The podcast
Six episodes. One hundred years. Ten bucks.
A documentary story of the little course in the middle of everything: how it was born, how it was lost, and how it comes back. Ten to twelve minutes an episode, recorded at the course.
A documentary story of the little course in the middle of everything: how it was born, how it was lost, and how it comes back. Ten to twelve minutes an episode, recorded at the course.
Episodes are in production now. Dates below are our targets; sign up on the home page to get each one the morning it drops.
San Diego is in a golf boom, and Old Town gets millions of visitors a year. So why is the eighteen-hole course in the middle of it usually empty? Where the story starts.
The land before the golf: the Kumeyaay village of Kosa'aay, the 1821 Casa de Carrillo, the course George Marston built in 1932 and gave to the city in 1944, and William P. Bell, the architect of Torrey Pines, who designed it.
The Abrego family years and the Junior World Championships, 1968–2002, when Mickelson, Woods, and Ochoa all won here before turning eleven.
How the course lost its footing after the golden years: the lease changes, the water bills, and the renovation plans that never got built. Drawn from public records.
In 2018, a group of neighbors organized to restore the course and answered the city's request for proposals. Their bid arrived sixteen minutes past the deadline.
The finale: where the course could go from here.