Arbuckle Cup – July 2006

Tournament Program

Travel Times
RCB – Arrives SFO Monday, July 10, 9:50 pm - trying to change for an earlier arrival (SLP to pick up)
LC - Arrives SFO Tuesday, July 11, 1:32 PM (SLP and RCB to pick up)
Commisch – Arrives Berkeley – TBD

The Golf
Wednesday – July 12
Depart Berkeley for Seascape Golf Club - 6:45 AM
Practice round #1 – Seascape Golf Club (9:22 tee time)
Practice round #2 – Pajaro Valley Golf Club (3:30 tee time)

Thursday – July 13
Arbuckle round #1 – Seascape Golf Club (8:37 tee time)
Team competition – Pacific Grove Golf Links (TBD tee time)

Friday – July 14
Arbuckle round #2 – Pajaro Valley Golf Club (9:00 AM tee time)
Return to Berkeley for championship dinner – site TBD

Saturday – July 15
LC – departs SFO 6:40 AM
RCB – departs SFO 10:50 PM

Commisch – return plans TBD


Accomodations
Tuesday and Friday
Chez Pesick/Barclay

Wednesday and Thursday
Best Western Seacliff Inn, Aptos, CA
http://www.seacliffinn.com/home13.htm
$95/night for each room with two double beds (including breakfast)
@ businessman rate (bring business cards)

Latest Odds - Update

Ron Braun, 4-1: Holding steady.

Stan Pesick, 5-1: A remarkable round at Callippe Preserve, a new course, with a 134 slope has lowered the odds on the Cup returning to Stanley.

Rick Last, 8-1: Nothing new to report.

Peter Straus, 24-1: Since Pesick went up; someone had to go down.

Arbuckle X, Current Odds

Ron Braun, 4-1: The two time defending champ has been playing some of the best golf of his life. A new swing; a personal trainer; who would bet against him?

Stan Pesick, 6-1: The five time winner has been playing well, as always, but will his low handicap be too much to overcome?

Rick Last, 8-1: The Little Cat, aka the best player never to win Arbuckle, has been honing his game. His new driver and a remarkably confident mien have him primed to make a run deep into the tournament.

Peter Straus, 22-1: Straus is nursing a devastating elbow injury that has kept him off the course for over three weeks. He is currently eyeing a July 1st return to the links. Will Straus be able to shake the rust in Monterey? Tiger wasn't at Winged Foot.

Arbuckle X 2006 Takes Shape

Arbuckle X High Lord Stanley Pesick appears to have settled on some of the courses for the upcoming 2006 Arbuckle Cup. Although nothing has been etched in concrete, it looks like the main venues will be Seascape Golf Club in Aptos, California, and the venerable PajaroValley in Monterey. The tournament will also be visiting what has become known as the poor man's Pebble Beach, Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course.

Seascape: Located on the coastal highlands of Monterey, Seascape Golf Club invites you to enjoy the best that golf has to offer. Indulge yourself in the grace and beauty of one of California's most esteemed courses and discover your game in the heart of Northern California. (photos above)

Pajaro Valley: This is an old course with large Monterey Cypress trees lining the spacious, rolling fairways. The elevated tees offer scenic views of the Pajaro Valley. The greens are small in size and medium to fast in speed. Water hazards (four ponds) come into play on three holes. A challenging hole is #12, a 420-yard, par 4, with a triple-tiered green. This course was the home of former U.S. Open champion Olin Dutra, who closed his career teaching here. Robert Muir Graves redesigned the course in 1965 to give it a more mature venue.

Pacific Grove: Pacific Grove Golf Links offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean, Lovers Point, Point Pinos, Crespi Pond, and Asilomar's natural sand dunes. Originally designed by Chandler Egan in 1932, the first nine holes takes you through the forested areas of Pacific Grove. Egan's nine takes you through an inland terrain and reflects much of the charm of an English rural course done in the old style.

The back nine was designed by Jack Neville, original designer of the Pebble Beach Golf Links.

The holes are unpretentious, reminiscent of an era when the 'par fours' were sometimes less than 300 yards and the 'par threes' could be contemplated by the common folk. There are not many bunkers, and the greens are small.

It was recently ranked by Zagat Survey as one of America's Best Golf Courses. The 18-hole golf course features a restaurant as well as a golf pro shop.