Author: Tod Leonard
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Up North and Unmatched: The Many Charms of Northern Michigan
When Southern Californians use the term “up north,” it’s a generic term about getting in a car or on a plane to travel up the state. ... -
Getting in Gears
Jamie Puterbaugh, a former San Diego State player who has become a golf teacher, has a student from his alma mater’s women’s team. She is 5 ... -
Beth Allen set for “most fun week” of her life
Beth Allen’s long campaign to play in the LPGA Tour’s Kia Classic in Carlsbad went from subtle to outrageous a year ago. Allen is affable and ... -
A Labor of Love: Full Steam Ahead at Goat Park
In the year of 2046, golf clothing magnate John Ashworth will be 87 years old. That’s the year that his lease with the city of Oceanside ... -
Design 2.0: Reimagining Some of the Southland’s Iconic Golf Courses
On an early June morning at Torrey Pines, Tom Weiskopf strides over the upturned earth, his shoes and dark jeans dusted with dirt. He’s got a ... -
Golf’s Little Leagues: PGA Junior League is Exposing Kids to a New Form of Team Golf
The kids didn’t march behind team banners or stand with their toes on a chalk line, their caps over their hearts while reciting the Little League ... -
A Public Work Of Art: The Evolution of Torrey Pines
Back in the late 1980s, Torrey Pines couldn’t have attracted the U.S. Open if San Diego had promised each of the USGA’s executive members a mansion ... -
Short Courses Reborn
John Ashworth is cool personified. Pushing beyond his mid-50s, his hair and his whiskers having gone gray, adding a ruggedness to his good looks, yet he ... -
Irish Rover: Visiting a Trio of Emerald Isle Links
As my caddie and I made the long, steep climb up the fairway of the par-5 11th hole at Tralee GC, me far more out of ... -
Expanding Golf’s Horizons
The SCGA’s Board of Directors had been comprised for 116 years by middle-aged to older males. Those men had the time, passion and backgrounds to contribute ...
