Saturday, February 18, 2006
A number of San Luis Obispo County wineries, hotels and golf courses are being represented this week at the PGA Tour's Nissan Open at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles.
Hoping to attract corporate clients to conduct conferences in the county, the San Luis Obispo County Visitors and Conference Bureau set up a tent on the ninth fairway Thursday.
"We decided to do something different," explained Jonni Biaggini, executive director of the VCB. "We invited 60 corporate clients in the Los Angeles area to our tent to entice them to hold their meetings in San Luis Obispo County.
"We're doing wine tasting. We have food and we have a television screen showing pictures of San Luis Obispo."
Participating with the VCB in the hospitality tent were the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance, San Luis Obispo Vintners Association, the Embassy Suites Hotel, Moonstone Hotel Properties, the Inn at Morro Bay, Cypress Ridge Golf Course, the Cliffs Resort, Martin Resorts, Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort, Dolphin Bay Resort, the Days Inn and the Avila Beach and Blacklake Golf Resorts.
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Biz Buzz, The TribuneTags:
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Friday, February 17, 2006
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Larry Mauter shared an
article this week at The Tribune about San Luis Obispo native Loren Roberts joining an elite group of golfers in his first full year on Champions Tour.
San Luis Obispo native Loren Roberts is off to one of the fastest starts ever on the golf circuit for players at least 50 years old.
He has won three of his first eight tournaments on the tour dating back to last summer, putting him on the top shelf along with golf icons Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer Gary Player and Lee Trevino.
Next weekend in Florida, he will attempt to become the first golfer on the tour to win the first three events of the year.
A win at the ACE Group Classic at Twineagles Golf & Country Club in Naples, Fla., would also move him near the top of the all-time fast starts on the tour, now in its 27th year.
Nicklaus won five of his first nine events, Player won four of his first eight and Palmer won four of his first nine.
Roberts, a member of Cal Poly’s Athletic Hall of Fame, turned 50 in June. He split his time last season on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.
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Roberts is making record run in Champions TourLarry Mauter, The Tribune
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Come enjoy the Cal Poly Wine Festival Golf Classic on Friday, April 28th, 2006 at
Cypress Ridge Golf Course in Arroyo Grande.
9:30AM Shotgun Start, Silent Auction and BBQ after Tournament, $135 Per Entry or Weekend Package with Wine Festival Tickets.
More information and online registration available at:
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Monday, February 13, 2006
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Winning the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am met all of Arron Oberholser's expectations.
He figured it would be tough because he had never won before on the PGA Tour, and even after putting five shots between him and Mike Weir after three holes, Oberholser, a former San Luis Obispo resident, spent the rest of the day battling his nerves and his swing.
He knew he would need some good breaks, and none was bigger than a tee shot on the 15th hole that bounced twice off the cart path and was headed for trouble until it caromed back off a tree and into a clearing, setting up an unlikely birdie that sealed the victory Sunday.
And then came the proud, peaceful stroll down the 18th fairway, the most famous closing hole in America.
"I always watched guys growing up win the golf tournament, and the walk up 18 at Pebble Beach is unlike anything else," he said after closing with an even-par 72 for a five-shot victory. "Even when you're playing here by yourself, or with a foursome, it’s still an incredible walk. But knowing that you're the champion ... I wish everybody could feel that way. It's incredible."
Oberholser gets some help to win at Pebble Beach
The Tribune, Doug Ferguson
Arron Oberholser recalls what it was like two years ago, the last time he was in this position. He remembers wanting to win so much it made his hair hurt. He remembers looking at Vijay Singh the way a mouse looks at a cat.
He remembers his mind taking leave of his brain. He remembers the stress, the disappointment and promising himself things would be different next time.
Welcome to next time.
Oberholser will play in the final group of the final round of the AT&T; Pebble Beach National Pro-Am today, as he did two years ago. He will begin play tied with Mike Weir for the tournament lead, as he was with Singh two years ago. Now, as then, he'll be seeking his first PGA Tour victory.
Beyond that, he's hoping for a total rewrite.
Oberholser sees the light where deer used to roam
Contra Costa Times, Gary Peterson
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Ideal growing conditions along the Central Coast helped propel the state's wine grape production in 2005 to record highs.
The weather cooperated with vintners during the crucial growing season last year, said Bob Lilley, county agricultural commissioner. In the springtime, there were no late frosts which affect the flowering of the vines and reduce the quality of the grapes.
The summer saw temperatures gradually tapering off into fall. Abrupt temperature changes can affect production.
"We didn't have any rain in the early fall, which can create problems for the harvest because it creates rot in the bunches," Lilley said.
The 2005 crop was the first good yield after several years of poor crops because of drought conditions. However, those lean years had the effect of ending a grape glut that had plagued the industry, said Mark Battany, a farm adviser with the UC Cooperative Extension in San Luis Obispo.
"We are on the road to recovery from the glut years," he said. "It will be interesting to see how this year's crop affects that."
Growers were encouraged by the fact that the weather produced a uniformly good crop, said Nathan Carlson, a winemaker with Courtside Cellars and Tolosa Winery in San Luis Obispo.
"It looks like quality is going to be good overall, which is not always the case when you have a large crop," he said.
Wine is the leading cash crop in San Luis Obispo County and other regions of the state. In 2004, California wineries sold 428 million gallons of wine with a retail value of $15.2 billion in U.S. markets, plus an additional 94 million gallons abroad, according to the Wine Institute.
The county's 2004 grape harvest was worth $127.4 million — nearly one-quarter of all crops put together, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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The Tribune, Julie LynemTags:
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Saturday, February 11, 2006
The proposed 147-home Cypress Ridge expansion, which includes a 9-hole golf course, was derailed by the Board of Supervisors.
The board denied an application for a zoning change on 147 acres of land next to the current Cypress Ridge on Nipomo Mesa. Current zoning allows about 29 homes - one for every five acres - and developer Denis Sullivan wanted zoning changed to allow for one home per acre.
Water supplies and traffic problems won't allow more homes, supervisors said, adding sprawl and loss of agricultural land were also concerns.
"At this time, it's too premature," Supervisor Jim Patterson said Tuesday. "There are too many issues that need to be addressed. I couldn't vote for approval of this, so I can't say, 'Go ahead and start the process.'"
The land proposed for the expansion is now a strawberry field. Cypress Ridge currently has about 150 homes and an 18-hole golf course.
Sullivan will continue with subdividing the property into 5-acre parcels.
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