The Basics:

Name: John C. Hoffman

City of residence: Santa Clarita, CA

Club: Bel-Air Country Club

Profession: Communication Network Executive…..retired

Family: 6 children; 8 grandchildren

Volunteer and committee involvement: President, Friends of Golf (FOG), Board and Committee activity at Bel-Air

What you Didn’t Know:

A band that __John_______ listens to: Eagles

First car: Valiant circa 1956 vintage

Favorite book: The Match by Mark Frost

Guilty-pleasure food: Ice cream sundae

Favorite non-golf item: my black lab; Trey

Favorite Southland hotspot:

One gadget John can’t live without: cell phone

Favorite quote: ” I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent. ”

If John couldn’t do what he does now as a profession…: I am doing it….giving back to the great game of golf !!

Greatest pride: my family

Most-visited website that’s not work-related: Yahoo sports and finance

On volunteering: I love it…see above

Has golfed for: 50+ years

What John would like to see more of on the course: Greens in Regulation ( GIR )

Favorite Tour player: ever = Jack Nicklaus today = Jordan Speith

What part of the game of golf needs to change: time to play and cost to play

One Rule of Golf John would like to change: NONE

Importance of junior golf: ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL to the future viability of the game