Located in the scenic hills adjacent to Chino Hills State Park, Black Gold Golf Club in Yorba Linda will dazzle golfers with views of the Pacific and Catalina Island - and baffle them with greens that are among the best in Orange County. "If you don't get a handle on the correct speed and contours early in your round, you will be looking at a multitude of three putts," David R. Holland writes. The bottom line: This is a fun golf course that makes you get serious over any putt.
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Director of the Pebble Beach Golf Academy since 1996, Laird Small utilizes the mecca of Pebble Beach as a classroom to teach a brand of club-awareness, swing sensitivity, and shotmaking prowess often lost in more mechanical approaches. On a recent, foggy morning at Spyglass, Small sat down with GolfCalifornia.com and elaborated on his nurturing teaching philosophy and on the big-picture of amateur golf in America.
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Located in the scenic hills adjacent to Chino Hills State Park, Black Gold Golf Club in Yorba Linda will dazzle golfers with views of the Pacific and Catalina Island - and baffle them with greens that are among the best in Orange County. "If you don't get a handle on the correct speed and contours early in your round, you will be looking at a multitude of three putts," David R. Holland writes. The bottom line: This is a fun golf course that makes you get serious over any putt.
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The site of David Duval's historic final-round 59 in 1999, the Arnold Palmer Private Course at PGA West is set at the base of the picturesque Santa Rosa Mountains. The golf course opened in 1986 as the second of five championship courses at PGA West.
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I just spent a few days in Southern California on business and took a day to host a client for golf. I stayed in a hotel in Long Beach and found a really interestingly designed course in Fullerton - Coyote Hills Golf Course - just a 25 minute drive away. What I really liked about this track is that the 6,510 yards from the tips felt legitimate all the way.
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