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 13, 2020 Titleist and FootJoy announced as latest Sponsors of Women’s Golf Day Titleist and FootJoy have joined the Women’s Golf Day sponsor family as the Official Golf Ball and Official Footwear Sponsors, respectively, of Women’s Golf Day (WGD) 2021. These highly respected golf industry leaders join WGD’s mission to engage, empower and support…
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 30, 2020 Celebrating the 2019-2020 NCGA Players of the Year Each of the 2019-2020 NCGA Players of the Year were first-time honorees; Congratulations to all of our champions! To learn more about the NCGA Player of the Year program, please visit ncga.org/play/poy-points/ NCGA Player of the Year—–Alex Chin Alex Chin, a senior at…
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 14, 2020 NCGA Annual Meeting Raffle Winners During the recent NCGA Annual Meeting, a raffle was held with golf at an NCGA venue as a prize. The winners of the raffle were: Empire Ranch – winner of foursome at Poppy Ridge. Callippe Preserve – winner of foursome at Poppy Hills. Thank you to all…
Dec. 11, 2020 Steph Curry Event Unlikely in 2021; Safeway Open In Limbo Amidst a flurry of activity, it appears that there’s some possible changes coming to the NorCal golf scene. As first reported by San Francisco Chronicle golf writer and NCGA Golf Magazine regular contributor Ron Kroichick, it appears that Warrior star Steph Curry’s…
December 8 2020 2020 NCGA Annual Meeting (Virtual) Bob Goldstein was officially named the 94th President of the Northern California Golf Association at Tuesday’s NCGA Annual Meeting, which was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Other board members for the 2020 NCGA golf season were also confirmed at the meeting. Goldstein, a member at…
No Spectators for 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Dec. 7, 2020 The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, preparing to commemorate its 75th anniversary, announced today spectators will not be permitted at this year’s event, scheduled for Feb. 8-14, 2021. “Unfortunately our ’21 event will be unlike any of the previous editions of the tournament since Monterey County remains…