June 20, 2019 Armstrong New GM at Poppy Ridge Brett Armstrong has been named the new general manager at Poppy Ridge Golf Course. He has maintained a strong presence within the Northern California golf community and region for the past 15 years. A PGA Class “A” professional with substantial golf and hospitality experience, Armstrong…
June 18, 2019 Lupe Orozco Named Poppy Hills GC Superintendent Former Poppy Hills GC First Assistant Golf Course Superintendent Lupe Orozco was promoted to Golf Course Superintendent as of June 1. Orozco has been a Poppy Hills employee for 21 years, having started in 1998 as a busboy in the restaurant. The now 39-year-old earned…
June 16, 2019 2018 U.S. Am Champ Hovland Claims Low Am Over Wu There are few events in a person’s life that can top graduating from college, especially if your college is a top university like Stanford. If you are going to miss your college graduation ceremony to participate in another event, it had better…
June 15, 2019 Stanford Alum Brandon Wu Chasing Low Am Honors at U.S. Open By Gary McCormick When it’s moving day at the U.S. Open and you’re leading, you hope to be able to extend, or at least retain your lead; you certainly don’t want to slide back and let your opponents catch up or…
June 14, 2019 Three NorCal Golfers Make Cut at U.S. Open By Gary McCormick Friday at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach saw some hopes dashed and some dreams realized. Among NorCal players, San Jose’s Joseph Bramlett, amateur Noah Norton of Chico (2017 Cal State Amateur runner-up), and Fremont’s Hayden Shieh will be watching the…
June 13, 2019 Scenes from the U.S. Open: First Round
June 13, 2019 Stanford Grad Wu Fires 71 at U.S. Open Brandon Wu has big plans this weekend. The 22-year-old is scheduled to graduate from Stanford University. But if his play Thursday at the U.S. Open is any indication, he may be walking the fairways of Pebble Beach Golf Links instead. Wu shot an…
June 13, 2019 NCGA Alum Bryson DeChambeau Starts Solid at Pebble By Gary McCormick Clovis native Bryson DeChambeau has been increasingly featured in conversations when the subject of golf’s major tournaments comes up. With five career wins, three of them coming in a stretch of five tournaments in 2018/2019, the 2015 U.S. Amateur champion and…
June 13, 2019 JTNC Alum Noah Norton at the U.S. Open It didn’t go exactly the way he wanted it to. Still, Junior Tour of Northern California alum Noah Norton was doing something over 9,000 players had hoped to do—play in this week’s U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Norton, a native of Chico,…
June 12, 2019 Legendary Pairing By Jerry Stewart Legend Jack Nicklaus sitting for a one-on-one interview is one thing. Nicklaus being interviewed by another legend is an entirely different thing. The stars collided Wednesday, as longtime award-winning CBS broadcaster Jim Nantz and Nicklaus got together for a one-on-one interview in front of an audience of…