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April 15, 2020 Stay Golf Ready–How to Practice at Home No Course, No Range, No Problem At-home instruction with Pebble Beach’s Laird Small In the Fall 2019 issue of NCGA Golf Magazine, Pebble Beach Golf Academy Director Laird Small gave us some tips on how to work on your game at home. We’re re-running this…
April 15, 2020 Safeway Open Announces New Dates: Sept. 10-13 As part of the newly updated PGA TOUR schedule, the Safeway Open presented by Chevron will kick off the 2020-2021 season and be played the week after the TOUR Championship and the week before the U.S. Open. The dates for the Safeway Open presented by…
April 13, 2020 NorCal Wrap-Up: The Week That Was 4/13-4/17 Our players can’t wait to be back, and neither can we. In the meantime, let’s do our part. Stay home. Flatten the curve. https://t.co/AFHxTLxgbi — TPC Harding Park (@TPCHardingPark) April 13, 2020 .@jacknicklaus wants to know what course will you head straight to when…
April 6, 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park Set for August 3-9 The PGA of America is announcing today that the PGA Championship is now scheduled to take place August 3-9 and will remain at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. The PGA Championship was originally slated for May 11-17 but was postponed on…
March 29, 2020 Penalty Areas – The Dos and Don’ts Penalty areas come in many shapes and sizes. Some contain water, some contain grass, some are rocky, and some are smooth. Regardless of the size, shape and contents of a penalty area, your relief options will always be classified into two categories: yellow and red.…
March 27, 2020 Stay Golf Ready—Things To Do While You’re Not Golfing With spring officially here, most of us had plans for the new golf season. Then the unimaginable happened and it’s all been put on hold. We know there’s light at the end of the tunnel, and that right now family and health are…
Temporary Closure at Poppy Hills – Update March 22, 2020 In response to the evolving COVID-19 situation, Poppy Hills has suspended all clubhouse and golf operations, including the NCGA offices, until further notice. Please continue to check the NCGA and Poppy Hills websites for updates to our operational status. Poppy Ridge is also closed. The…
March 16, 2020 Poppy Ridge Temporarily Closed Due to Covid-19 County Mandate Due to the shelter in place mandate given by Alameda County and other counties throughout the Bay Area in response to the Covid-19 virus, Poppy Ridge will close golf and food & beverage operations temporarily starting midnight March 16. We will continue to…
April 27, 2020 NCGA Events Suspended Through June 1 Due to Coronavirus Dear NCGA member, Given the ongoing developments with COVID-19, in an abundance of caution, the NCGA has made the decision to suspend all scheduled competitions and events through June 1, 2020. While there is still a great deal of uncertainty, the safety and…
March 10, 2020 World Handicap System Video of the Week: Net Double Bogey Learn how the Net Double Bogey adjustment sets a maximum score on any hole for handicap purposes