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Runaway US Open Service Cart Sends Five To Hospital

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Never leave the power switch on when parking.

The collision occurred at 10:15 a.m. on the 16th Fairway of the Pebble Beach Golf Links when a vendor was making deliveries on a cart loaded with boxes while the course was packed with tens of thousands of spectators.
“The vendor parked and walked away from the golf cart,” Madueño said, at which point a box on the front seat  tumbled onto the floor, landing on the accelerator.
Unoccupied and out of control, the cart traveled straight for a stretch and then turned, striking several people.

Runaway US Open Service Cart Sends Five To Hospital

U.S. Open Looks To Have Been A Success For P.G.

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Moe missed it with his gloomy outlook back on June 13.

Still, I saw bigger crowds on Memorial Day.

At Lattitudes restaurant in Pacific Grove, “We had our best week in history,” said owner Tene Shake. People walked to the restaurant from nearby hotels, some with reservations, some not.

Unlike 2000, the tournament went into the early evening this year to accommodate an East Coast prime time TV audience. That meant diners were coming in later, Shake said; even at 11:30 p.m., Lattitudes was still half-full.

The fact that busing to Pebble Beach was provided by the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce was a key factor, Shake said.

U.S. Open Looks To Have Been A Success For PG

Monterey Optimistic About US Open Tourists

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Unlike the dreary picture painted by Moe Ammar, things are more upbeat across the border.

Although getting reservations was a bit challenging this time around, for a local restaurant it was more challenging back in 2000.

“We were not even half as busy with our reservations as we are this year in 2010, big increase in reservations,” said Joanne Marshall, manager at Fish Hopper.

“Of course its helping our staff, we have extra staff so it’s really helping us all around and bringing our folks out to Cannery Row to see what we have out here,” said Marshall.

Monterey Optimistic About US Open Tourists

Moe Predicts A Bad US Open Windfall

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Moe blathers from his butt about this month’s “greatest thin that could happen”. Pacific Grove could have more revenues if they’d bring in what people want when they are visiting.

Moe Ammar believes the U.S. Open will be “the greatest thing that could happen” to the local economy.

But Ammar, president of the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce, is the first to admit that this year’s U.S. Open won’t be as lucrative as 2000, the last time the tournament came to Pebble Beach.

While many hotel rooms on the Peninsula were reserved long ago for U.S. Open week, there are rooms to be had with tournament play just four days away.

Ammar’s survey last week showed Pacific Grove’s 28 hotels and motels are 81 percent booked for the U.S. Open — down from 96 percent a week before the 2000 tournament.

Moe Predicts A Bad US Open Windfall

Another Chapter In “What The Heck Is Moe Ammar Talking About?

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Article from KSBW about cities preparing for the rush of U.S. Open tourists.

In Pacific Grove, Moe Ammar said that businesses will stay open longer because of the U.S. Open.

“Typically, a lot of the stores in Pacific Grove would close at 5 to 5:30 p.m.,” Ammar said. “For the Open, they will stay open until 9 p.m., which is really great.”

Speak for yourself you clueless fool. Maybe the wine galleries, second hand clothing and rusty garden decor shops close at 5, but there is more to P.G. than them.

Another Chapter In “What The Heck Is Moe Ammar Talking About?

$35 US Open Tee Shirts – Let The Fleecing Begin

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132,000 hats @ $34 ea. 4.8 million in hats, sheeshe.

The tent is situated so that “all 37,500 (attendees per day) have to walk past our front door,” Muscutt said with a smile.

Among the shoppers early Thursday was Don Pate, who came from Stockton with his wife, Mary Lou, to look at the merchandise before making a few other stops on the Central Coast.

Another early shopper was Kendall Matous of Pebble Beach, who works for the Northern California Golf Association. She paid $200 for “a jacket for myself and a red polo for my father.”

Looks Like No Trolley Buses From P.G. For US Open

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Take the Cannery Row shuttle bus. $20 per person, free parking in the parking garage a block from Cannery Row.

One of these would have been cool:

Mini Monarch Ani

Pacific Grove officials hoped to see a Monterey-Salinas Transit trolley bus rolling through downtown in time for the U.S. Open.

The trolley was meant to showcase the town’s history and to tourist attractions.

But the plan will have to be on hold, said City Manager Thomas Frutchey, due to a shortage of the trolleys.

Looks Like No Trolley Buses From P.G. For US Open