When asked what role golf plays in his family’s life, Kip Puterbaugh paused a few seconds before yelling out the question to one of his sons hitting balls in a bay at Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad.

CARLSBADCARLSBAD — Seventh-grader Alexander Yang is good at ping-pong, a whiz at math and he recently won his school’s geography bee. But the 13-year-old’s passion is golf, and if he continues to ...

Scott Simpson is no braggart, but he's been saying for years he has the best teacher around in Kip Puterbaugh. Simpson's good friend, Larry Mize, finally believed it this year, and the 1987 Masters ...

CARLSBADCARLSBAD — What could be better for brothers Jason and Jamie Puterbaugh than playing together on two San Diego Section boys golf championship teams? Taking part in another jointly as coaches ...