tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130730942009-10-13T09:50:04.827-07:00San Luis Obispo County Golf & Wine Newsrichardnoreply@blogger.comBlogger475125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073094.post-34911216299729200772008-02-13T14:09:00.000-08:002008-02-13T14:18:50.699-08:00

Cal Poly's Delta Sigma Pi would like to invite you to participate in the 5th Annual SLO Tour Golf Tournament on April 26th, 2008 at the Monarch Dunes Golf Club in Nipomo, CA.The 1:00pm Shotgun Start tournament will benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo County and The Work Training Programs of San Luis Obispo.The Big Brothers Big Sisters is seeking to launch a second "High School

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John Hinds is a licensed Physical Therapist located on the Central Coast who is a lifelong golfer who specializes in Golf Conditioning, Injury Prevention and Orthopedic Rehabilitation. He is included among the Titleist Performance Institute's Approved Fitness Professionals.John utilizes his education in biomechanics, kinesiology, exercise physiology and knowledge of the game to design

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Rise and Achieve Golf TournamentSunday April 22nd, 2007 12:00 ShotgunBenefits scholarship funds.www.riseandachieve.com ESPN 2-Man Best Ball TournamentThursday April 26th, 2007 12:00 ShotgunGross/Net Prizes & Skins, etc ($3,000).www.espnradio1280.comCal Poly Wine Festival Golf ClassicFriday April 27th, 2007 10:30 ShotgunOn course contests, Box Lunch, and Dinner.www.calpolywinefestival.com/

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Area vintners and public officials are trying to capitalize on San Luis Obispo County's booming wine industry while they plan for more.Winery trade groups are taking steps to promote local wines and draw more tourists to area tasting rooms to increase sales. And city and county officials are making sure they're prepared to handle the growth, primarily by finding ways to reduce traffic

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Chalk Mountain, the county's 27-year-old golf course in Atascadero, is in such bad shape that it is losing golfers to other courses and may be on the road to closure, according to a new report.The county may have to get out of the golf course business altogether because of declining use and deteriorating income, warns the grim report prepared for the Board of Supervisors.The General Services

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San Luis Obispo's Dairy Creek Golf Course is throwing a birthday party Saturday to celebrate its 10th anniversary.The celebration will honor the more than 500,000 golfers who have played the course by rolling prices back to 1997 rates (50 percent off today's green fees).This will be a casual, fun day for golfers who have not played for awhile to come out and get acquainted with the course and

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Calling All Golfers! The 3rd Annual Young Life Golf Marathon is scheduled for Monday, May 21, 8am shotgun start, at the premier Blacklake Golf Course in Nipomo. Play 100 holes of golf, have lots of fun, and help raise money for Young Life in San Luis Obispo. It's easy! All you have to do is get 10 of your friends to sponsor you for $1 per hole to raise a tax-deductible $1,000 donation for SLO

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Members of the Monarch Dunes Men's Club and Tuesday Night Men's League now have a new website to view tournament news, schedules, results, and standings. Make sure join the Men's Club if you haven't already. Maybe you can win their first ever Club Championship!Website: www.monarchdunesgolfclub.orgTags: San Luis Obispo Central Coast Golf

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The first study on the wine industry's impact in San Luis Obispo County is out and it shows the region is at a tipping point in becoming a Napa or Sonoma Valley.The study found wine grape vines like these in San Luis Obispo County are generating more than one-and-a-half billion dollars for the local economy and if the industry plans correctly it could start to generate even more.The study

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The 4th Annual SLO Tour charity golf tournament will be held this year at Monarch Dunes Golf Course in Nipomo on April 28, 2007. The 1:00pm Shotgun Start tournament benefits the Maxine Lewis Memorial Shelter, part of the Economic Outreach Commission of San Luis Obispo County.Every night there are between 2,500 and 4,000 people in need of a place to sleep in San Luis Obispo County. The Maxine

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Residents of the eventual 1,320-home Woodlands development in Nipomo will soon have more amenities, thanks to the San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission's Thursday approval of a commercial center in the project.Developers of The Woodlands project were approved to develop a "village center," which includes 11 buildings totaling 124,000 square feet, providing space for 20 two-bedroom "

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The town of Solvang recently rolled out the red carpet for the opening of the Sideways wine bar, named after the Academy Award-winning film.Located about 1 hour south of San Luis Obispo, the Sideways wine bar - also referred to as Tastes of the Valleys - features wines from 15 central coast wineries. Acting as both a wine shop and a tasting bar, Tastes of the Valleys offers customers a chance to

