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…
May 22, 2018 Sacramento Native John Catlin Nabs First Asian Tour Win Current NCGA member and two-time NCGA Amateur Match Play Champion, John Catlin, captured his first Asian Tour victory last Sunday May 20, by winning the Asia-Pacific Classic. A native of Carmichael, California, Catlin fired a 16-under-par 272 to win by two strokes. The…
May 21, 2018 NorCal’s Bucey, Viboch Medalists at U.S. Amateur Four-Ball For the last 3½ years, Northern Californians Bobby Bucey and Brett Viboch have found a perfect chemistry as four-ball partners. Two years ago, they qualified for the 2nd U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship at Winged Foot Golf Club and missed the match-play cut by a…
May 18, 2018 Sign Up For The Alister MacKenzie Tournament To Preserve Sharp Park – May 26! Ken Venturi called Sharp Park “Alister MacKernzie’s great gift to the American public course golfer.” Following great victories in 2017 for the Save Sharp Park cause at the California Coastal Commission and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, in 2018 we turn our attention to restoring MacKenzie’s “great…