January 25, 2018 Celebs to Get AT&T Pro-Am Going The party can never start too early at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, so celebrity entertainers and PGA TOUR stars will start popping the cork on festivities with special events on Tuesday, Feb. 6, and Wednesday, Feb. 7, at Pebble Beach Golf Links. The Chevron Shoot-Out, “Champions Vs.…
January 12, 2018 NCGA Hole-In-One Contest Winners Every year, the NCGA holds a Hole-In-One Sweepstakes where members can record their hole-in-one and be entered into a sweepstakes with the grand prizes being a round of golf for four at Poppy Hills or Poppy Ridge. In addition, those scoring aces receive a specially designed coin to commemorate their…
January 10, 2017 USGA Forms New Alliance With Regional Golf Associations Fifty-nine regional golf associations, including the NCGA, have entered into a new relationship with the United States Golf Association to enhance the golfer experience at the state and local levels in the United States. These Allied Golf Associations (AGAs), supported by the USGA’s five…
January 8, 2017 NorCal Collaboration The new year brings a two-year collaboration period between the NCGA, the Women’s Golf Association of Northern California (WGANC) and the Pacific Women’s Golf Association (PWGA). During this time, the NCGA is proud to offer all WGANC and PWGA members full NCGA membership benefits, which include a USGA handicap index,…
January 5, 2018 Why Tiger and I Could Never Find a Swing Coach? By Bobby Clampett News of Tiger’s departure from his most recent coach, Chris Como, should come as no surprise to anyone. Tiger’s growing list now includes the so-called world’s best instructors: Butch Harmon, Hank Haney, Sean Foley and now Chris Como. It’s…
December 14, 2017 Sharon Heights GC Member Has Two Aces Same Round Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club member Marty Putnam pulled off a rare feat last Saturday. Putnam aced the 13th hole and the 17th hole in the same round on his home course. According to the National Hole-In-One Registry, the odds of a player making…
December 12, 2017 Late S.F. Mayor Ed Lee Big Supporter of Golf As San Francisco Chronicle golf writer Ron Kroichick noted, it was just over a month ago that San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee proudly carried the Ryder Cup into a news conference at the Olympic Club as part of the announcement that the 2032 Ryder…
December 12, 2017 Stars Aligning for 2018 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Popular tour pros Adam Scott, Bubba Watson, Jason Day and defending champion Jordan Spieth will join celebrity newcomer Dierks Bentley for the 2018 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, as they tee it up on three Monterey Peninsula golf courses the week of Feb. 5-11. The tournament…
December 8, 2017 Poppy Hills Golf Course Tom Bone of Gold River was officially named the 91st President of the Northern California Golf Association at Friday’s NCGA Annual Meeting at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach. Other board members for the 2018 NCGA golf season were also confirmed at the meeting. Bone, a member…
Jason Anthony 2016-2017 NCGA Player of the Year Fairfield resident Jason Anthony had one goal in mind after getting his amateur status back in 2012—win NCGA Player of the Year. In 2014, he’d get as close as possible, finishing runner-up to Trevor Clayton. A year later, he’d finish fourth in the standings. Finally, Anthony…