RACDG_NorCal

Royal & Ancient Company of Dishonourable Golfers, NorCal. chapter. A @nolayingup Roost/Club/Society. In the mountains or by the sea, we will defeat thee.

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck this.

[Rob Mayeda @RobMayeda]

Yes… proof via @NWSSacramento
it’s rained nearly every weekend since the start of the year. #CAwx

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

We have some really great raffle items up this year, too! Not playing in the Chunks at the Chuck? You can still #getinvolved

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

Over the next month we will highlight each of our sponsors and if you can do so, we ask that you support them in the future. These are our friends; our partners; our Bearcubs.

Our hearts are full once again this year and we cannot thank our sponsors enough.

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

We are officially 1 month out from the Chunks at the Chuck & busy putting all the finishing touches on what’s sure to be a great day. We wouldn’t be able to host such a memorable experience for our players without the massive generosity shown by our event sponsors, pictured here.

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

Whoever finishes last place at the Chunks at Chunk will be forced to eat 15 Pimento Cheese sandwiches.

[Kyle Porter @KylePorterNS]

Taste of the Masters is back. Remains a huge marketing win for an organization with a long list of them.

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

Let’s go launch em

[Drew Tuma @DrewTumaABC7]

Wind gusts are approaching 200mph on the ridge tops of the Sierra Nevada

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

Happy Friday. Let’s go launch em.

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

A lot of chatter this week of Tiger retro kits. Just a reminder we were well aware at last years Fleming Cup at Pacific Grove.

[Jay Blasi @jayblasi]

Super Bowl Sunday golf. San Francisco’s own Golden Gate Park.

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

2 wins in February by dudes from Northern California on the KFT.

[Korn Ferry Tour @KornFerryTour]

¡Vamos Velo!

Kevin Velo earns his first Korn Ferry Tour victory in his 30th start @CountryBogota. 🏆

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

“I would describe Corica North as a combination of St. Andrews Old Course and Sweetens Cove” - @TronCarterNLU

High praises from the C-Suite for our Chunks at the Chuck venue. And we are playing it 3 times on April 6. Is that any good?

Signups still open… #getinvolved

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

Gleneagles GC about to thin out a bunch of trees. 😍😍

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

It’s fine we’re fine

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

Pineapple Express and potential bomb cyclone at the Doorstep of California 🌩️

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

TRI METAL!!!

[Sean Martin @PGATOURSMartin]

For me, Bobby Clampett's 68 in the opening round of the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach is the epitome of the magical moments this infuriating game can provide (and his use of an Orlimar TriMetal provides intense nostalgia for those of my generation).

Clampett had to fight back tears throughout the round. It not only was a return to his childhood home, but one last glimpse at the tantalizing gifts that had made him such a staggering phenom (and later made his failures weigh so heavy).

“Clampett, 40, has been retired for five years. For nearly 10 years before that, his career is considered perhaps the greatest disappointment of his generation," read the Washington Post story on his round.

But his 68 after the first round at Pebble Beach left him alone in fourth place after the first day, just three shots behind Tiger Woods.

"Somehow, he shook the moth balls off a game that had divorced him 15 years ago," read another newspaper story.

A return to Pebble Beach inspired Clampett to climb out of the CBS booth and attempt U.S. Open qualifying. His last appearance in a major had come in 1987 (the gap in appearances is so big that his Wikipedia majors table has ellipses between the years).

He had to go through local qualifying and was fourth alternate just to get into his sectional qualifier. He got in the field, though, and played his way to Pebble Beach. He had a tap-in birdie on his first hole of the U.S. Open and was on the leaderboard after playing his first 10 holes in -4.

“I was fighting back tears all through the front nine, I was playing so well,” Clampett said. “When I made a putt at the ninth, I hit it too hard and it went right in the middle. I just looked up at heaven and thanked God.

“To play as well as I did today, especially the first 10 holes, it was almost like playing golf in heaven.”

Clampett was born in Monterey and moved back there seven years later after his mother's divorce. An only child, he threw himself headlong into golf and became a phenom after pairing with instructor Ben Doyle, a Golfing Machine disciple.

He was low amateur at the U.S. Open at age 18 and then the Masters the following year. He was a two-time collegiate player of the year at BYU before turning pro.

“He was so good it was a joke,” said one of his former collegiate teammates who eventually played the PGA TOUR. "I started thinking, ‘I’m not even in this guy’s league.’ … I was so discouraged. I was ready to quit.”

Clampett finished in the top 20 of the PGA TOUR money list in each of his first two seasons. That included his lone victory in the 1982 Southern Open. He finished third in the 1982 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach (behind Watson and Nicklaus). Then Clampett went to The Open and took a 5-shot lead at the halfway point. He was 7 ahead with 31 holes remaining. He finished 10th, however.

That collapse was the start of his downfall. He became a poster child for the pratfalls of an overly-technical approach to golf. He never won again and never again finished in the top 60 on the PGA TOUR money list. His last season in the top 100 was 1987.

"I didn't meet anyone's expectations," he said. "Even my own."

But for one magical day at Pebble Beach, the game shone upon him once again.

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

Us watching the Doppler all weekend

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

Excuse me?

[No Laying Up @NoLayingUp]

Rory just took it left of the tree on 1 on Spyglass 😤

[Heath W. Black @heathwblack]

Open for 30 minutes and already filled 1/2 of the 80-person field.

This thing sells like hot cakes!

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

Chunks at the Chuck signups are now open!! Sign up below and pay @heathwblack or @gamblingcaddie within 72 hours!

https://t.co/6hxWS4Huid

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

@NoLayingUp @attproam Is that just a nursery green short left of the actual green?

[RACDG_NorCal @RacdgN]

Welcome to NorCal, gang!

[No Laying Up @NoLayingUp]

We’re gonna see more of Spyglass Hill at the @attproam this year.

The start to the course is a thrill ride and we’re gonna highlight the first few holes this week, starting with the downhill par-5 opener.