Montesoro Golf & Social Club, once known as Rams Hill, has reopened after the beloved-by-all-who-played-it eastern San Diego County course closed due to water issues. Taking its placed on the inactive list is Malibu Golf Club, sitting on old Bob Hope-owned-acreage between the Pacific Ocean and Thousand Oaks, California.

Tod Leonard with the good news on the old Rams Hill (thanks reader Scott), bought for just $842,000 by investor and golf fan Bill Berkley, and resurrected for $10 million after the prior owners allowed the course to go to seed and sold off the irrigation heads.

Why would Berkley invest in such a troubled property?

“It’s just a very, very special place,” Berkley said. “If you play golf here, especially at dusk, and you look up at the shadows on the mountains, it’s such a beautiful backdrop.

“When I leave San Diego, I want to get out of the city and put that in my rear view mirror. Borrego gives you that. It’s those things, combined with a fabulous golf course that I think is one of the best in San Diego County.”

Samantha Masunaga of the LA Times reports on the closing of Malibu Golf Club, an 18-hole public course that has gone through various iterations, owners and visions for the future. The current ownership group filed for bankruptcy after severely over...something.

In its filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the central district of California, Malibu Associates said it had about $76 million in assets and about $47 million in liabilities. The club, which the company acquired in 2006, was valued at $75.9 million, according to the filing.

March 05, 2015

Trump Ferry What's-The-Point-Of-New-York-Residency Links?

March 05, 2015/ Geoff Shackelford

Alex Myers wonders whether the golf will start at Trump Ferry Point

March 04, 2015

Best News From Royal St. George's: Now Admitting Girls

March 04, 2015/ Geoff Shackelford

I'm sure you saw the usual stuff on social media and elsewhere

March 03, 2015

The Annual Most Overpaid Golf Association Executives List

March 03, 2015/ Geoff Shackelford

The March Golf Digest features Ron Sirak's annual look at the 50 biggest wage earners in golf. But of more interest are the concrete numbers listing executive salaries. Most are based of 501c-3 filings and while coming from 2013 means we miss out on some newer execs or leaps last year, you get the idea at the excess, waste and occasional golden parachutery.

Congrats to Joe Steranka for a 6&5 win over Dick Rugge in the Going Away Package Classic, while Zink and Moorhouse continue to collect generous pay for telling Commissioner Farquaad what a great job he's doing. And that David Pillsbury makes more money than Mike Whan or Mike Davis or Mike the cartboy at TPC Sawgrass is just plain wrong.