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La Purisima Rated among America's Toughest 50 Golf Courses

Monday, February 12, 2007

To help you discover what you're really made of, Golf Digest Magazine has identified 50 of the toughest courses in the country in it's March 2007 issue. These are courses that grab you by the collar on the first tee, slap you around for five hours, then reluctantly agree to let you limp your sorry carcass back into the clubhouse for resuscitation.

Our own La Purisima Golf Course in Lompoc, CA was rated number 33! La Purisima, locally known as "La Piranha", was described by Golf Digest as "The Bethpage Black of the West Coast". They shared that there are plenty of terrific Santa Ynez Valley wineries nearby to soothe the pain.

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Cypress Ridge gets Golf Digest 4.5 Rating

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

For the second time in two years, Golf Digest has given Cypress Ridge Golf Course a rating of 4.5 stars. That's the opinion the magazine received when it asked 20,000 golfers to rate 4,000 golf courses in North America and the Carribean based on its condition, pace of play, service, value and overall experience.

Cypress Ridge is a Peter Jacobsen signature course and was designed by the former PGA tour winner along with Jim Hardy. It also is an Audobon Signature Sanctuary.

The only course to get a higher rating in California was Pebble Beach, which could cost golfers upwards of $350 per round. The green fee for Cypress Ridge is $55 per round for a weekday game.

"We're making top caliber golf accessible for fans who love the game but don't want to pay exorbinant rates - to me that is an accomplishment," said head pro Rick Ventura.

Cypress Ridge has played host to mini tour stops, USGA qualifiers and Cal Poly intercollegeiate tournamenets.

An on-site hotel and new clubhouse slated to be built in the future will bring even more professional interest to the course.

The 2006-07 edition of Golf Digest's 'Best Places to Play' is available in bookstores or at www.golfdigest.com.

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Labels: Course Reviews, Cypress Ridge, Golf Digest