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Los Angeles Golf Club’s 2027 TGL Season Outlook: Defending the SoFi Cup

LAGC returns four SoFi Cup champions and adds Ben James. Our player-by-player 2026 recap explains the title defense, key matchups and 2027 repeat prediction.

Published Oct 26, 2026

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Split cover showing Goat Hill Park and David Emerick, Geoff Cunningham, and John Ashworth. Geoff and John also cofounded Linksoul.

STORY

How Linksoul’s Cofounders Helped Revive Goat Hill Park

Published Oct 21, 2026

Archive image of Los Verdes Golf Course practice putting green. Unlinked from the playing-course gallery October 6, 2026 because it does not establish a distinct course hole. Original photographer and exact source image unverified. Reuse rights: unverified; source credit is not a license.

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California’s New PAR Act Takes Aim at Municipal Tee Time Brokers

Published Sep 28, 2026

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The Local Game

The people, places, and ideas shaping golf across Los Angeles—today and through the years.

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Course fairway and bunkers at Chester Washington Golf Course

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Century Golf Club in 1930s Los Angeles

Published Oct 2, 2026

Photo courtesy City of Los Angeles / golf.lacity.gov. Used for editorial coverage.

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2026 LA City Senior Championship: Dates and Refund Deadline

Published Oct 2, 2026

Conceptual illustration of golfers practicing on stacked, netted driving-range bays among Los Angeles buildings at dusk. AI-generated; not a depiction of a specific venue or historical scene.

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Koreatown Had Indoor Golf Before the Simulator Boom

Published Sep 17, 2026

Interior of Malbon’s Fillmore Street boutique in San Francisco. Photo courtesy of Malbon, published by Modern Luxury: https://www.modernluxury.com/malbon-launches-first-san-francisco-boutique/

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Malbon Plans a Malibu Store at Cross Creek Ranch

Published Sep 17, 2026

Hassan Ayub and Erin Murray wearing Metalwood Studio apparel above Los Angeles. Photo by Ryan Thomas Murray, courtesy of Metalwood Studio, from the official SS23 lookbook: https://metalwood.studio/lookbook/metalwood-studio-ss23-1st-delivery-lookbook

STORY

Metalwood Studio Is Los Angeles Golf's Nostalgia Machine

Published Sep 1, 2026

Aerial view of fairways and greens in Happy Camp Canyon.

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Rustic Canyon: How a $3 Million Course Became an American Public-Golf Classic

Published Sep 1, 2026

An aircraft approaches the runway at Los Angeles International Airport at night, framed by airfield and terminal lights. Photo courtesy Los Angeles World Airports / Jacob Brosseau.

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The Best Golf Courses Near LAX

Published Sep 1, 2026

Photo by Wikimedia Commons user Billy Hathorn, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: commons.wikimedia.org. Used for editorial coverage.

STORY

Wilson vs Harding: Choosing Between Griffith Park's Two Golf Courses

Published Sep 1, 2026

Leo Diegel, winner of the 1929 PGA Championship at Hillcrest Country Club. Public domain — published in the US before January 1, 1931; Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection, "no known copyright restrictions" (LOC item 2016830943). Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leo_Diegel_LOC_npcc.04600.jpg

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Hillcrest Country Club: The Club That Answered a Closed Door

Published Aug 2, 2026

Charlie Sifford celebrates winning the 1969 Los Angeles Open at Rancho Park Golf Course, January 13, 1969. Photo by Ben Olender, Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection, UCLA Library. License: CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charlie_Sifford_winning_1969_LA_Open.jpg).

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Rancho Park: The People's Course That Hosted the LA Open 17 Times

Published Aug 2, 2026

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Griffith Park: Los Angeles's Golf Commons Since 1914

Published Aug 2, 2026

Wyndham Clark, winner of the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, pictured in March 2023. License: CC BY 3.0, author Titleist (YouTube still, March 2023). Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wyndham_Clark_2023_01.png

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The 2023 U.S. Open at LACC: The Major a Century in the Making

Published Aug 2, 2026

The gallery surrounding the 18th green at Riviera Country Club during the 1951 Los Angeles Open. Public domain (published in the US 1931-1977 without copyright notice); Los Angeles Daily News, January 7, 1951, via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:18th_hole_at_the_1951_LA_Open.jpg

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Riviera at 100: A Century of Championship Golf in Pacific Palisades

Published Aug 2, 2026

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The Best Golf Courses in the San Fernando Valley

Published Aug 2, 2026

Eisenhower Course first hole and bunkers at Industry Hills.

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The Best Golf Courses in the San Gabriel Valley

Published Aug 2, 2026

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The Best Golf Courses in the Conejo Valley

Published Aug 2, 2026

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Long Beach Golf Courses: Municipal, Public and Private Options

Published Aug 2, 2026

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The Best Golf Courses in the South Bay

Published Aug 2, 2026

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Cover story

Los Angeles Golf Club’s 2027 TGL Season Outlook: Defending the SoFi Cup

Public course preview

How Linksoul’s Cofounders Helped Revive Goat Hill Park

California’s New PAR Act Takes Aim at Municipal Tee Time Brokers

The Local Game

Century Golf Club in 1930s Los Angeles

2026 LA City Senior Championship: Dates and Refund Deadline

Koreatown Had Indoor Golf Before the Simulator Boom

Malbon Plans a Malibu Store at Cross Creek Ranch

Metalwood Studio Is Los Angeles Golf's Nostalgia Machine

Rustic Canyon: How a $3 Million Course Became an American Public-Golf Classic

The Best Golf Courses Near LAX

Wilson vs Harding: Choosing Between Griffith Park's Two Golf Courses

Hillcrest Country Club: The Club That Answered a Closed Door

Rancho Park: The People's Course That Hosted the LA Open 17 Times

Griffith Park: Los Angeles's Golf Commons Since 1914

The 2023 U.S. Open at LACC: The Major a Century in the Making

Riviera at 100: A Century of Championship Golf in Pacific Palisades

The Best Golf Courses in the San Fernando Valley

The Best Golf Courses in the San Gabriel Valley

The Best Golf Courses in the Conejo Valley

Long Beach Golf Courses: Municipal, Public and Private Options

The Best Golf Courses in the South Bay

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