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Ron Kroichick

Ron Kroichick

Joined: Jan 1, 2021

Ron Kroichick has covered golf for the San Francisco Chronicle since 2005. He also is a regular contributor to NCGA Golf, the Northern California Golf Association’s magazine.

Pasatiempo steps into spotlight
Golf

Pasatiempo steps into spotlight

Most of golf’s greatest players have strolled these fairways, trying to avoid the sprawling, artistic bunkers and solve the expansive, fiendish greens. Alister MacKenzie’s wicked brilliance is on full display at this classic course dripping with history.

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50 years later, Archer’s signature victory
Golf

50 years later, Archer’s signature victory

Fifty years ago, George Archer joined one of golf’s most exclusive and prestigious clubs. He conquered a parade of obstacles in his life to win the Masters, the crowning achievement of a career in which he pocketed 13 PGA Tour victories.

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Tiger, tortoise star in West Coast drama
Golf

Tiger, tortoise star in West Coast drama

The PGA Tour completed its West Coast Swing on Sunday, with J.B. Holmes … eventually … winning … at … Riviera. So, what did we learn from the Tour’s meandering, seven-week trip through Hawaii, California and Arizona?

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Pebble Beach rolls out Game 1 of twin bill
Golf

Pebble Beach rolls out Game 1 of twin bill

Nine years ago, Dustin Johnson validated his arrival as a rising star on the PGA Tour by winning at Pebble Beach. He shot 64 in the first and third rounds, then held on to beat David Duval and J.B. Holmes by one stroke.

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It’s a shot too good for Tour not to take
Golf

It’s a shot too good for Tour not to take

Maybe other big-name celebrities secretly yearn to host a PGA Tour event. Maybe they also want to align themselves with the world’s best golfers and broaden the audience of a sport with a finite number of engaged, passionate fans.

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Miller’s candor defines golf analysis on TV
Golf

Miller’s candor defines golf analysis on TV

Johnny Miller started hitting golf balls in the basement of his childhood home in San Francisco at age 5 (off a mat, into canvas). All these years later, his career in the game nears an end as he announced last week his retirement as NBC’s lead analyst.

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U.S. Amateur spotlights Pebble again
Golf

U.S. Amateur spotlights Pebble again

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – They’re playing this week’s 118th U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach.

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Golf offers ex-sports stars extra innings
Golf

Golf offers ex-sports stars extra innings

Mark Mulder made 203 regular-season starts in his major-league career. He won 103 of them. Mulder also beat Roger Clemens in a playoff game at Yankee Stadium, amid the pulsating tension, intensity and blood-pumping adrenaline of October baseball at the ga

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Tour makes key pass to NBA’s Curry
Golf

Tour makes key pass to NBA’s Curry

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Major tours rediscover Bay Area gems
Golf

Major tours rediscover Bay Area gems

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Wie’s career revival boosts LPGA
Golf

Wie’s career revival boosts LPGA

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LPGA stakes new claim in California
Golf

LPGA stakes new claim in California

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