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…
June 1, 2018 San Jose State Women’s Golf Head Coach John Dormann Announces Retirement Longtime San José State University women’s golf coach John Dormann announced his retirement, effective August 1. A Spartan alum, Dormann has coached at San José State for the past 20 years. He joined the Spartan golf programs in 1998 as the Assistant…
May 23, 2018 Back-to-Back Aces at Pasatiempo GC Pasatiempo GC member Rusty Kingon and his playing partner recently bucked the odds. Kingon got going by acing the par-3 8th hole at his home course with a 6-iron. The next person on the tee, Geoff Eisenberg, followed that up with an ace of his own, using…