With visions of world-class golf tournaments spinning in the room, Goleta’s City Council approved Sandpiper Golf Club’s environmental document on June 2, giving it the city’s blessing to take the ambitious project on to the California Coastal Commission.
Avid golfer Dave Pintard laid out for the councilmembers how Sandpiper, currently Number 93 among public golf courses, had an opportunity to break into the Top 10 with its new ocean-facing layout designed by the renowned Tom Doaks and an innovative clubhouse building by owner Ty Warner and his team. Just take a look at Warner’s Montecito Club, said Pintard, for an idea of how stunning a club could be.
“I think people will come from all around the world to Goleta to play this course,” he predicted…