August 18, 2020 Haggin Oaks Women’s Mentor League by Dianna Stein For the casual woman golfer, it can be intimidating to take the step from hitting balls and putting on the practice green to actually teeing off on the first tee. As this pandemic continues to redefine what is the new normal in our daily…
August 17, 2020 JTNC Alum Ollie Osborne Runner-up At U.S. Amateur JTNC alum Ollie Osborne came within one hole of winning the U.S. Amateur Championship. Osborne, who lives in Reno, fell, 1-up, Sunday to winner Tyler Stafaci after Strafaci hit a beautiful 4-iron shot onto the 36th green, hsetting imself up for a tap-in birdie. …
August 9, 2020 NorCal Connection: Cal Alum Collin Morikawa Wins PGA Championship Cal-Berkeley alum Collin Morikawa came across the Bay and made history at the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park. The 23-year-old, a two-time All-America Scholar who graduated from Cal in 2019, carded a clutch eagle on the par-4 16th and held on from…
August 4, 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park: The Players As this week’s PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park gets set to tee off, we thought we’d take a look at some of the facts and figures heading into the championship, courtesy of Elias Sports Brooks Koepka is seeking a third consecutive PGA Championship…
August 3, 2020 PGA Championship: Architects Talk TPC Harding Park In a recent article in the UK’s Golf Today, writer M. James Ward caught up with some Northern California golf architects Gary Roger Baird and Poppy Hills Golf Course co-designer Bruce Charlton to talk about TPC Harding Park, host of this week’s PGA Championship. The…
August 3, 2020 Rule of the Month: Fairways and Rough Most of your shots during a round will be made from the fairway or rough, which are part of an area of the golf course called the “general area.” This area includes everywhere on the course except bunkers, penalty areas, and the teeing area and…
July 29, 2020 NCGA Hall of Famer Grant Spaeth Dies Age 88 Grant Spaeth, who proudly served the USGA in a variety of volunteer roles, including as the Association’s president in 1990-91, and was also elected to the NCGA Hall of Fame in 2011, died July 27 at the age of 88. Spaeth, who was…
July 29, 2020 Kiara Romero, Baron Szeto 2019-2020 JTNC Players of the Year San Jose resident Kiara Romero already has aspirations of someday playing on the LPGA Tour. Still only 14, she’s still a bit away from that. But her amateur career is off to a promising start. Romero joined Sabrina Iqbal as one of…
July 16, 2020 New Steph Curry Signature Shoe to Benefit Ace Kids Golf Limited edition Under Armour signature shoe inspired by The Masters Warriors star Stephen Curry showed off more than his golf game at the recent American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe. And Bay Area youth have reason to celebrate. Prior to starting his…