PICTURESQUE SETTING FOR A BARGAIN PRICE.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer BEAUMONT - Five years after its opening, the PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Golf Club, home to the largest of 41 national PGA sections, is helping golfers beat the cost of inflation - at least for the month of July. To celebrate its first five years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time club will treat visitors to anniversary cake Friday and offer same-day replays for $5 per player throughout July. The promotion allows golfers to play the Champions and Legends courses on the same day or play either twice. Reservations for both should be made in advance. For seniors (age 55 and over) playing on a weekday, that month-long anniversary-celebration rate translates to two rounds on championship courses for $50 per golfer. The two-round weekday cost for nonseniors is $60 during the anniversary offer. PGA of Southern California offers two maturing, meandering courses that feature large, undulating greens, large bunkers, plenty of wind and water and an abundance of wilderness that contributes to spectacular early-morning and late-afternoon vistas. Golfers also will see lots of new housing on the course's north side, reflective of a population boom in Beaumont, which has grown from 10,000 to 21,000 in the five years since PGA of Southern California Golf Club opened. Names of the courses' holes also have been changed to honor former champions and legends of the PGA of America. The Legends course will honor past U.S. (front nine) and European (back nine) Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Biennial team golf event first held in 1927. It was originally played between teams of golfers from the U.S. and Britain; since 1979 players opposing the U.S. have been chosen from all of Europe. The trophy was donated by the British seed merchant Samuel Ryder. notables, among them eight-time U.S. team member Billy Casper
William Earl "Billy" Casper (born June 24, 1931) is an American golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid 1950s to the and Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo Nicholas "Nick" Alexander Faldo MBE (born 18 July 1957) is an English golfer on the European Tour, and one of Europe's most successful players of all time. Over his career, he has won three Open Championship titles and three US Masters titles. He was ranked the World No. and Bernhard Langer Bernhard Langer (born August 27, 1957) is a German professional golfer. Life and work Langer was born in Anhausen near Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. He turned professional in 1976 and has won many events in Europe and the United States, among them The Masters in 1985 and , whose combined 64 victories over the span of 11 Ryder Cups sparked a European resurgence in the event. Past winners of the PGA Championship The PGA Championship (often referred to as the U.S. PGA Championship outside of North America) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. , such as record six-time titlist ti·tlist n. The holder of a competitive title; a champion: a chess titlist. titlist a champion or one who holds a title. See also: Athletics Jack Nicklaus and Jerry Barber, the late Griffith Park pro whose putting prowess helped him win in 1961, are among those honored on the Champions course. Barber, who made putts of 20, 40 and 60 feet in a birdie-par-birdie finish to his final-round 67 at the '61 PGA Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club Olympia Fields Country Club is a prestigious golf club in Olympia Fields, Illinois, which is a suburb of Chicago about twenty five miles south of The Loop. It is a private club with two eighteen hole courses, the North and the South. near Chicago, then defeated Don January in a playoff, is one of five SCPGA professionals to win that major. Others are Olin Dutra (1932), Paul Runyon (1934, '38), Al Geiberger (1966) and Dave Stockton (1970, '76). The PGA of Southern California Golf Club, built for its membership and Southern California amateurs but also to attract top tournaments, will be the site of Champions Tour regional and Final Stage qualifying school this year, both in November. Next month, area golfers can test their skills on the same courses and help celebrate an anniversary at a bargain rate. PGA OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Destination: Beaumont. Vital stats: Champions course - par 72, yardage yard·age 1 n. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. 2. Cloth sold by the yard. Noun 1. 7,377 to 5,948 with five sets of tees; 76.5 rating and 141 slope from back tees and 68.5/117 from front tees. Legends course - par 72, yardage 7,442 to 5,871 with five sets of tees; 76.6 rating and 144 slope from back tees and 65.5/115 from front tees. Women's course ratings/slope - 77.9/145 from back tees (6,358 yards, par 72), 75.0/135 from middle (5,871 yards, par 72) and 70.9/130 from front (5,169, par 72). Rates: Monday-Friday $55 ($45 ages 55-over) and $40 twilight (call course for current twilight start time). Weekends and holidays $75 ($45 ages 55-over before 8 a.m. or after 11 a.m.) and $55 twilight. Access: Open to public. Phone: (877) PGA-2500. Head pro: Russ Onizuka. General manager Buck Page. Course architects: Lee Schmidt/Brian Curley. Notable: In honor of club's five-year anniversary, the same-day replay rate will be $5 in July, allowing golfers to play the Champions and Legends courses or either one twice. Both reservations can be made in advance. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: The PGA of Southern California Golf Club has an abundance of wilderness that contributes to spectacular views. Photo courtesy of the PGA of Southern California Box: PGA OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (see text) |
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