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For the love of the game. In 1925, Calvin Coolidge began his first term as president, Al Capone was taking over Chicago, and “Daddy” Rigg couldn’t stop thinking about golf. Rigg, the editor and publisher of the Martinez Daily Standard, had just played his first ever round... at the tender age of 70. But like so many before him, he fell in love with the game at once. |
Rigg called on his friends, neighbors and business acquaintances to join him in creating a course for local enthusiasts. Soon after, the group found a large farm with oak-studded hills, rolling meadows and grand views of Mt. Diablo. They bought the farm, enlisted acclaimed golf architect A. Vernon Macan, and set to work. And in May of that year, they celebrated the official opening of Contra Costa Country Club. The club has since grown from 7 holes to become one of the premier clubs in Northern California.