Tom LaMarre, Staff Writer
Tom LaMarre has been a sportswriter and copy editor in California for parts of five decades, including 15 years with the Oakland Tribune and 22 with the Los Angeles Times. He was the Tribune's beat writer for the Oakland Raiders for seven seasons in the 1970s, highlighted by their 32-14 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, and collaborated on a book, Winning Offensive Football, with quarterback Ken Stabler. He also covered the Oakland Athletics when they won three consecutive World Series in the 1970s and the Golden State Warriors when they won the NBA championship in 1974. With the Times, he wrote columns on golf, football and skiing.
He attended the University of San Francisco when the Dons were still
a basketball power, and his golf idol growing up in Oakland was the
late Tony Lema, who attended the same high school-- St. Elizabeth's
in Oakland.
WORLD GOLF DESTINATIONS/FEATURES
- Olivier Breaud International in Tahiti
- Foxhills Golf Club in England
- Wentworth Golf Club in England
- Cliveden Hotel & Lambourne Club in England
- Stoke Park Club in Buckinghamshire, England
FEATURES
CALIFORNIA GOLF COURSE REVIEWS/FEATURES
- Spotlight on Clear Lake
- Reidy Creek Golf Course: Par-3 Excellence in Escondido
- Black Gold Golf Club in Yorba Linda
- Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course
- Sterling Hills Golf Club in Camarillo
- Landmark Golf Club at Oak Quarry (Riverside)
- Cascades Golf Club in Sylmar
- River and Ranch Courses at the Alisal (Solvang)
- Talega Golf Club in San Clemente
- Feature: Mickelson Returns Home for Buick Invitational
- A course to Dye for in Death Valley
GOLFCALIFORNIA.COM REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
- August 2002: Southern California Notebook
- July 2002: Cresta Verde Golf Club and More
- June 2002: News from Across the Green
- May 2002: News from Across the Green
- California Notebook: News from Across the Green
HAWAII GOLF COURSE REVIEWS & FEATURES
