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Former NCGA President Lon Haskew Wins Joe Dey Award January 16, 2020 The USGA recently announced that former NCGA President Lon Haskew has been named the recipient of the 2020 Joe Dey Award for meritorious service as a volunteer. For more than 30 years, Haskew has served as a volunteer Rules official at state, regional,…
NCGA Hall of Famer Pat Hurst Tabbed Solheim Cup Captain January 9, 2020 NCGA Hall of Famer Pat Hurst was selected captain of the U.S. team for the 2021 Solheim Cup on Thursday. The now 50-year-old Hurst, who was inducted in 2018, was an assistant to fellow Hall of Famer Juli Inkster for the matches…
January Rule of the Month: Help and Advice on the Course January 1, 2020 When you are trying to navigate your way around a course, you may end up finding your ball in a tough spot and wish you could ask for some help to make it a bit easier. However, one of the…
Shared Emails No Longer Supported As Of January 1, 2020 Due to the implementation of the new World Handicap System and updates to the USGA/GHIN system, all NCGA members must have a unique email address prior to December 31, 2019. If you currently share an email address with another member, you must update your NCGA profile with a unique email address. Update…
December 9, 2019 Accidental Deflections, A How-To Guide There are a lot of things on a golf course that can deflect your ball while it is in motion. Accidental deflections is an area that has become significantly easier to understand and apply in the 2019 Rules of Golf thanks to the new general outcome that…
December 9, 2019 Amateur Status to Be Modernized; Change to Hole-in-One Prize Rule The USGA and The R&A are conducting a review of the Rules of Amateur Status to make them easier to understand and apply. The comprehensive evaluation is part of the continued joint effort to modernize the Rules by reducing complexity and…
2018-2019 NCGA Players of the Year December 2, 2019 NCGA Player of the Year—Jason Anthony In 2018, a year after finally winning his first NCGA Player of the Year title, Fairfield resident Jason Anthony simply couldn’t get into any kind of rhythm. “I struggled that year,” said Anthony, a member at The Olympic Club. “I…
September 18, 2019 This past Monday, PGA of America’s 501 (c)(3) charitable foundation PGA REACH, Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, and Workday, a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, partnered to host the inaugural Stephen Curry Charity Classic presented by Workday at TPC Harding Park in San…
September 6, 2019 Watch Out for Junior Tour of Northern California at Upcoming PURE Insurance Championship Don’t be surprised if a Junior Tour of Northern California player walks away with the Pro-Junior title at the upcoming PGA Tour Champions PURE Insurance Championship Impacting The First Tee. The event, set to tee off Sept. 27-29 at…
June 26, 2019 Rule of the Month: Rule 19.3 Relief Options for Unplayable Ball in Bunker Under the 2019 Rules of Golf, players now have the ability to take unplayable ball relief and move their ball out of a bunker, but this addition is just one of four unplayable relief options that a player…