Author: Tod Leonard
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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 ... -
Charging Towards Success: Dwight Freeney’s Big Golf Dreams
San Diego Chargers linebacker Dwight Freeney grew up in Connecticut, a die-hard New York Giants fan. Each Sunday, he’d fix his eyes on the television, wearing ... -
Rancho Santa Fe’s New Day: The First Home of the Crosby Clambake Steps into the Light Once Again
They laugh now about the “Dark Ages” at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club. There were years — decades, really — when it seemed like the majority ... -
King of TaylorMade: With Big Dreams and Boundless Energy, Mark King Leads TaylorMade-adidas into a New Era of Excellence
You hear Mark King before you see him. As a reporter is escorted through the second-story executive suites at the TaylorMade-adidas headquarters in Carlsbad, California, somewhere ...
