From the Archives
A Look Back 1984
• The Association
prepares to begin construction of Poppy Hills, 10 years after the first funds to acquire the land
were allocated. •
The Bluebook has an article entitled, “So You Want to Build a Golf Course,” detailing the stories of frustration many Northern Cali- fornia courses experience in their development/construction phase.
1993 •
The NCGA enters an agree- ment to develop a public golf facility near Livermore. Even at this early stage in its
development, the course’s 27-hole routing and name, Poppy Ridge, are already determined. •
The installation of computers is completed at every NCGA golf course, allowing members to post their score where they play. The Association announces a raise in its dues for the first time in 10 years, from $15 to $20 in 1994. The Poppy Hills clubhouse design
• •
receives an award for design excellence from the American Institute of Architecture.
The Association begins requiring all club handicap chairmen to be certified in an effort to curb sandbagging.
2002 •
Also, a strict pace-of-play policy is instituted for all NCGA tournaments. •
Matt Bettencourt of Modesto wins the first of two straight Player of the Year awards. Bettencourt would win the PGA Tour’s Reno-Tahoe Open nine years hence.
Johnny Miller poses with Brigham Young Head Golf Coach Karl Tucker after Miller and his team captured the 1968 Western Intercollegiate Championship at Pasatiempo.
PHOTO: DICK VESTER
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