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September 20, 2020 NorCal’s Bryson DeChambeau Wins U.S. Open Clovis native Bryson DeChambeau is now a U.S. Open champion. DeChambeau, who honed his skills as a junior on the Junior Tour of Northern California, shot a final-round 3-under 67 Sunday at Winged Foot to win the title by six shots. He joins Jack Nicklaus and…
September 9, 2020 USGA Announces Plans for Golf House Pinehurst, Test Center and Five U.S. Open Championships at Pinehurst In an effort to expand its impact in golf and extend its mission to champion and advance the game, the USGA will establish “Golf House Pinehurst” in North Carolina, to include a new equipment-testing facility, innovation…
September 2, 2020 Patriot Golf Day Celebrated This Labor Day Weekend Benefitting Folds of Honor, PGA HOPE and Military Families The 13th Annual Patriot Golf Day will honor the sacrifice of our nation’s military heroes across America this Labor Day Weekend (Fri.-Mon., Sept. 4-7), by raising awareness and scholarship funds for the families of fallen and…
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 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 15, 2020 Safeway Open to Kick Off 2020-2021 Season Without Fans The Safeway Open presented by Chevron announced today that the 2020 event, the first of the 2020-2021 PGA TOUR season, will not have fans in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual PGA TOUR event held at Silverado Resort and Spa in…
June 29, 2020 The Story Behind Dropping Golf is a complicated game. No matter how low your handicap, you will still occasionally end up in a situation where you are dropping a ball. Sometimes dropping can benefit your situation, such as when you get free relief from a condition on the golf course that is…