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May 8, 2018 Play9 Program Revving Back Up For 2018 Fifth Year of Program to Feature Community Events Near USGA Championships As part of its ongoing efforts to grow the game within local golf communities, the United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced plans to celebrate the fifth year of its successful PLAY9TM program. Since…
May 4, 2018 Corica Park Supporting Youth on Course Play the New South Course at Corica Park and Support Youth on Course! First 100 Charity Tournament Corica Park, Rees Jones’ newest course, and Greenway Golf support Youth on Course & Alameda Junior Golf! The bunker liner is made from old Oakland Raiders practice field turf…
May 2, 2018 While we’re thrilled about the upcoming U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at Poppy Hills Golf Course, we’re also jazzed about the U.S. Amateur Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links, which will tee off August 13-19. On Wednesday, officials from both the USGA and Pebble Beach Company, including new Vice President and Director of…
April 17, 2018 Lucy Li and Andrea Lee Named to Curtis Cup Squad The USA Team for the 2018 Curtis Cup Matches will have a Northern California flavor. Junior sensation Lucy Li of Redwood Shores and Andrea Lee, a sophomore at Stanford, were named Tuesday to USA Team for the 2018 Curtis Cup Match, to be…
April 16, 2017 U.S. Girls’ Junior Champ From Poppy Hills Will Play at Pebble Beach in 2019 Indiana resident and defending champion Erica Shepherd will get a tune-up for this year’s U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship by competing at Shinnecock Hills as part of the USGA’s inaugural Celebration of Champions event. The four-hole exhibition, to be…
March 14, 2018 Five NorCal Players Tabbed For Arnold Palmer Cup The Arnold Palmer Cup teams for both the International and United States were announced Wednesday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard at Bay Hill Club & Lodge. The annual Ryder Cup-style competition will be played July 6-8 at Evian Resort Golf Club.…
March 12, 2018 Golf’s Modernized Rules Set For 2019 The USGA and The R&A have unveiled the new Rules of Golf, to be implemented January 1, 2019. The USGA and The R&A finalized golf’s new Rules this month after an extensive review that included a request for feedback from the global golf community on the proposed…
March 5, 2018 LPGA Tour Returns to San Francisco For 2018 LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship We knew the LPGA Tour was returning to the Bay Area. Now, we also know the name of the event. Officials announced Monday that MEDIHEAL, a Korean based cosmetics company, will sponsor the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship at Lake Merced Golf Club…
March 26, 2017 Pairings/Results Mika Jin and Ashely Shim, both members of the Junior Tour of Northern California, are headed to this year’s U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship at El Caballero Country Club in Tarzana. The duo shot a medalist-earning 3-under 69 in an 18-hole qualifier held Monday at Lake Merced GC in Daly City.…
March 2, 2018 Youth On Course Partners With Secret Golf To Provide Online Instruction More than 30,000 juniors nationwide to benefit from PGA Tour, LPGA expertise Youth on Course – the organization renowned for its record-breaking national growth to provide affordable golf access – has partnered with Secret Golf, one of golf’s fastest-growing digital media…