June 21, 2018 Ban, Suh Named All-American Fellow San Jose residents and NCGA members Shintaro Ban and Justin Suh were recently named PING Division I All-American as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Ban, who recently wrapped up his senior season at UNLV, was the 2016 NCGA Player of the Year. His wins…
June 20, 2018 WGANC Stroke Play Championship Fort Washington G&CC, San Joaquin CC, Copper River GC Overall Champion: Holly Bare, Sunnyside CC, 80-80-71-231 Flight A Gross: Vernie Miller, Kings Country Club, 79-74-79-232 Flight B Gross: Lynda Donahue, Half Moon Bay Women’s GC, 86-81-90-257 Flight C Gross: Crystal Lee, Copper River CC, 94-92-91-277 Flight D…
June 19, 2018 U.S. Girls’ Junior Preview Day LPGA great and former champion Pat Hurst got reacquainted with the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship trophy during Preview Day festivities held June 19 at Northern California Golf Association (NCGA) headquarters in Pebble Beach. Hurst, winner of the 1986 U.S. Girls’ Junior, was joined by Northern California junior…
June 15, 2018 NCGA Hall of Famer Kay Cockerill Talks U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship
June 13, 2018 Who’s Already In At the U.S. Girls’ Junior Sectional qualifying for the upcoming U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship is underway. Some of the players headed to Poppy Hills Golf Course, however, don’t have to qualify. Among those who are already exempt is Redwood Shores resident Lucy Li. Li, who last weekend helped the…
June 12, 2018 Dormann Medalist at U.S. Senior Women’s Open Qualifier Pairings/Results Pro Dana Dormann of Pleasanton punched her ticket to the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open, carding a 3-under 68 in a qualifier held Tuesday at par-71 The Olympic Club (Ocean Course). The field was the second largest Sectional qualifier in the nation…
Lucy Li, junior sensation from Redwood Shores, and Andrea Lee, sophomore at Stanford, are all set for the 2018 Curtis Cup Matches. Li and Lee will compete this weekend June 8-10 at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in New York, as the USA team tries to take the Cup back from the Great Britain & Ireland.…
June 7, 2018 NCGA Remembers Bill Yates William ‘Bill’ Yates, the founder of Pace Manager Systems and a familiar face in the Northern California golf circle, died June 4. In his career, Yates did numerous consultations with golf club general managers as well as hundreds of other golf course properties. These included facilities such Pebble…
Celebrating Women’s Golf Poppy Hills GC and Poppy Ridge GC were among over 700 facilities worldwide that celebrated what has become annual Women’s Golf Day on June 5. Not a day about competition or trophies, Women’s Golf Day instead focuses on creating an opportunity for women and girls to experience golf for the first time…
Pairings / Results June 4, 2018 Shintaro Ban Qualifies for U.S. Open from NorCal Sectional A Ban brother came up big again at Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City. San Jose resident and 2016 NCGA Player of the Year Shintaro Ban was one of five players advancing thru Monday’s 36-hole U.S. Open Sectional qualifier…