ATT PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM BEGAN AS THE CROSBY CLAMBAKE

This weekend, PGA Tour pros will tee it up with entertainment celebrities and corporate CEOs in a unique pro-am format that has been enjoyed by golf fans since 1937. Oops — not this year! Only the pros. Absent will be the amateurs and the fans, casualties of pandemic safety protocols. But the unique history of this event is still worth celebrating. […]

golf postcards for valentine’s day

By John Fischer III Golf postcard subjects cover anything related to the game — courses, clubhouses, famous personalities of the game, humor, advertising and holidays. I have attached three Valentine’s Day postcards from my collection which I thought you would find enjoyable and if, JUST IF, your forgot to get a card for your significant other, print out one of […]

ghs member profiles

Pete League February 2021By Sally J. Sportsman We all know golf to be a game of honor and integrity, rich in history and tradition, brimming with fascinating stories and personalities over hundreds of years. It’s also true that devoted golfers tend to give back to the game and their communities in ways great and small. Pete League, a GHS member since 2006, stands […]

of a golf shot on the moon

By Jim Davis It was 50 years ago today, Alan Shepard brought a club to play. On Feb. 6, 1971, astronaut and Apollo 14 commander Alan B. Shephard took the royal and ancient game where it had never gone before. Golf had come to the moon. Look up at Earth’s little sister today and keep in mind that there are two […]

hope-ware collection featured in fore magazine

The outstanding collection belonging to the Los Angeles Country Club was featured in Great Golf Collections of the World (McDonough/Georgiady, 2013). It was one of the club’s founding members, Joseph F. Sartori who was responsible or purchasing the legendary Hope-Ware Collection and bringing it to the club for display. The collection, wrote Dick McDonough “…contains clubs that date to about […]