Golfers Invited To Take Part In Mountain Tourney
Every community and city in Desertland California is invited to take part in the Pioneer Pass Golf Challenge that introduces the 19th hole—35 miles of rugged, desert mesa and mountain obstacles.
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FROM TEE TO CUP Sagebrush Golf Event Boasts 35-Mile Hole
Interest in this year's Hesperia Open Golf Tournament is sure to be bolstered by an ambitious "out of this world" promotion cooked up by Hesperia's Lorn Pratt and Ken Bonser, president of the Yucca Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Commission Rules Water Firm Is Public Utility
The company was ordered to submit within 90 days a written plan for the development of a satisfactory water system to the Pioneertown and Rim Rock area near Yucca Valley, or in the alternative, a plan for divesting itself of a well and well sites.
Pioneer Pass Golf Tournament Discussed at Joint Meeting
BIG BEAR LAKE—The directors meeting on Tuesday, August 18th, at the Corral was attended by Messrs, Ken Bonser, Dick Miller, Gene Albright and Kelly Shugart of Yucca Valley. The purpose of the joint meeting was to discuss plans for the Pioneer Pass Golf Tournament. The days are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Oct. 2, 3, and 4.
Steve Quesada Still Leading Golf Challenge
The Pioneer Pass Golf Challenge reached the end of the eighth checking point on the 35-mile long 19th hole between Pioneertown and Big Bear yesterday afternoon.
Pioneertown High Desert Project
To paraphrase the Scottish bard, if you take the high road and I take the low road, I’d be in Palm Springs or Palm Desert, while you’d find yourself in Yucca Valley on the high desert, or perhaps what has been dubbed “The Golden Empire” whose capital is picturesque Pioneertown.
Pioneertown Cafe
Damaged by Fire
About $2,500 damage was suffered at the Red Dog Cafe in Pioneertown at 8:20 a.m. Sunday.
The cause of the blaze was not determined. It was put out by fire fighting units of the State Forestry Division and three cooperating units from Yucca Valley Fire District.
43 Horseback Riders Explore Old Cattle
Trails in Pioneertown Area High-Desert
three horseback riders, men, women and two children, from 11 different riding clubs, attended the annual winter ride sponsored by Region 11 of the California State Horsemen's Assn. last weekend at Pioneertown, in the high-desert country located on the eastern slopes of the San Bernardino Mountains in Yucca Valley, according to Region 11s Ride Chairman, Mrs. Marjorie Hambly of San Bernardino.
Plans Near Completion For Pioneer Golf Event
For three days starting Oct. 7 the Pioneer Pass Golf Challenge, the only tournament in the world with a 28 mile long 19th hole, Will be playing from Yucca Valley to Big Bear Lake over one of the most scenic mountain desert fairways in Southern California. Golf pros, amateurs, duffers and hackers may play this longest of golf courses.
Tall Tales Actually Happen
Elenor Foster of Twentynine Palms competing in the Pioneer Pass Golf Challenge, smacked her ball straight into the arms of a Joshua Tree, where it lodged and had to be pulled out. The tree was along Pioneer Pass, route of the unique golfing event which runs from Pioneertown to Big Bear Lake.