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USGA Announces 2021 U.S. Women’s Open Qualifying 2021 Event at Olympic Club January 26, 2021 The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced qualifying dates and sites for the 76th U.S. Women’s Open Championship, which will be contested June 3-6, 2021, at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif. Conducted over 36 holes, qualifying will…
January 14, 2020 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Won’t Have Traditional Pro-Am Format Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill to Host; No Monterey Peninsula Country Club The PGA TOUR, in conjunction with AT&T, the Monterey Peninsula Foundation and Pebble Beach Company, today announced that the 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am will be played without the…
January 8, 2021 Need to Know: 2021 NCGA Championships News Featuring over 500 tournament days, the 2021 NCGA Championships calendar is again loaded with events for men and women players of all abilities. This year, there are however some changes players will want to be aware of: All entries into championships are now paperless.…
January 4, 2021 Rule of the Month—Abnormal Conditions/Embedded Ball Certain conditions are not treated as part of the challenge of playing the course, so free relief is provided as an option. This includes interference from temporary water, ground under repair, animal holes, and immovable artificial objects (such as carts paths and sprinkler heads). All of…
December 21, 2020 2021 LPGA Women’s Golf: Back-to-Back On the Bay The LPGA Tour will feature a back-to-back visit to the Bay Area in 2021. Things will start off June 3-6 with the playing of the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open on The Lake Course at The Olympic Club. The championship will mark the first time…
December 1, 2020 Rule of the Month—Putting Green The putting green is one of the five defined areas of the course. It is an area specifically prepared for putting, which means you have some special permissions here, including the ability to mark, lift and clean your ball any time. To mark and lift your ball,…
December 1, 2020 NBC Sports, Via GolfNow, Ink Landmark Partnership to Provide Affordable Access to Golf Youth on Course members can rejoice. On this Giving Tuesday, NBC Sports has earmarked a longtime commitment to affordable access to golf for youth across the country by supporting Youth on Course through their GolfNow platform. Youth on Course…
November 2, 2020 NorCal’s Lee, Harigae Get U.S. Women’s Open Exemptions Stanford alum Andrea Lee and Monterey native Mina Harigae will be teeing it up in the upcoming U.S. Women’s Open. The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that 10 players–including Lee and Harigae–have earned exemptions into the 75th U.S. Women’s Open Championship, which…
November 2, 2020 Charities benefit from PURE Insurance Championship The PGA TOUR Champions’ successful return to golf which began in July of this year, included a September stop at Pebble Beach Golf Links for the PURE Insurance Championship Impacting the First Tee. Monterey Peninsula Foundation hosted the three-day, pro-am golf tournament to raise funds for…
October 24, 2020 2020 NCGA Tournament Official of the Year–Phil Sexton After nearly six decades of playing golf, Rancho Murieta Country Club member Phil Sexton got a nudge from his good friend, Doug Ruley. “He suggested I become a volunteer tournament official for the NCGA,” Sexton said. That was in 2009. Eleven years later,…