Opinion
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…
Berger’s undeniable intent was to create a golf course community. He had the golf course (now the west course) designed first, and then the housing layout around it. But is Oakmont now a golf course community? The answer to this question is a simple and emphatic NO. There is a community of golfers within Oakmont,…
The current (and future) residents of Oakmont Village and the golf courses around which the village was developed have deeply intertwined interests. Since Oakmont Village Association does not own the golf facilities, it shares a classic interdependent relationship with the Oakmont Golf Club: neither can simply walk away and neither can force the other to…
After months of spirited point and counterpoint argumentation, the debate surrounding the Golf Club issue has become predictable and repetitive. While most residents who post regularly take umbrage at the demand by the OGC for a hefty subsidy by the OVA, nobody has yet ventured to analyze or publish the true needs of the Golf…
PHOTO: Deferred maintenance at the ERC has left our facility partially barricaded for the past three years and Reserve Study costs escalating from $690,000 to $2 million This town hall was apparently not meant to address the question of whether or not OVA SHOULD fund OGC but instead HOW OVA should fund OGC. Director Kendrick…
Before I get into the topic, I’d like to make it clear that I am not necessarily opposed to OVA financial support for OGC, if a deliberate and thorough and ethical process is followed, in order to decide how to respond to the OGC request for help. My motivations and timing are explained in Appendix…
