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April 2nd, 2010

Kyle Gulock’s Course Of The Week: Tierra Rejada Golf Club

By: Kyle Gulock

This week’s course is Tierra Rejada Golf Club which is located at 15187 Tierra Rejada Road, Moorpark, CA 93021. Tierra Rejada is a public golf course that opened in 1999 and is one of the most challenging courses that you can play in the Los Angeles area. Tierra Rejada is a truly unique layout because it offers both mountain and desert golf in the same round. Tierra Rejada may be played from four (4) sets of tees, (5,148 yards from the forward tees to over 7,000 from the back tees), each catering to a golfer’s own ability.

Tierra Rejada is a must play course because of all the unique features that it offers. Also, there is a plethora of great real estate in the Moorpark area. To see a home that has been just listed near Tierra Rejada in Moorpark, Click on the link below: www.14385MangroveSt.com.

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Posted by Kyle Gulock on April 2nd, 2010

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February 12th, 2010

Gulock’s Course of The Week: Lost Canyons Golf Club

This week’s course of the week is Lost Canyons Golf Club…

By: Kyle Gulock

… located at 3301 Lost Canyons Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93063. Lost Canyons Golf Club is the only 36 hole public facility in Ventura County. Lost Canyons Golf Club was designed by renowned golf course architect Pete Dye with consulting help from Masters Champion Fred Couples. There are 2 courses at this spectacular facility, The Sky Course and The Shadow Course. The Sky Course is a par 72, plays 7,285 yards from the back tees and was recognized as a Top 10 New Course by Golf Magazine in 2001. The Shadow Course is also a par 72, plays 7,005 yards from the back tees, and was recognized as a Top 10 New Course by Golf Magazine in 2002.

Lost Canyons is truly a unique golf experience. The views while playing a round at this course are simply breathtaking. A month back I had the opportunity to play The Sky Course with a few friends of mine that work for Intel Corporation. It was a picture perfect day out, fresh cut grass, birds chirping but this course was extremely difficult from the back tees. Almost every hole seemed to play substantially up hill, or down hill. It was almost impossible to find a perfectly flat lie even in the center of the fairway, which I passed while driving the cart to my ball in the rough. The scores were high that day, but it was a great place to get out and spend part of a day with old friends. If you are looking for a challenging course that will get you out of the city life, check out Lost Canyons Golf Club in Simi Valley. Click on the link below to check out their website and make a tee time…. http://www.lostcanyons.com/

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Posted by Kyle Gulock on February 12th, 2010

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February 3rd, 2010

Course of The Week: Northern Trust Open Preview

Kyle Gulock’s Golf Course of the Week

Phil Michelson

By: Kyle Gulock

The annual Northern Trust Open is taking place in our backyard this weekend. The host site will be Riviera Country Club, which is located in Pacific Palisades, CA. Riviera Country Club has been the host site for the Los Angeles PGA Tour stop since 1927. The course will be set up as a par 71 and will play 7,325 yards from the back tees. The purse for this year’s event is $6,400,000.

Once again, the field in this tournament is strong and comprised of 4 players that are ranked in the top 10 according to the world golf rankings. The favorite is Phil Michelson who won the last 2 Northern Trust Opens at Riviera Country Club. Last week Phil drew criticism from Scott McCarron for using wedges that don’t conform to the new standards set by the PGA tour. After an hour long meeting with tour officials on Tuesday night at Riviera Country Club, McCarron has since apologized to Phil for making those comments.

The tournament starts tomorrow, Thursday February 4^th and the final round will take place Sunday February 7^th. The weekend outlook includes a little bit of rain over the next few days, but the rain should be gone by Sunday’s final round. Tickets are $35 in advance of $50 at the gate. You can purchase tickets by clicking on the link below…Northern Trust Open

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Posted by Kyle Gulock on February 3rd, 2010

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What to DO and Where to GO

Toluca Lake, California

Toluca Lake is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California, 12 miles (19 km) north of downtown Los Angeles. Toluca Lake started out as farmland but today is home to affluent residents. Past and present residents include Bob Hope, W.C. Fields, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Gene Autry, Doris Day, Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, Andy Griffith, Kirsten Dunst, Miley Cyrus, Rick Dees, Goldie Hawn, Henry Winkler, Andy Garcia, Markie Post, James Garner, Ron Howard, and Amelia Earhart

Geography

Toluca Lake is situated in the southeastern San Fernando Valley between the city of Burbank, the Los Angeles district of North Hollywood, and the unincorporated county area of Universal City. The area’s historic boundaries are Cahuenga Boulevard, Camarillo Street, Clybourn Avenue, and the Los Angeles River, and it is located between two major film and television production studios, Universal Studios to the south and Warner Bros. to the east. The Santa Monica Mountains surround the area. A 6-acre body of water called Toluca Lake is located near the district’s southeastern boundaries; water originally came from springs, but currently wells at the lake’s edges maintain the water level. The bottom of the lake is surfaced with four inches of asphalt concrete to halt water seepage. Owned by the surrounding homeowners, the lake has been maintained by the the Toluca Lake Property Owners Association, a non-profit corporation established in 1934. Being completely surrounded by private property, the lake is virtually never seen except by property owners and their visitors.

Landmarks and Distinctive Places

The Bob's Big Boy Restaurant of Burbank (est. 1949), the oldest such restaurant in America and a California Point of Historical Interest, is located just beyond the boundary of Toluca Lake and is often misidentified as being located there. Toluca Lake was also home to the first IHOP restaurant in 1958, though it is no longer located there. The local Catholic church, Saint Charles Borromeo, is attended by various celebrities and has played host to several celebrity weddings and funerals, including the funerals of Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. Choir director Paul Salamunovich was the former director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale. Several condominium and apartment complexes are located in Toluca Lake, along Riverside Drive and Moorpark Way. The first condominium complex to be built there is at 10470 Riverside Drive, erected in 1974.

Famous Residents

* Brooke Burns * Steve Carell * Miley Cyrus * Hilary Duff * Kirk Fogg * Andy Garcia * Jennifer Love Hewitt * Bob Hope * Jonas Brothers * Wayne Knight * George Lopez * Eric McCormack * Demi Lovato * Jason Priestley * Ashley Tisdale

History

In 1893, a petition was filed with the U.S. Postal Service for the area's first post office, to be named "Toluca Post Office." General Charles Forman, a wealthy local landowner and one of the proponents of the petition, later stated that he had chosen the name "Toluca" from a Paiute Indian word meaning "fertile" or "beautiful" valley. Though part of a larger area traditionally called "Lankershim" after a Colonel of the same name — and with a Southern Pacific Railroad train station named "Lankershim" also opened in 1893 across from the post office — Forman called his own ranch and the surrounding land "Toluca." One of the wealthiest men in Nevada, Forman had made his fortune from nothing, starting in mining, then cattle ranching, and then lumber. Falling in love with and marrying Los Angeles native Mary Agnes Gray, he soon moved to the area in the late 1880s and started the Kern River Company, a power company which delivered electricity from generators at the Kern River to Los Angeles. He also bought a large parcel of rich farm land, which included much of modern day Toluca Lake and at least the western portion of the "ancient and historical" marshy pond now called Toluca Lake. By 1923, the Forman Toluca Lake Ranch was a flourishing producer of peaches, apples and walnuts. That year, investors bought and developed the land as "Toluca Lake Park." This initial venture failed, but a new group soon took over, renaming the development company "The Toluca Lake Company." With a "vision of creating a first 'bedroom community' for Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley," the company formally changed the name of the community to simply Toluca Lake, and adopted as their logo the "swan on rippled water" image still associated with the community today

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