NEWS: San Francisco-area course joins TPC network

The PGA TOUR has announced an agreement to manage the David McLay Kidd-designed golf course at Stonebrae, a private, gated country club community located in the East Bay hills outside San Francisco.

The newly renamed TPC San Francisco Bay at Stonebrae will become the host site for the Nationwide Tour’s new Stonebrae Classic, scheduled for March 30 – April 5, 2009, which will assume the Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship at Wente Vineyard’s spot on the Tour schedule.

The Stonebrae Classic joins two other PGA TOUR events in the region: The Presidents Cup, scheduled to be held Oct. 5-11, 2009, at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco, and the Champions Tour’s Charles Schwab Cup Championship at Sonoma Golf Club in Sonoma, CA, Oct. 30 – Nov. 2, 2008. The Schwab Cup Championship will be held at Harding Park Golf Course in 2010 and 2011.

The TPC San Francisco Bay at Stonebrae opened for member play in 2007. The par-72, 7,200-yard layout was designed by Scottish golf course architect David McLay Kidd, designer of Bandon Dunes in Oregon and currently in the process of completing the new Castle Course at St. Andrews.

TPC San Francisco Bay is located at 222 Country Club Drive in Hayward. For membership information, please call (510) 728-7878 or visit www.tpc.com/sfbay