![]() “So many families were doing the exact same thing.” for dinner,” he said of his two daughters. “When I used to get the kids after school, we’d go and get nine holes in on a school night and be home at 6 p.m. Count Sutcliffe among those - and there are many - who want it to return to its 18-hole layout.īut nine is better than nothing, said Sutcliffe, who lives a few blocks from the course. It’s been a big deal for the whole community. … We thought we were losing it in the fire. It’s been such a wonderful place in the valley. Shane Sutcliffe, SLV’s girls golf coach, is equally ecstatic. It’s beautiful, it’s quiet and the scenery is amazing. “I’m more than excited,” said Felton resident Louie Walters, a San Lorenzo Valley High alumnus and the former girls golf coach at Scotts Valley High. Several golfers rejoiced when hearing that their home course will soon be playable again. But as the days turned into weeks and months, many of them were saddened that that day might never come. Since the fire, the community has been anxious for the golf club to reopen. Green fees haven’t yet been released by the course management.įor now? “We’re going to see what we can do with this hybrid thing,” Aragona said, noting that it’s possible that the back nine eventually returns with staggered tee times for golfers and disc golfers. The return of a steady flow of golfers could dictate how the club moves forward. “We’re trying to do something different to see if it pays off.” “We’re maintaining it as a park,” said Bibbey, noting that there’s weeds on the greens on the back nine and that the fairways are mowed to 2 1/2 inches once or twice a month.Īragona doesn’t know how long the club will continue to offer both golf and disc golf, but he likes that it’s trying something new. Given those numbers, it would seem like a foregone conclusion that the club will return to an 18-hole golf facility. The golf course, he said, averaged 700 rounds per week before the fire. “And we haven’t advertised it yet,” Boulder Creek club president Bill Aragona said. The club charges $12 for a round of disc golf and is averaging 200 rounds per week. ![]() It’s currently open for business.ĭisc golf, offered four days a week (Tuesday, and Friday through Sunday), has helped keep the course afloat during course renovation. Ownership also invested in a remodel of its clubhouse and restaurant after it sustained smoke damage. It previously played at 4,396 yards from the tips for 18 holes (par 65 for men, and par 67 for women). The tee boxes have all been sand-capped, leveled and reseeded.ĭesigned in 1961 by Jack Fleming, an Alister MacKenzie protégé, Boulder Creek is a serene and picturesque track located among towering redwoods off Big Basin Way in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Irrigation around the greens was also replaced. A gravel base was added and topped with a sand mix to help with drainage during rain season, before new seed was planted. More than a foot of soil was removed from each green. That said, Bibbey said the greens aren’t pool table flat. “Some of the old greens had only two or three places to put the pin,” he said. ![]() Some of the slope has been removed from greens to offer Bibbey and his maintenance staff more options for fair pin placements. “If you’ve played Boulder Creek before, you’re in for a change,” Bibbey said. “We’re pretty excited to start,” said Jerry Bibbey, the course’s superintendent. Club ownership and management planned upgrades ahead of the fire, and moved ahead with renovations during the past year. The upgrades include newly seeded and leveled tee boxes and fast and new, versatile greens with improved drainage.īoulder Creek’s old back nine is being used to house an 18-hole disc golf course.Ī two-month PG&E power outage following the CZU fire prevented the course’s irrigation system from functioning and led to the demise of its greens under the beating summer sun. Tee times will be available for the front nine, which features $500,000 in renovations. The former 18-hole layout will reopen as a nine-hole course. The golf course has been closed since the CZU Lightning Complex fire in August 2020. BOULDER CREEK - After a lengthy delay, Boulder Creek Golf Club is hoping to start offering golf tee times in late May or early June, club officials confirmed this week.
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