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…
Sept. 21, 2017 2017 NCGA Hall of Fame Class Ceremony Golf in Northern California was celebrated Thursday, Sept. 21 at Poppy Hills Golf Course as the NCGA celebrated its 2017 Hall of Fame Class with a ceremony at Porter’s in the Forest. Proceeds benefited Youth on Course. Joining Distinguished Service Award winner Sheri Erskine were…
September 11, 2017 Langer, McCarron Head PURE Insurance Championship Field Bernhard Langer and Scott McCarron – the leading candidates for Player of the Year on the PGA TOUR Champions – head the list of all-time tour stars for the PURE Insurance Championship, set to return to Poppy Hills Golf Course and Pebble Beach Golf Links…
September 11, 2017 McNealy, U.S. Squad Romp at Walker Cup Two years ago John “Spider” Miller and former Stanford standout Maverick McNealy left Royal Lytham & St. Annes on the wrong end of a seven-point defeat, one of the largest for a USA Team in the Walker Cup. Two years later, in a town known…
September 5, 2017 Texas Tech Golfer Sets Pebble Beach Record Texas Tech senior Hurly Long had quite a day at Pebble Beach Golf Links en route to winning the Carmel Cup. Long, who hails from Germany, shot a course record 11-under 61 in the second round, breaking the previous course mark of 62 co-held by…
NCGA Rules Review: Navigating the Sand Dunes at Spyglass Hill The sand dunes on the Monterey Peninsula have been the source of frequent questions during our championships for years. We even put an additional line on the Notice to Players as a reminder. So what are the Rules relating to sand dunes and what are…
August 21, 2017 McNealy, Champ and Morikawa Tabbed for Walker Cup Northern California will be well represented at next month’s Walker Cup at The Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course. Among the 10 players chosen by the USGA’s International Team Selection Committee to represent the USA team against Great Britain and Ireland in the 46th…
August 12, 2017 Pebble Beach Unveils Fairway One at The Lodge Pebble Beach Company officially opened the doors on its new Fairway One on Friday at Pebble Beach Resorts. A distinctive addition to The Lodge at Pebble Beach, Fairway One adds 38 guest rooms, including 30 guest rooms in three two-story buildings and eight rooms…