![]() Santa Cruz received 2.59 inches of rain in November of 2019 and 9.50 inches last December, according to. “In my 10-year history here, this is the driest period on record.” “It’s because of the weather, too,” he said. The pandemic isn’t the lone reason courses are doing so well, Hoyt said. “It’s like a muni getting tee times,” said Bill Aragona, a Pasatiempo member who plays in a foursome twice a week. When Pasatiempo re-opened, it was business as usual. In addition to the mandated closure for COVID-19, the famed Alister MacKenzie-designed course was also closed for a couple weeks as the CZU Lightning Complex fire wreaked havoc in late August. Hoyt said Pasatiempo is seeing 30-40 more rounds played each day and is averaging 1,000 rounds more than usual each month during the pandemic. “We can’t fit the demand for our membership,” he said. He said the course has blocked off 20-25 rounds each day for members. Their patronage - $325 to walk and $365 to ride - helps minimize members’ monthly dues, Hoyt said, noting the large number of non-members playing has frustrated members who have been unsuccessful in securing a tee time. ![]() Pasatiempo reserves the majority of its tee times for the general public. If there was a televised match-play event, the pandemic would be telling the Tiger Woods Effect, “Hold my beer.” Three golfers playing together using separate carts at Pasatiempo Golf Club in observance of COVID regulations. Those were the years that followed Woods becoming the first first African-American to win the Masters in 1997, no doubt a boon for golf.Īs good as it was, local golf course officials are saying they’re seeing a similar number of rounds played over the past eight months. Golf course employees said they haven’t had this many rounds played over such a long stretch since the “Tiger Woods Effect,” nearly three decades ago. Courses banded together to reinvent themselves with a series of sweeping safety measures, and since they were permitted to re-open May 3 securing tee times has become a challenge. The County of Santa Cruz Health Department delivered a knockout blow to county courses March 19, ordering their closure until otherwise notified.
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