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How many rounds does Glen Annie Golf Club have?
Glen Annie Golf Club opened in 1997 with expectations of 80,000 rounds of golf annually. To date, 50,000 rounds is the most it has ever logged in a year. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk photo)
When did John O'Shaughnessy decide to build a golf course?
When John O’Shaughnessy decided, around 1990, that he wanted to build a golf course in the Goleta Valley, he had little reason to believe it would lead him to financial disaster. Now 79, O’Shaughnessy had been wildly successful in his endeavors.
How many houses did Burt Sperber build in Goleta?
Course owner Burt Sperber insisted that the only way to save it was for Goleta to annex and rezone the land to residential status from agriculture, allow him to build as many as 185 houses, and shrink the field of play to an executive course.
What were the obstacles to Glen Annie?
From the beginning, the process of developing Glen Annie was fraught with obstacles: lawsuits with environmentalists, the need for major habitat restorations, the recession of the early 1990s, the public’s waning interest in golf, and layer upon layer of governmental red tape.
When did O'Shaughnessy build Goleta?
A population explosion ensued. From 1958 to about 1970 , O’Shaughnessy Construction built about 70 percent of all the sewers and storm drains in the Goleta Valley. To this day, much of Goleta’s infrastructure was built by his company. His foray into the golf business began inadvertently, in the mid-1960s.
When did the golf boom start?
During the past couple of decades, the golf industry has witnessed a meteoric rise and fall. The boom began in the early 1990s and peaked around 1997, when Tiger Woods won his first major tournament, inspiring millions of beginners to pick up the game.
Who is Willy Chamberlin?
Looking back, Willy Chamberlin, a Santa Ynez Valley rancher who represented the 3rd District on the county Board of Supervisors in the early 1990s, said the way it ended for O’Shaughnessy was a shame. “He had tremendous foresight and a tremendous dream,” Chamberlin told Noozhawk.
