Posts Tagged ‘Oakmont Golf Club’
In 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 MoreIs Oakmont a Golf Course Community?
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,…
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.…
Read More$1.48 Million to Purchase Open Space Easement from Oakmont Neighbor
Eight years ago, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved a purchase deal that puts strict and permanent development restrictions on 165-acres located across from Oakmont. The final $1.48 million purchase price was a 10% discount over the appraised $1.63 million value for the six prime Sonoma Valley home sites. The money to pay for…
Read MoreAn Oakmont Natural Park Created by Volunteers
While someone might buy the Oakmont golf course property, one has to doubt that it has much value or could even be developed given it is zoned open space. Changing the zoning is difficult and given that Oakmonters vote in the VERY high percentages, our objections would probably kill any such effort. What does the scenario…
Read MoreTHE OVA and GOLF: Refocusing the Negotiation, Reframing the Relationship
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…
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