[Treebound]

I love the Pasatiempo stories, Mick!  I grew up for a part of my life in Santa Cruz and my father, who wasn't much of a golfer (he is an artist/painter who winters in Mexico) would take me out once or twice a year to play Pasatiempo with his buddies.  It was the nicest course that I knew of at the time!

  Most of my summers with him were spent playing the poor man's Pasa - DeLaveaga.  I haven't played it in 5 or so years, but it was arguably the best muni course in Northern California.  Every summer I would scour the canyon holes and get my supply of golf balls as well as some bad patches of poison oak.  I continued the tradition when I went off to Stanford where each Fall you would find me spending an afternoon or two working my way down San Francisquito creek with a bag of new Titleist balls that I would find.  I would buy my 10 play card for $50 and be set for 4-5 months.  My fraternity brothers all laughed at my golfing habits as they didn't play.  We were all up at Bandon last year and they now regret not joining me as they took up the game later in life and missed the wonderful opportunity we had at Stanford. 

My daughter will now be playing beach volleyball down at Cowell's this summer, so I'm hoping to make it back to Pasatiempo and Delveaga for a round or two!

[Treebound]

I love the Pasatiempo stories, Mick!  I grew up for a part of my life in Santa Cruz and my father, who wasn't much of a golfer (he is an artist/painter who winters in Mexico) would take me out once or twice a year to play Pasatiempo with his buddies.  It was the nicest course that I knew of at the time!

  Most of my summers with him were spent playing the poor man's Pasa - DeLaveaga.  I haven't played it in 5 or so years, but it was arguably the best muni course in Northern California.  Every summer I would scour the canyon holes and get my supply of golf balls as well as some bad patches of poison oak.  I continued the tradition when I went off to Stanford where each Fall you would find me spending an afternoon or two working my way down San Francisquito creek with a bag of new Titleist balls that I would find.  I would buy my 10 play card for $50 and be set for 4-5 months.  My fraternity brothers all laughed at my golfing habits as they didn't play.  We were all up at Bandon last year and they now regret not joining me as they took up the game later in life and missed the wonderful opportunity we had at Stanford. 

My daughter will now be playing beach volleyball down at Cowell's this summer, so I'm hoping to make it back to Pasatiempo and Delveaga for a round or two!