1964In 1964, Lawrence Welk went for a drive in north county San Diego, California planning to invest in a grove of orange trees. Instead, he bought a motel and a nine-hole golf course. When he staged a show there, it gained instant celebrity as a tourist hotspot for Lawrence Welk fans across the globe.
Lawrence Welk, and his son Lawrence Welk II (Larry Welk), had the vision to expand this ionic location into a true vacation haven. Eventually becoming the beautiful Welk Resorts San Diego which so many have come to cherish, it would grow to include a theatre, more golf and premier vacation homes. It was then that Larry and his dad knew this would be the start of something very, very special…