Posts Tagged ‘OGC’
OVA Membership Launches GoFundMe Campaign
8/14/18 Update: Oakmont Alliance announces $6,090 raised (Umpqua Fund & GoFundMe,) and has increased its funding goal from $5,000 to $10,000. An Umpqua bank account set up last month is accepting checks and cash contributions: Oakmont Alliance, c/o Umpqua Bank, 6641 Oakmont Dr, Santa Rosa, CA 95409. A recently launched GoFundMe campaign is seeking OVA member contributions for the purpose…
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 MoreOGC Drainage Issue: Drilling Deeper
To continue our exploration of the drainage issues raised by the Oakmont Golf Club (OGC), we should cover a few topics that were not addressed in the previous article. It should be noted that OVA Board Vice President Tom Kendrick (and board designee on the golf course issue) made several comments at the July 10…
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 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.…
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