TEE TOTALING; HOST OF GOLF OPPORTUNITIES ON THE WAY.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Daily News Staff Writer As bulldozers continue grading 400 acres in rural Sand Canyon for a two-course golf complex, the earthmovers are lining up at three more future golf courses planned in the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, area. With the approval Monday of the Valencia Westridge project and its PGA-approved golf course, the future was sealed for seven courses in a 12-mile radius. Too much? Not if you're a golfer, said Santa Clarita city planner Jason Smisko. Aside from the existing golf courses in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. - the private Valencia Country Club and the Vista Valencia executive course - plans are in the works for the Westridge Tournament Players Club Tournament Players Club (TPC) is a chain of American public and private golf clubs operated by the PGA Tour. Most of the courses either are or had been hosts for PGA Tour events, and even those that have never hosted an event on the main tour have frequently hosted events on the course, two courses at Hunter's Green in Sand Canyon, and courses in Castaic's Hasley Canyon and near a business park under construction at the junction of Golden State and the Foothill freeways. A demand does exist, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. city officials and marketing studies performed by The Newhall Land and Farming Company The Newhall Land and Farming Company is a land management company based in Valencia, California, United States. The company is responsible for the master community planning of Valencia, as well as the management of farm land elsewhere in the state. , which built the two Valencia courses and laid plans for the Westridge course. ``There is a market for a number of more golf courses in Santa Clarita, based on me trying to play on a Saturday,'' Smisko said. Golf is one of the most under-supplied sports in California ''For a list of professional sports teams in California, see List of professional sports teams in California. Olympic and other world-wide events California hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, as well as the 1994 , said Newhall Land spokeswoman Carol Maglione. What will prevent overkill overkill Vox populi An excess of anything , Smisko said, is the fact that the various courses existing and planned will feed different needs. The Valencia Country Club course is a members-only facility, and the Hunter's Green courses also will serve an elite clientele, Smisko said. Westridge will be sanctioned as a tournament course and the Hasley Canyon and Sylmar courses, like Vista Valencia, fill the standard recreation need. The Cascades, planned for about 5 miles south of Santa Clarita, has been approved by the city of Los Angeles
``Those two will probably be geared to the average golfers,'' Smisko said. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) The furrows of tire tracks across the bare earth mark the future site of the two-course Hunters Green golf project in Sand Canyon. (2--Color) A bulldozer grades land for the Hunters Green course, one of four area golf projects. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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