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

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How Linksoul’s Cofounders Helped Revive Goat Hill Park

How Linksoul cofounders John Ashworth and Geoff Cunningham joined David Emerick and the Oceanside community to revive Goat Hill Park’s public golf course in 2014.

Oct 21, 2026

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Course fairway and bunkers at Chester Washington Golf Course

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Century Golf Club in 1930s Los Angeles

Newspaper notices from 1936–39 trace Century Golf Club’s Los Angeles tournaments, its volunteer organizers, and a connection to today’s Chester Washington course.

Oct 2, 2026

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

LOCAL

2026 LA City Senior Championship: Dates and Refund Deadline

LA City’s Senior Men’s Championship runs October 9–11 at Wilson and Harding, with net play October 10–11. Entries are closed; refund withdrawals end October 5.

Oct 2, 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.

NEWS

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

California’s AB 1954 targets unauthorized municipal tee time brokering. Here’s how the PAR Act works, when it takes effect and what it means for public golfers.

Sep 28, 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

Koreatown’s netted ranges made room for golf decades before the simulator boom. From Olympic Boulevard to Aroma, a history of practice fitted into city life.

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

Malbon lists its planned Cross Creek Ranch shop as coming soon. City records detail the Malibu space, while an opening date and store hours remain unconfirmed.

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

Cole Young turned vintage clubs, '90s golf style and Los Angeles public-course culture into Metalwood Studio, a La Brea shop with global collaborations and a point of view.

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

How Rustic Canyon turned a protected Moorpark wash and a $3 million budget into one of America's most admired public golf courses near Los Angeles and beyond.

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.

RANKED

The Best Golf Courses Near LAX

Choose golf near LAX by a realistic two-hour, half-day or full-day window, with September 2026 course facts, club rentals and airport buffer advice for safer planning.

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

Compare Wilson and Harding at Griffith Park on length, strategy, price, booking and fit before choosing your Los Angeles municipal round in September 2026.

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

Hillcrest Country Club history: founded in 1920 by Jewish Angelenos shut out of most of LA's elite clubs — then came Hollywood's Round Table, the 1929 PGA, and oil.

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

The history of Rancho Park Golf Course: how an LA muni hosted 17 L.A. Opens, Arnold Palmer's famous 12, and Charlie Sifford's landmark 1969 victory.

Aug 2, 2026

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