Edward B. Tufts
The Father of Golf in Southern California![](https://www.socalgolfhof.com/_LargeImage/Edward_B._Tufts_Resize_.jpg)
He was an entrepreneur, a tennis buff who became an ardent golfer and a sporting goods merchant who became known as the Father of Golf in Southern California. But most of all, Edward B. Tufts was a visionary who, among other things, helped found The Los Angeles Country Club—the first club in Los Angeles County—and the Southern California Golf Association.