SPORTS
February 13, 1993 | LONNIE WHITE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
For 15 years, Elliott Gorin has played at least once a week at the Rancho Park Golf Course. But when he and his three partners arrived at the West Los Angeles course Friday, they saw a course damaged by last Sunday's heavy rain--and a bit of an oil spill. Several holes at the popular course, which has been the site of several L.A. Open tournaments, were soaked by a mixture of water and oil from nearby wells caused by last weekend's rain.
SPORTS
October 22, 1993 | DAN HAFNER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
After winning the Players Championship, more than $650,000 and rookie-of-the-year honors last year on the Senior PGA Tour, Dave Stockton's comment was, "I'll do better next year." The former USC golfer from San Bernardino is some prophet. With the 1993 season winding down, Stockton has won five tournaments and more than $1 million. Stockton and left-hander Bob Charles are engaged in a spirited duel for the money title. With only three tournaments remaining, Stockton leads by $38,000.
SPORTS
April 9, 2007 | Daniel Wexler, Special to The Times
Unlike many of American golf's established hotbeds, Southern California has seen a great deal of history played out over its private and public courses, giving even the humblest muni player numerous opportunities to walk, literally, in the footsteps of the game's giants. Profiled here are 10 of the Southland's most historic layouts, a group that includes the old, the very old and even, surprisingly, the new.
SPORTS
October 23, 1993 | DAN HAFNER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Are the courses getting too easy, or are the old fellows getting too good? Rancho Park Golf Course, which for many years withstood the assault of PGA Tour players, is staggering under a barrage of birdies from the Senior PGA Tour. On a perfect day for golf Friday, Jim Albus, Jim Colbert and Larry Zeigler fired eight-under-par 63s to share a one-shot lead after the first round of the $650,000 Ralphs Senior Classic. Sub-par rounds were the order of the day.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
December 17, 2009 | Elaine Woo
John Edmond Jr., a popular longtime instructor at the storied Rancho Park Golf Course in West Los Angeles whose threatened job loss in 2003 sparked a flood of protest, died Monday at a West Hills hospice. He was 67. The cause was complications of lymphoma, said his daughter, Victoria Edmond-Davis. Edmond, who trained hundreds of players during his 37 years as a teaching pro at the city-owned course, was known for his ability to instill confidence and improve his students' games with hands-on instruction, uncomplicated advice and a buoyant outlook about life as well as about golf.
MAGAZINE
December 14, 2003 | Edward J. Boyer, Edward J. Boyer is a former Times staff writer.
Carolyn Glassman's smile broadens into a full-blown grin as her solidly struck iron shots ascend against the morning sky. She steps away from the ball as though she can't believe what's happening. But her next swing is yet another foray into that transcendent realm of pure pleasure that golfers feel when their club sends the ball on a long, arcing flight. "I've learned more in one lesson than I have in 12 years of golf," Glassman says of her first session with John Edmond Jr.