Saturday, May 17, 2008

Ozzie Osborn Par 3

What I've shot at Ozzie Osborn Par 3:

They didn't sell any golf visors so no hat picture

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Ozzie Osborn Par 3
Address: 17081 S Mountain Road
Santa Paula, CA 93060
Phone Number 805 933 4457

Meet a man who shares Ozzy Osbourne's name

By BRETT JOHNSON
Scripps Howard News Service
August 31, 2003

VENTURA, Calif. - Ozzie Osborn and Ozzy Osbourne both grew up poor and became rich. Ozzie Osborn can think of one other thing he and the namesake famous rock star have in common.

"I sang quite a bit, but not like him," said Osborn, who lives near Santa Paula, Calif. "I used to sing at Port Hueneme Harbor Days. But I was more into 'Old Man River' and songs like that."

Ozzie Osborn, now 83, milked cows for 25 cents a day during the Depression near Joplin, Mo. His father, a carpenter-sharecropper, later moved the family to California. In 1939, Ozzie entered the Navy and fought in wars, went on to a 22-year career with the service branch, settled in Port Hueneme, and retired.

He then developed homes and other dwelling units, and bought land at the right time. In 1971, he bought a 193-acre ranch between Santa Paula and Ojai and moved there. In the mid-1990s, he built his own little nine-hole golf course near Santa Paula and called it "Ozzie Osborn's Par 3." It's open to the public; he still plays. He never drank or smoked - still doesn't. ...Read More

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