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Stars Aligning at Poppy Hills I
t’s still a bit early, but the stars are already aligning for the 2016 Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble
Beach and Poppy Hills. Among the pros who have already confirmed for
the annual Champions Tour event, slated for Sept. 13- 18, are two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer, crowd favorite John Daly and 2014 First Tee Open champion John Cook. Langer hasn’t played in the event since 2013 so
he’ll be playing the new Poppy Hills for the first time. Ditto the dapper Daly, who turned 50 in April. One of the most unique events in golf, the First
12 Another USGA Champ for NorCal
13 New SJSU Golf Complex
Tee Open features members of the Champions Tour playing side-by-side with some of the best juniors in the nation. The week’s festivities will also include NCGA Hall
of Fame Night, to be held Thursday of tournament week at Poppy Hills. 2016 inductees are Hall of Famer Tom Watson, The First Tee CEO Joe Louis Barrow Jr., women’s golf pioneer Helen Lengfeld, amateur great Charles Seaver and former NCGA president Derrell Biddy (Distinguished Service Award). For more info, visit
ncga.org/hall-of-fame-night. –J.S.
14 Bunker Renovation at The Olympic Club
15 18 Holes with Bing
16 Pasatiempo’s Water Deal
17 MPCC’s New Dunes Course
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