Not since Ben Hogan won in 1948 has Los Angeles hosting the U.S. Open golf tournament. Until 2023. For the first time in 75 years, the U.S. Open will be held in L.A.. Tickets, as you can imagine, are at a premium, but hardly impossible. The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced the last public sale of daily tickets for the 123rd U.S. Open will begin on … [Read more...]
Par-Tee Golf Tournament & Festival 2022 Date, Details & Ticket Information
Par 3 you say? No Par-Tee, as in the Par-Tee Golf Tournament & Festival, a unique golf tournament and music festival Nov. 12 at the Dobson Ranch Golf Course in Tempe, just outside of Phoenix, Arizona. You can bet it's fun because Tempe is where Arizona State University is located and it – along with neighboring Scottsdale – this area has a heck of a lively social … [Read more...]
COMING SOON. Canada’s First Luxury Mega-Golf Facilities Using TopTracer Technology
A New-Age Golf And Entertainment Facility Coming To Calgary CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Calgary entrepreneur Barry Ehlert has been given the green light to break ground early 2021 on a first of its kind, year round golf entertainment complex unlike anything else in Canada. The facilities will be in Calgary, altering the entertainment and recreation scene … [Read more...]
Rapper 50 Cent ‘Smokes’ The Golf Course
Cigar & Spirits Magazine's Second Annual Golf Classic Featured Stogies & Spirits By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Lifestyle Blogger With a puff of his stogie, rapper 50 Cent "smoked" the golf course at the Cigar & Spirits Magazine's second annual Golf Classic, held Nov. 7 at the Talega Golf Club in San Clemente, CA. During the event, which was open … [Read more...]
Two Tips To Help You Play Better Golf
Putting And Alignment Are Keys To Lower Scores By Brandon DiCroce, Special To PubClub.com Whether you’re just starting out playing golf, or you’re a seasoned veteran with a low handicap, virtually any golfer can benefit from solid golf fundamentals. Golf is a game of constant improvement, and handling misses or mistakes. Working on improving key areas of your … [Read more...]
Golf Major Tournaments Rescheduled 2020 Dates: Masters, PGA, U.S. Open
Sport's Top Events Have Been Moved To The Summer & Fall; British Open Canceled By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger With dates of several sporting events being shuffled – or events behind downright canceled – due the COVID-19 pandemic, PubClub.com is posting the updated information on this website. Three of the four majors in golf have been moved … [Read more...]
The Masters 2020 May Move To November Dates
Traditional Golf Tournament To Go Up Against The NFL & College Football By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many shifts in lifestyle, including the changing of sporting events from decades-old traditional dates. The Kentucky Derby has moved from the first Saturday of May to the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend and … [Read more...]
So Much For Tiger Woods ‘Being ‘Back’ At The Majors Championships
Even After The Master, Pump The Breaks On Tigermania By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger He staggered around through the final round like a boxer taking his last punches who could hardly wait for the final bell to ring. He played not with swagger but timidly, almost as if he were afraid to hurt the golf course. Tiger Woods may have made memories … [Read more...]
Tiger Woods Puts A Scare Into Every PGA Tour Player Headed Into 2018 Masters
Is The Master Of Golf Back? If So It's Bad News For All The Other Golfers By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger Seeing Tiger Woods on the weekend leaderboard is sending shivers through the spines of every other golfer on the PGA Tour because what they have long dreaded is creeping into their minds: "Tiger's back." Back, as in back in contention. And … [Read more...]
Tiger Woods Returning To PGA Tour For San Diego & LA Tournaments
Golf's Top Draw To Play In Farmers Insurance Open & Genesis LA Open Southern California gets the warmth and sunshine, and now it gets the top draw in golf. Tiger Woods has announced he will be playing in two SoCal tournaments, one in San Diego and the other in Los Angeles. He will be playing in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in north San Diego … [Read more...]
Sound Caddy Bluetook Speaker Brings Caddyshack To The Golf Course
Club-Shaped Device Brings To Mind Rodney Dangerfield's Dancing Character The movie Caddyshack has arrived at the golf course. Remember that scene in the movie where Rodney Dangerfield turns on a stereo and starts dancing in the middle of the fairway to Journey's "Anyway You Want It" song? Well you can do that too – if your fellow golfers don't throw a fit like Judge … [Read more...]
Genesis Invitational 2022 Fans Guide, Bars & Singles Party Social Scene
To get in the swing of things at the Genesis Invitational (formerly Northern Trust Open and for you long-timers, ever before that the Nissan Open) in Los Angeles, it's important to know the lay of the land, the feel of the fairways, the guide to the greens. And the location of the beer tents! PubClub.com provides all that vital information for fans in this LA Open Fan, Party … [Read more...]
Golf In Switzerland? Yes, And A Beautiful Blonde Golfer
It's Not Par For The Course In Zurich By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Golf in Switzerland had never occurred to me until one late afternoon in Zurich. Like most people, I has long associated Switzerland activities with skiing, biking, hiking and the occasional semi-daredevil act such as paragliding. But golf? Not a thought. Trying To Take A … [Read more...]
Genesis L.A. Open 2022 Best Viewing Holes Spectator Guide
Golf if not, as has once been suggested, a good walk spoiled. Not when there's a PGA Tour event happening and you've got a cold beer in your hand. And that's exactly the way it is at Riviera Country Club each February (17-20 in 2022). Riviera provides the setting and beautiful Pacific Palisades the backdrop for the annual Genesis Open (formerly the Northern Trust Open) an … [Read more...]
Northern Trust Open A Great Place To Meet Singles In Los Angeles
Golf Tournament At Riviera Brings Out More Swings Among Single Spectators Than Golfers It's a "fore" gone conclusion. The Northern Trust LA Open is a great place to meet single people in Los Angeles. In fact, with blue skies, sunny weather and temperatures in the 70s, this year there are likely to be far more swings taken by the spectators than the golfers on the … [Read more...]
Passing On The 2013 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Party
PGA Tour Carmel Event Not On The Blogger's Calendar This Year This event used to be par for the course. As much of a no-brainer as a tap-in putt. But them something happened to the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. It got serious. It used to be serious about the party, but the past couple of years it can't seem to find the green. This PGA Tour tournament, held at the … [Read more...]