Lack of spectators – or the weather?
Tournament officials announced that Wednesday’s practice rounds at Pebble Beach Golf Course will be closed to the public.
“The safety of our fans is our top priority, and tomorrow’s predicted weather conditions make it challenging to proceed. We understand that this may be disappointing news, and we share in your frustration,” the tournament said in a statement.
Winter storms, power outages, cancellations and an early end to the “golf world gravitas”.
“It seems the organizers are trading a little bit of the levity for a big increase in golf world gravitas,” said O’Keefe. “Making it a bigger and more serious golf world event. That will only benefit Pebble Beach and Monterey County’s tourism economy in the long run.”
O’Keefe explained that the new format should have a two-tier benefit starting with the broadening of the audience of serious golf fans who will attend, and secondly, the broadening of the broadcast audience with fans tuning in from the across the country and around the globe. He sees the tournament as “a gorgeous postcard of Monterey County broadcast” on all kinds of screens around the world.
All the media says it will be better than ever. Why? “More prestige and money”. Eagerly awaiting the reports. If it flops they will blame the weather.
While some might bemoan the loss of celebrity antics and the off-course activities and parties, Nantz said the changes will help ensure the tournament’s future.
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What happens in Pebble Beach does not necessarily stay in Pebble Beach.
According to Monterey County Sheriff’s investigators, David Walter Osborne, now 49, flew on a private jet with a couple of “high-profile friends” for a weekend of golf at Pebble Beach, where they shared some rooms at the lodge, and on May 7, 2019, he sexually assaulted two women.
“Based on facts and circumstances of this case, the risk of a jury trial, the defendant’s acceptance of responsibility, and after numerous conversations with Jane Doe about her preferences and desires, we believe this is a just resolution in this case,” Nassoura said at the time. Osborne will also have to pay restitution to the victim, and Vazquez is set to determine the amount at an Oct. 6 hearing, when he will also provide proof he has relinquished his guns.
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Wine tasting, concerts and a farmers market lining up to plant commerce on the grass instead of whacking balls with clubs.
For the second year in a row, the California Coastal Commission has given Pacific Grove the OK to hold a high end automobile auction on the 18th Hole of the city’s golf course — one of many events that city manager Ben Harvey announced P.G. is planning to pursue at the scenic location.
. . . We’re doing improvements to a recreation zone.
All to bring a car auction circus to the golf course. Will Morrie Fisher get free admission?
City Council unanimously authorized City Manager Ben Harvey to enter into a five-year agreement with Worldwide Auctioneers for the annual car auction special event to take place on the 18th fairway during Classic Car Week in August.
In doing so, council members also approved proposed changes to the golf course’s 18th hole designed to accommodate the auction event, which displays more than 60 vintage automobiles ranging in price from $50,000 to $2 million. Specifically, the improvements would involve leveling a portion of the hole, which includes grading and filling, cart path realignment and the installation of a pedestrian walkway along Asilomar Boulevard.
Ball Blocker Is Baloney, they say!
Residents in Pacific Grove are not happy about a new net planned for the golf course, saying it will block their view of the bay.
The planned net would be more than 30 feet high and 320 feet long. But nearby neighbors hope the city will at least consider putting a smaller net in.
“They claim that netting is 35 feet is a standard. That’s baloney. It’s not a standard,” Sanford Cohen said.
Cohen and Richard Stillwell live on Jewel Avenue.
“See the top of those poles? I can’t even see the mountains over there,” said Stillwell, pointing across the bay.
Better carry a 12 gauge next to your six iron.
Deputies said Aurelio Camilo Bautista, 18, from Greenfield and a 15-year-old boy, demanded money from two golfers from Rocklin, CA and two from Los Altos Hills, CA.
During the confrontation, one of the victims fought with the suspects and ended up with a cut on his ear. Deputies said a golf range finder was taken from another victim. One victim reported seeing a knife in the waistband of on of the suspects, but deputies said a knife was never found.
The hard stuff’s on the way to save us. Why is tax revenue always brought up when someone wants something?
Point Pinos Grill operates inside a building owned by the city of Pacific Grove. Earlier this year, the restaurant operator said he applied for a full liquor license and hit a snag when the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control realized the use permit didn’t allow for the switch from just beer and wine to include hard alcohol.
Now the majority of city leaders said they’re willing to make the change, because it’s a restaurant just like any other in the city.“The more revenue we have the more sales tax we collect and one again the more money that goes to (the city) and more people we employ, locally, who live locally and then spend their paycheck a locally,” said Point Pinos Grill operator Dory Ford.