Scratch vs. Bogey Tee Shots
The most important players in the Course Rating system are the Scratch and Bogey golfers. The difference in these two players’ abilities is what determines the Slope of a golf course.
JTNC’s Borrelli, Harris Impact PURE Insurance Championship
Sept. 24, 2017 Junior Tour of Northern California members Annika Borrelli and Katie Harris didn’t get the big prize, but they certainly left an impression at the PURE Insurance Championship Impacting The First Tee. Borrelli, representing The First Tee of Tri-Valley, and Harris, playing out of The First Tee of Greater Sacramento, each at one…
PURE Insurance Championship: Second Round Wrap-up
Sept. 23, 2017 PURE Insurance Championship: Second Round Wrap-up By Gary McCormick Saturday play at the 2017 PURE Insurance Championship at Poppy Hills and Pebble Beach Golf Links took place in the kind of blue-skies-and-mild-temps weather that the Monterey Peninsula revels in as summer turns to fall. After dead-calm weather for Friday’s opening round, freshening breezes put a…
PURE Insurance Championship: Saturday at Poppy Hills
Sept. 23, 2017 PURE Insurance Championship: Saturday at Poppy Hills A day after Scott McCarron broke the course record by two shots, the PGA Tour Champions were back out at par-71 Poppy Hills GC for Saturday’s second round of this weekend’s PURE Insurance Championship. Midway through the day, 2017 tour rookie Jerry Kelly had things…
Scott McCarron Sets Poppy Hills Course Record
Sept. 22, 2017 Scott McCarron Sets Poppy Hills Course Record It was a Northern California guy who had the hot hand on day one of this weekend’s Champions Tour PURE Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Poppy Hills Golf Course. McCarron, a former Napa resident, set the course record at par-71 Poppy Hills…
2017 NCGA Hall of Fame Class Ceremony
Sept. 21, 2017 2017 NCGA Hall of Fame Class Ceremony Golf in Northern California was celebrated Thursday, Sept. 21 at Poppy Hills Golf Course as the NCGA celebrated its 2017 Hall of Fame Class with a ceremony at Porter’s in the Forest. Proceeds benefited Youth on Course. Joining Distinguished Service Award winner Sheri Erskine were…
Langer, McCarron Head PURE Insurance Championship Field
September 11, 2017 Langer, McCarron Head PURE Insurance Championship Field Bernhard Langer and Scott McCarron – the leading candidates for Player of the Year on the PGA TOUR Champions – head the list of all-time tour stars for the PURE Insurance Championship, set to return to Poppy Hills Golf Course and Pebble Beach Golf Links…
McNealy, U.S. Squad Romp at Walker Cup
September 11, 2017 McNealy, U.S. Squad Romp at Walker Cup Two years ago John “Spider” Miller and former Stanford standout Maverick McNealy left Royal Lytham & St. Annes on the wrong end of a seven-point defeat, one of the largest for a USA Team in the Walker Cup. Two years later, in a town known…