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Business 2.0 magazine ranks the top 10 cities for buying property now. Experts say that while these locales may not be immune to the current housing malaise, eventually property values in these places, for a variety of reasons, are likely to zoom.Here's the list, along with the projected gain in home prices:1. Panama City, Fla.: 72 percent projected gain in home prices over five years. A new

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To help you discover what you're really made of, Golf Digest Magazine has identified 50 of the toughest courses in the country in it's March 2007 issue. These are courses that grab you by the collar on the first tee, slap you around for five hours, then reluctantly agree to let you limp your sorry carcass back into the clubhouse for resuscitation.Our own La Purisima Golf Course in Lompoc, CA was

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For the second time in two years, Golf Digest has given Cypress Ridge Golf Course a rating of 4.5 stars. That's the opinion the magazine received when it asked 20,000 golfers to rate 4,000 golf courses in North America and the Carribean based on its condition, pace of play, service, value and overall experience.Cypress Ridge is a Peter Jacobsen signature course and was designed by the former PGA

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One of the first tenants at the Court Street shopping center in downtown San Luis Obispo has moved out, making way for another local business to take its place.Straight Down Clothing Co., the San Luis Obispo-based golf and lifestyle apparel retailer, has moved out of 1020 Court St. to the former Bello's store at 886 Monterey St., where the company has been operating its outlet store for about a

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The Sports Authority will open its doors in downtown San Luis Obispo at the former Copeland Sports storefronts in mid-April with a grand opening expected in mid-May.A representative said Tuesday that the company - one of the nation's largest sports retailers - is now determining design issues of the storefront but noted, 'We want to continue with what the Copelands have done and match the

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The tiny hamlet of Santa Margarita could balloon into a new city that includes three places of worship, private golf courses, hundreds of homes, nine wineries, galleries, shops, a livestock yard and many other amenities, under a plan to be unveiled Thursday night in Santa Margarita.The county planning department and developer Santa Margarita Ranch LLC will release an environmental impact report

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The Mission Inn of Pismo Beach opens today.The $12 million, 120-unit hotel is located on the east side of Highway 101 at Fourth Street and James Way. The 5-acre bluff-top site overlooks the highway with many of its rooms and suites featuring ocean views.Designed by architect Steven Puglisi of San Luis Obispo, the 85,000-square-foot property has a cafe, lounge, business center, free wireless

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Join the Monarch Dunes Royal Rewards Club for one year and receive the following benefits:- Discounted green fee rates � up to 30% off- 2 hour early twilight- 6 "Member Only" tournaments per year- $14 cart rate (regular rate is $17)- Southern California Golf Association Membership- 1 dozen Titleist Pro V1 golf balls with course logo- SIGN UP2007 Premium Benefit Customer Award Program In 2007,

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Spend your Super Bowl Sunday at Monarch Dunes Golf Club for the 2007 Black, Gold and White Tournament and watch "The Big Game" on our 50" HD Plasma T.V. The Sunday, February 4th tournament is a 9 am Shotgun (8am check-in), Individual Stroke play. Fees include Green Fee, Cart Fee, Range and 2 sleeves NXT logo golf balls per player. Gross and Net Prizes will be awarded for 3 flights (0-10, 11-18,

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Bob Fagan at Golf Today Magazine selected Monarch Dunes among Southern California's Twenty Best Public Courses. The Central Coast's Sandpiper and La Purisima Golf Courses received an Honorable Mention. Monarch Dunes finds itself listed in pretty good company below.Trying to list the best of many wonderful public offerings is a difficult task, enough so Bob Fagan didn't even dare attempt to list

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Vintners and growers in the Paso Robles wine region are working on a proposal to create several AVAs within Paso Robles. Following the example set by Napa, part of the proposal is that in addition to the AVA, Paso Robles would be listed on every bottle. The development reflects the region's rapid growth and determination to work as a cohesive group, promoting the region and strengthening the

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The 2007 Time Lane Memorial Super Bowl Tournament takes place Sunday February 4, 2007 at Avila Beach Golf Resort. Entry fee is $110 per person and this years event is a 2 person one best ball of two. There will be (1) gross flight and (2) net flights and one 2 - person team champion per flight.Each tournament entry fee includes a chance to qualify for a shot at $1,000,000, Long Drive Contest,

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San Luis Obispo County's wine industry offered plenty to write about last year. Wineries here continue to grow and evolve - both in the North County and South County - and the region has received a lot of national attention, and it looks like that trend will continue into 2007.For 2006, The Tribune shares six stories that had the most impact on the industry in 2006. Here's the first story:1. Paso

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