FIGUEROA: Buckman has been fixture at Escondido Country Club for more than 40...
Jeannie Buckman worked at the same Escondido auto dealership for so long ---- 35 years, enduring three ownership changes ---- that she considered herself a "fixed asset" for the company.
View ArticlePARIS: USD’s Johnny Dee
It’s a tricky layout, this golf course hugging the University of San Diego campus. It has a fair number of par 5s, some knee-buckling par 4s, and don’t go to sleep on the beguiling par 3s.
View ArticlePage Fore: Q&A with golf legend Gary Player
CARLSBAD — Nine-time major champion Gary Player was in San Diego last week to visit the Ely Callaway Performance Center in Carlsbad and attend a Pro Kids Golf Academy function at their new fac…
View ArticleGOLF: Wisp of an idea gains traction
SOLANA BEACH — When Eben Dobson introduced his golf product last year, he figured he was being regarded as nothing more than another tool salesman.
View ArticleGallery: Having your wife as a caddie could get contentious
When heat stroke felled his caddie late in the first round of the CIMB Classic, Nick Watney’s wife Amber stepped in to help.
View ArticleFiery Mallinger has reignited passion
Jamie Mulligan has been around golf his entire life and teaches some of the game’s best tour pros. But he has never seen a guy with more fire in his belly than John Mallinger, the scrawny kid …
View ArticleBelly putter creator regrets likely demise
If not for Paul Azinger picking up a long putter that belonged to a short man, there might not be such a fuss over belly putters.
View ArticleAwards are just a side benefit for stubbs
Scott Stubbs doesn’t lack for golf awards. The thing is, he would have a lot more on his mantel if he weren’t so intent on turning them down.
View ArticleGolf notes: New PGA chief is big fan of Torrey Pines
Less than a month ago, Pete Bevacqua accepted the job as the CEO of the PGA of America. That news would probably produce a shrug from the average golfer who cares more about trying to make one…
View ArticleMcIlroy wins British golf writers' award
Rory McIlroy has won the Golf Writers Trophy for winning five times around the world and finishing the season as the undisputed No. 1 player in golf.
View ArticleMickelson set to design Torrey North renovation
From childhood rounds to PGA Tour victories, Phil Mickelson’s relationship with the Torrey Pines North Course is long and colorful. Now he’s going to get a shot at reshaping the experiences fo…
View ArticleGolf column: Please, Phil, do the right thing on North Course
An open letter to Phil Mickelson, the city’s golf managers and the golfing public:
View ArticleGolfer scores hole-in-one in first-ever round
It can take some golfers decades to score their first hole-in-one. Even people who play hundreds of rounds never do it at all.
View ArticleQualifiers for the 2013 Masters
The 83 players who have qualified and are expected to compete in the 77th Masters, to be played April 11-14 at Augusta National Golf Club. Players listed in only one category for which they ar…
View ArticleMontgomerie, Schofield chosen for golf's hall
Colin Montgomerie has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame by the slimmest of margins.
View ArticleDottie Pepper leaves NBC Sports after 8 years
Dottie Pepper learned the art of retirement at an early age.
View ArticleFor Oceanside’s Wood, love of game only grows
Oceanside — In his yard just off the 16th fairway at El Camino Country Club, Fred Wood keeps a manicured carpet of Bermuda grass.
View ArticleMickelson makes North Course case
Phil Mickelson made his case to a jury of about 75 municipal golfers on Tuesday night that he will take great care in renovating the Torrey Pines North Course.
View ArticlePhil Mickelson, Bubba Watson set for Phoenix Open
Two-time champion Phil Mickelson and Masters winner Bubba Watson have committed to play in the Phoenix Open.
View ArticleLPGA's Kia Classic moving to Aviara
The LPGA Tour’s Kia Classic is staying in San Diego’s North County, but will have a new home in March.
View ArticleBubba Watson, Ping present $250,000 to hospital
Masters champion Bubba Watson and golf equipment maker Ping presented $250,000 to the Phoenix Children's Hospital on Thursday for use in the construction of Arizona's first pediatric gait lab.
View ArticleFIGUEROA: European threat rising in Ryder Cup
Any professional golfer will tell you that the Ryder Cup is important. Maybe the most significant golf tournament they will ever play, even if they never have.
View ArticleFIGUEROA: U.S. Ryder Cup veterans need to go
Paul Azinger said if the boys in red, white and blue could isolate Rory McIlroy and beat him, the U.S. could win back the Ryder Cup.
View ArticleTHUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN: The best and worst of the week in the world of sports
The best and worst of the week in the world of sports.
