October 31, 2017 Remembering NCPGA Executive Director Chris Thomas The golf world was recently stunned by the sudden and unexpected passing of longtime PGA member and 15-year Northern California Executive Director Chris Thomas, who died Oct. 24. Thomas, 54, oversaw all PGA programming offered through the Section and Foundation to the 1,100-plus PGA Members and…
October 30, 2017 Monterey Peninsula Foundation Donates Record $12.8 million to Non-Profits Monterey Peninsula Foundation, host of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the PURE Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Poppy Hills Golf Course, donated $12.8 million to charities this year surpassing last year’s record total of $10.8 million. Grants awarded to…
October 30, 2017 Challenge Cup Returns to Poppy Hills Jan.3-4 Who’s going to take the lead in the Cup series? We’ll find out on Jan. 3-4, when the third annual Challenge Cup returns to Poppy Hills GC in Pebble Beach. Featuring 12 members (eight boys, four girls) of the CIG-sponsored Junior Tour of Northern California…
October 24, 2017 The USGA today announced Pebble Beach Golf Links as the site for the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open and 2027 U.S. Open Championships, the 14th and 15th USGA championships in the course’s storied history. Pebble Beach, which is already scheduled to host the 2018 U.S. Amateur and 2019 U.S. Open Championships, will host…
October 13, 2017 2017 NCGA Course Rater, Tournament Official of the Year NCGA staff and volunteers celebrated yet another fantastic tournament and course rating season at the annual TOCR Day at Poppy Hills GC in Pebble Beach. As per custom, a number of officials and raters were recognized for their commitments to serving the game.…
October 6, 2017 2018 U.S. Girls’ Junior Winner at Poppy Hills Gets Ticket to U.S. Women’s Open The winner of next year’s U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at Poppy Hills Golf Course will receive a bonus ticket to the U.S. Women’s Open. On Thursday, the USGA announced that the U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open will…
Sept. 24, 2017 Junior Tour of Northern California members Annika Borrelli and Katie Harris didn’t get the big prize, but they certainly left an impression at the PURE Insurance Championship Impacting The First Tee. Borrelli, representing The First Tee of Tri-Valley, and Harris, playing out of The First Tee of Greater Sacramento, each at one…
Sept. 23, 2017 PURE Insurance Championship: Second Round Wrap-up By Gary McCormick Saturday play at the 2017 PURE Insurance Championship at Poppy Hills and Pebble Beach Golf Links took place in the kind of blue-skies-and-mild-temps weather that the Monterey Peninsula revels in as summer turns to fall. After dead-calm weather for Friday’s opening round, freshening breezes put a…
Sept. 23, 2017 PURE Insurance Championship: Saturday at Poppy Hills A day after Scott McCarron broke the course record by two shots, the PGA Tour Champions were back out at par-71 Poppy Hills GC for Saturday’s second round of this weekend’s PURE Insurance Championship. Midway through the day, 2017 tour rookie Jerry Kelly had things…
Sept. 22, 2017 Scott McCarron Sets Poppy Hills Course Record It was a Northern California guy who had the hot hand on day one of this weekend’s Champions Tour PURE Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Poppy Hills Golf Course. McCarron, a former Napa resident, set the course record at par-71 Poppy Hills…