December 16, 2019 NCGA Remembers Past Board Member Vincent Kilduff Former NCGA Board of Directors member Vincent Joseph Kilduff died December 9 at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto at the age of 78. Mr. Kilduff, a board member from 1995-2000 who was known as “Vinnie”, was born in Boston and attended Cathedral High School. He…
Shared Emails No Longer Supported As Of January 1, 2020 Due to the implementation of the new World Handicap System and updates to the USGA/GHIN system, all NCGA members must have a unique email address prior to December 31, 2019. If you currently share an email address with another member, you must update your NCGA profile with a unique email address. Update…
December 9, 2019 Accidental Deflections, A How-To Guide There are a lot of things on a golf course that can deflect your ball while it is in motion. Accidental deflections is an area that has become significantly easier to understand and apply in the 2019 Rules of Golf thanks to the new general outcome that…
December 9, 2019 Amateur Status to Be Modernized; Change to Hole-in-One Prize Rule The USGA and The R&A are conducting a review of the Rules of Amateur Status to make them easier to understand and apply. The comprehensive evaluation is part of the continued joint effort to modernize the Rules by reducing complexity and…
December 5, 2019 2019 NCGA Annual Meeting Michael Weeks was officially named the 93rd President of the Northern California Golf Association at Thursday’s NCGA Annual Meeting at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach. Other board members for the 2019 NCGA golf season were also confirmed at the meeting. Weeks, a member at Morro Bay…
December 4, 2019 Stuart Francis Nominated 66th USGA President Hillsborough resident and NCGA member J. Stuart Francis has been nominated to serve as the 66th president of the United States Golf Association (USGA). Additionally, Christopher Cupit of Johns Creek, Ga., and Courtney Myhrum of Pittsburgh, Pa., have been nominated to the 15-member Executive Committee, a…
2018-2019 NCGA Players of the Year December 2, 2019 NCGA Player of the Year—Jason Anthony In 2018, a year after finally winning his first NCGA Player of the Year title, Fairfield resident Jason Anthony simply couldn’t get into any kind of rhythm. “I struggled that year,” said Anthony, a member at The Olympic Club. “I…
Nov. 20, 2019 USGA and R&A Modify World Amateur Golf Ranking The USGA and The R&A announced that the World Amateur Golf Ranking ® (WAGR ®) will be determined by a new system called the Power Method beginning with the first update in January 2020. The Power Method aims to better reflect the current performance of…
2020 JTNC Challenge Cup Roster Named Nov. 7, 2019 One of the two teams will walk away with a lead in the overall series. Come Jan.3-4, what will be the fifth annual Challenge Cup will get underway at Poppy Hills GC. The Challenge Cup is a two-day competition featuring 12 of the best JTNC players (eight…
World Handicap Launch Schedule November 4, 2019 The World Handicap System (WHS) is ready to be launched in January 2020 and will provide golfers with a unified and more inclusive handicapping system for the first time. Though many countries are planning to adopt the new system in January, the system will go live in…