Posts by Yvonne Frauenfelder
The Sustainability Of The Oakmont Golf Courses
The financial situation of the Golf Club is nearing critical aspects, according to leadership sources. The OVA Board is prepared to financially support the OGC, consequently they are looking at ways and means to accomplish this desire. Among other possibilities, the purchase of land from the Golf Club has been considered. One parcel on Oak…
Read MoreOVA Board Strengthens Majority Rule With New Member
By naming Noel Lyons to the seat vacated by Greg Goodwin, the Board appointed a longtime resident with experience and institutional memory. Having served previously as a director, the new member was co-chair of the ad hoc Pickleball committee, promoting the development of playing courts on the vacant lot behind the Berger Center and Central…
Read MoreOakmont’s March Toward Exclusivity
In 1963 H.N. Berger bought 1,527 acres of land near Annadel from rancher Joe Coney. What had been a hop yard was to become a retirement village, a concept that had caught on across America. Berger, a developer from Sacramento, knew what he wanted to offer the public. There were single family homes, duplexes, triplexes…
Read MoreOVA to Become a Partner of OGC?
It has been 10 months since the Kenwood Press reported on a town hall meeting, held November 12, 2017 at the East Recreation Center. The assembly was a joint effort by the Oakmont Golf Club and the OVA. The ostensible reason for the occasion was to explain to the residents of the village that the…
Read MoreIn a Nutshell
From the very beginning the Oakmont Golf Club has insisted that two 18 hole golf courses were non-negotiable. This assertion is being made against the backdrop of national consolidation of golf operations, diminishing rounds played by boomers and a future dependent on millennials whose inclinations are not generally pro golf. We understand that negotiations are…
Read MoreA ‘Vital Threat to Oakmont,’ a Decade in the Making
This statistic shows the number of participants in golf in the United States from 2006 to 2016. In 2016, the number of participants (aged six years and older) in golf amounted to approximately 23.82 million This article I wrote in 2005 describing the challenges facing the Oakmont Golf Club, reads almost as if written today.…
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