Lake Poway, the course withstood 7 inches of rain in six days, according to general manager Bill O'Brien. He said the course is open with no cart path restrictions. "The year was tough enough," O'Brien said. "But right now the course is in great shape. Our regular maintenance practices commenced on Thursday, the day after the deluge. And we have a full tee sheet." O'Brien praised the city engineers and course planners for developing the golf course in such a way as to prevent massive flooding. Sycamore and Thompson creeks converge southwest of the eighth hole, so there was the possibility of a disaster. The area was burned in the 2007 fires, but has come back green and lush. "We're so fortunate to have the setting we have," O'Brien said. "We're absolutely a testimony to the sound engineering and planning that went into the construction of our facilities and course. There was no damage from the storms." 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| weeks worth tweets dec 20 26 2010 | Golf Equipment | PGA.com Posted: 27 Dec 2010 03:42 PM PST Many prominent golf companies and pro tour players regularly take to Twitter to talk about their equipment and other aspects of their game. Here is a round-up of some of the most interesting golf-related Twitter entries from the week of Dec. 20-26, featuring Tiger Woods, Nicole Castrale, Justin Rose and more: December 26 Justin Rose @JustinRose99 "@matpacker: @JustinRose99 oooh shiny! Santa brought me Burner 2.0's" Sure the handicap will tumble with those! Good luck. JR Jane Park Brad Faxon Kyle Thompson Oliver Wilson December 25 Sarah Hurwitch Srixon Kyle Thompson Callaway Golf @Callaway Oooooh! RT @LouiseGBennett: @Callaway I believe in Santa he brought me this new bag in my favourite colour! Click here to see photo #golf @Callaway Cant wait for that scorecard RT @joeypatts: Just got new @Callaway x20s and a new bag....can't wait to go out and break 80 with these @Callaway Oh boy RT @peteeccles68: @Callaway my boy got his first mens driver FTI 11 degree reg as he loves mine problem now is he will out drive me @Callaway All dialed in! RT @dbobrtr: @Callaway Dad loves his new range finder! Gonna go try it out this afternoon. Click here to see photo Ian Poulter December 24 Zach Johnson December 23 Nike Golf Sofie Andersson @sofieandersson All I want for X-mas is for United to locate and deliver my lost luggage (incl golf clubs). Doesn't have to be through the chimney... Kyle Thompson Dewi Schreefel Kris Blanks_PGA Oliver Wilson December 22 Michelle Wie Kyle Thompson Titleist Louise Friberg Rickie Fowler Ping Golf December 21 @TigerWoods Cool shot one of the EA sports guys sent me Click here to see photo Cleveland Golf Kris Blanks_PGA FootJoy Ian Poulter Titleist Scott Stallings Stephanie Connelly Mark Wilson December 20 @krisblanks #26 on my bag is similar to having a number in basketball. I originally wanted 3 but that is DL3s so I wanted 13 but that was Jerry Kelly. @krisblanks Went with 26 cause it the birthday of my youngest birthday of my oldest times 2 (13th) and our wedding anniversary date. Kris Tamulis Stephanie Connelly @GolfinStephieC Another view, this is from the range lookin at the 2nd hole a par 3 over water Click here to see photo Julieta Granada Anna Nordqvist Nike Golf adidas Golf This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| YEARENDER-Golf-Young guns flourish in Chinese year of the Tiger Posted: 27 Dec 2010 06:03 PM PST (Repeats item first moved on Dec. 21) By Mark Lamport-Stokes LOS ANGELES, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Professional golf's tournament landscape shifted seismically in 2010 as several young guns and tour veterans made the most of a forgettable season for Tiger Woods. While Woods's fortunes plummeted on and off the course following the stunning revelations a year ago of his marital infidelities, twentysomethings such as Martin Kaymer, Louis Oosthuizen and Rory McIlroy prospered richly. Germany's Kaymer clinched his maiden major title in a two-way playoff for the U.S. PGA Championship in August, one month after South African Oosthuizen landed his first grand slam crown in the British Open at St. Andrews. Kaymer, who also triumphed at the Abu Dhabi Championship, the Dutch Open and the Dunhill Links event, ended a golden European Tour campaign by winning the cherished money-list crown on the final day of the season at the age of 25. McIlroy, regarded by Woods as a future world number one, gave fans a taste of his exciting potential with a stunning breakthrough victory on the PGA Tour at the Quail Hollow Championship where he closed with a course-record 62. With 19-year-old Japanese Ryo Ishikawa having already triumphed nine times on his home tour and Italian Matteo Manassero winning the European Tour's Castello Masters in October at the age of 17, golf's future looks very bright. "I've never in my tenure seen so much buzz and interest about rookies and young players creating exciting performances," PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said on a conference call while summing up the season. "Actually, it has led us to conclude that we really need to focus on that dynamic as we go into 2011." OLDER GUARD Not that the older guard were by any means forgotten during 2010. Phil Mickelson, aged 39, claimed his fourth major title at the Masters, fellow American Jim Furyk, at 40, was named Player of the Year by both the PGA of America and the PGA Tour and South African Ernie Els won twice on the U.S. circuit. In ranking terms, European Tour veteran Lee Westwood made the most of Woods's struggles during 2010—ironically the Chinese year of the Tiger. The Englishman, a supreme talent from tee to green, was rewarded for his remarkable consistency in golf's biggest events over the last two seasons when he replaced 14-times major champion Woods as world number one on Nov. 1. Woods had been the game's leading player for the previous 281 weeks, and a total of 623 in his career, before he was finally toppled by Westwood. "Getting to the top of the rankings isn't something you set out to do," Westwood said after becoming only the fourth player to become world number one without winning a major title. "With Tiger in his pomp, everybody kind of thought he was unattainable. But obviously people go through different things in their lives and form comes and goes." Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell also took advantage of Woods's woes, winning his first major title at the U.S. Open in June before ending a dream year with four victories overall. "With Tiger going through his troubles and whatnot, it's given the world a chance to view what golf might be like without Tiger," McDowell said before beating Woods in a playoff to win this month's Chevron World Challenge. "I think we see that golf is very healthy. We've got some really great, young talent coming through." WINNING POINT McDowell, who also secured the winning point for Europe at the Ryder Cup in Wales in October, had no doubt Woods would be back as a major force in 2011. "He's the greatest player that's ever lived," said the 31-year-old from Portrush who picked up three European Tour victories in 2010. "He's had a rough 12 months but I think his game is very close to being 100 percent back. "He looks mentally sharp. His short game is phenomenal. He's just a phenomenal player. I expect him to be back winning majors next year." Comfortably the best player of his generation and arguably of all time, Woods has not won anywhere in the world since the 2009 Australian Masters. With his divorce finalised in late August, he has shown signs in recent months of his once-dominant form and the hard work he has put in with Canadian swing coach Sean Foley since the U.S. PGA Championship now seems to be paying dividends. "I've played well in stretches, and now the stretches are lasting longer," Woods said after narrowly losing the playoff in the Chevron World Challenge, which he hosts. "I'm just really excited about this off-season, and I haven't been that way in a while." The women's professional game was rocked in late April by the news that Mexican world number one Lorena Ochoa had decided to quit competitive golf at the age of 28. Taiwan's Yani Tseng, who had already won that month's Kraft Nabisco Championship, went on to claim her third major crown with a tearful victory at the women's British Open at Royal Birkdale in August. The other two women's majors this year were both landed by Americans, Cristie Kerr sweeping to a record 12-stroke victory at the LPGA Championship in June before Paula Creamer eased to a four-shot triumph in the U.S. Women's Open in July. (Editing by Clare Fallon; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com) This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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