August 3, 2020 PGA Championship: Architects Talk TPC Harding Park In a recent article in the UK’s Golf Today, writer M. James Ward caught up with some Northern California golf architects Gary Roger Baird and Poppy Hills Golf Course co-designer Bruce Charlton to talk about TPC Harding Park, host of this week’s PGA Championship. The…
August 3, 2020 Rule of the Month: Fairways and Rough Most of your shots during a round will be made from the fairway or rough, which are part of an area of the golf course called the “general area.” This area includes everywhere on the course except bunkers, penalty areas, and the teeing area and…
July 29, 2020 NCGA Hall of Famer Grant Spaeth Dies Age 88 Grant Spaeth, who proudly served the USGA in a variety of volunteer roles, including as the Association’s president in 1990-91, and was also elected to the NCGA Hall of Fame in 2011, died July 27 at the age of 88. Spaeth, who was…
July 29, 2020 Kiara Romero, Baron Szeto 2019-2020 JTNC Players of the Year San Jose resident Kiara Romero already has aspirations of someday playing on the LPGA Tour. Still only 14, she’s still a bit away from that. But her amateur career is off to a promising start. Romero joined Sabrina Iqbal as one of…
July 16, 2020 New Steph Curry Signature Shoe to Benefit Ace Kids Golf Limited edition Under Armour signature shoe inspired by The Masters Warriors star Stephen Curry showed off more than his golf game at the recent American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe. And Bay Area youth have reason to celebrate. Prior to starting his…
July 15, 2020 Safeway Open to Kick Off 2020-2021 Season Without Fans The Safeway Open presented by Chevron announced today that the 2020 event, the first of the 2020-2021 PGA TOUR season, will not have fans in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual PGA TOUR event held at Silverado Resort and Spa in…
June 29, 2020 The Story Behind Dropping Golf is a complicated game. No matter how low your handicap, you will still occasionally end up in a situation where you are dropping a ball. Sometimes dropping can benefit your situation, such as when you get free relief from a condition on the golf course that is…
June 25, 2020 NCGA Mourns the Loss of Past President Jerry Blackmore Jerry E. Blackmore, who served as NCGA president in 1992, died June 23. Mr. Blackmore was born August 19, 1940 in Great Falls, Montana. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Blackmore, he grew up as a young child in Duluth…
September 24, 2020 Sharing the Game With Friends and Family After some very challenging months, we are all now enjoying the perks of fall golf. In taking stock of the situation, we more appreciate and realize how smart and fortunate we are to have chosen a sport that is proving to be such a great outlet…
June 20, 2020 18 Things to Like About the New World Handicap System NCGA Director of Handicapping and Course Rating Jim Cowan presents us with 18 reasons to appreciate the new system: (as seen in the Spring 2020 issue of NCGA Golf Magazine) Click Here for a Printable PDF Global reach – The WHS is…well…worldwide.…