Torrey Pines opened in 1957, the brainchild of legendary golf course architect William F. Bell (Dell Urich Golf Course in Tucson) on the site of Camp Callan, a naval training center during World War II. While Bell’s father, William P. Bell, sometimes get credit as an original architect on the project, in fact he’d been dead for …
Uh oh world. Once again, Jason Day is playing like the guy who won four of six starts late last summer.
At the Golf Academy, we’re always talking about the state of the golf industry as a whole. But it means just a little bit more to those of us in our 4th and final semester. Why? Because in a little more than five weeks time, most of us are going to be diving right in… …
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Today in Tournament Administration with PGA Professional Warren Pitman, we were discussing Best Practices in Tournament Operations. We’re responsible for running 12 tournaments at the Golf Academy this semester, so we’re always talking about ways we can improve. Warren handed out the following article published by the PGA of America several years back. It’s a little …
For the first time since 2007, Arnold Palmer, 86, will not be hitting a ceremonial tee shot at the Masters because of a lingering shoulder injury.