View ArticleFIGUEROA: Emerick gets more than bargained for on golf trip to Nevada
David Emerick never figured that a two-day golf trip to Nevada would earn him the nickname yanked right out of an Adam Sandler movie.
View ArticleFIGUEROA: Lots to like about McIlroy's game
The PGA Championship is a major, of course. But Rory McIlroy was so in tune with his game, he played the tough Ocean Course at Kiawah Island as if it were the Reno-Tahoe Open.
View ArticleFIGUEROA: Golfers have come around on FedEx Cup
Parents are always the bad guys, taking their kids' fun out of everything while rationalizing, "It's for your own good."
View ArticleOn the back roads of golf, tales from the tour
Dave Kindred, a preeminent American sports writer who has worked his trade for the better part of four decades, was walking down the right side of the first fairway at Kiawah Island with the f…
View ArticleGolf Notes: Mickelson, Watson among Farmers commitments
Former champions Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson are among the players who have committed to the upcoming Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.
View ArticleJUNIOR GOLF: Hooray for Hoey at Callaway Junior World
LA JOLLA ---- Eyes brimming with tears of joy, Rico Hoey did his best to convey the emotions he was experiencing following his victory in the 15-17 boys division of the Callaway Junior World C…
View ArticleFIGUEROA: Irons man Norton still going strong
Some people call him the Energizer Bunny of golf ---- and for good reason.
View ArticleFIGUEROA: Golf's unexpected should be expected
The golf gods once again had the final say. How else does one explain what happened across the pond Sunday?
View ArticleFIGUEROA: Pro Kids Golf Academy set to open in Oceanside
The North County vision is almost a reality for the Pro Kids Golf Academy, which is scheduled to open its Oceanside facility the week after Labor Day.
View ArticleFIGUEROA: On list of majors, PGA Championship is no slouch
Here comes the PGA Championship, bringing up the rear again. No, not just on the major championship calendar.
View ArticleJUNIOR GOLF: Rasmussen wins with clear mind and sharp game
RANCHO SANTA FE ---- Forgive Rhett Rasmussen's ignorance, but he's found it's a proven formula for success on the golf course.
View ArticleFIGUEROA: Murrieta boy will swing for a cure
Kyle Lograsso was only 2 years old when he lost his left eye. But his two passions ---- helping kids like him and golf ---- are as clear as 20-20 vision.
View ArticleJUNIOR GOLF: Appel rebounds at Junior World
RANCHO BERNARDO ---- After a tough opening day at the Callaway Junior World Championships, Jonas Appel knew he was capable of putting together a much better round of golf the next time he teed it up.
View ArticleSpanish golfer Miguel Angel Jimenez breaks leg
Spanish golfer Miguel Angel Jimenez has broken his right shinbone and will be sidelined for up to five months.
View ArticleGOLF: Pint-sized Jiang has big-time passion for sport
ESCONDIDO — Kevin Jiang appears to have what it takes to be a big-time golfer. Because he's the ripe old age of 9, however, it will be quite some time before that happens.
View Article9 questions for golf's 2013 season
Even without the top four players in the world around to kick off the season, every new year in golf is shrouded in mystery like clouds over Molokai across the channel from Kapalua.
View ArticleAdmiral Baker golf is hidden jewel available to public
The sprawling Admiral Baker golf complex is less than five minutes from Qualcomm Stadium and hugs the San Diego River, just west of heavily traveled Mission Gorge Road.
View ArticlePettersson: Golf on 'witch hunt' of long putters
Carl Pettersson says the proposed rule to ban the anchored stroke for long putters feels like a "witch hunt," and that golf's governing bodies were only reacting to three of the last five majo…
View ArticleStricker headed for semi-retirement
At the end of another long year, and only a month away from the start of another season, Steve Stricker quietly posed a question that sounded out of place for a guy with more than $25 million …
View ArticlePoulter hopeful of shaking off 'turkey' rust
Ian Poulter was still in the holiday spirit with the Tournament of Champions looming, and he didn't decide until Tuesday whether to open his season in Hawaii. He reluctantly packed his bags an…
View ArticleMcIlroy says he may skip 2016 Rio Olympics
Rory McIlroy may skip the 2016 Olympics because of a problem over which country to represent.
View ArticleHenry honors victims of Conn. school shooting
J.J. Henry slipped on a white golf cap that prompted questions because of the four letters stretched across the front. That was the whole idea.
View ArticleLPGA adds a tournament in The Bahamas
The LPGA Tour has a new tournament this year that will be played in The Bahamas.
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