Today is Wednesday, the start of the weekend for me. I woke up and immediatley headed to Dodger Stadium. Dodgers hosted the Colorado Cockies today. I hate the Rockies. Dodgers lost. Whatever, who cares this is a golf blog, but check the first photo out. Brad and I hit Verdugo after the game. Killer course, weird greens, weird distances, weird clientelle. All in all it was a weird day. He edged me out by .4 pts in the month of May. Today is first round for June. We tried to film every Birdie opt. Below is a lost of pics, and more importantly the videos. Today there were 3 chip-ins!!!! Lets recap:
Hole 1 - Brad Magers - Drives over the green into the flower bed behind the flag. According to local rules he gets a free drop. After the drop Birdie Brad CHIPS IN FOR BIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 20 yds MONEY.
Hole 7 - CasPAR - Overshot the green on 7, had a 14 yd chip to the stick. I get it up, it lands, it starts to break left towards the pin. Brad, "Come on, get there". It starts to break even harder. The ball gets to the edge of the cup, and rests for a split second. Out of nowhere the ball stops and then drips right into the cup for Birdie. Think Tiger at Amen Corner. One of the best shots of my life.
Hole 8 - CasPAR - My birdie chip went about 2ft, I then re-chip'd for par and chip'd in for par. Killer to go back to back
Here are the pics and Videos to follow
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Hey, Casper, I enjoyed your post. I'm not a golfer but a couple of months ago I had the chance to walk the VHGC. It was part of a site tour for the Environmental Impact Report that is being done on the property. A developer wants to build a 229 unit housing development on the property. It would cover the entire footprint of the golf course and driving range...that's about 8 units per acre...we'll talking tons of asphalt, cement, and miniscule back yards. Plus the loss of the golf course altogether.
The community has been working for a multi-jurisdiction purchase of the property - LA City, LA County, Glendale & the Santa Monica Mtns Conservancy. The developer announced last year he is interested in selling. The search is on for the funds to buy it.
We learned recently that CA State Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes is sponsoring a bill - AB 212 - which will help the developer get the zoning he wants for the development and obviously push up the price that would have to be paid for the property.
If you'd like to find out more about the efforts to save the course, download a petition, find out who to contact, visit the http://www.savethegolfcourse.org website.
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