Youth on Course caddies helped transform Poppy Hills Golf Course into Augusta National during The Masters weekend. Sixty-five YOC caddies, donned in traditional overalls, looped for players.
Fairfield resident Jeff Wilson went south and captured the SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship. Wilson also won the event in 2008. In 2014, the NCGA’s Jeff Burda won the SCGA Senior Championship.
Teenagers are again controlling the brackets at the annual San Francisco City Golf Championships. The championships conclude this weekend at TPC Harding Park.
Meghan Paracuelles of Folsom and Megan Chou of Los Altos were among the 80 juniors who competed Sunday in the second annual Drive, Chip and Putt Finals at Augusta National. Both are members of Youth on Course and the Junior Tour of Northern California.
Former NCGA Board of Directors member Eddie LeBaron, who was a star on the gridiron and a hero on the battlefield in Korea, died Wednesday in Stockton. Along with receiving the Bronze Star, LeBaron was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1980.
Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson and Bubba Watson all confirmed their appearance for the upcoming WGC Cadillac-Match Play at TPC Harding Park. McIlroy is looking to secure a potential career grand slam at The Masters next week
A four-year old lawsuit brought by environmentalist groups to close Sharp Park has ended. A 3-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal in Wild Equity vs. City and County of San Francisco.
A year after competing in the U.S. Women’s Open, Lucy Li and Kathleen Scavo are headed to another USGA championship. The duo teamed up to earn a berth in the inaugural U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship.
Northern California juniors Meghan Paracuelles and Megan Chou will tee it up at Augusta National on the Sunday before the Masters as part of the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals. Last year, Lucy Li of Redwood Shores won her age division.
After over a two month winter break, the highly successful Junior Tour of Northern California resumes play starting with its Spring Series. The 2014-2015 season will end with the JTNC Championship, to be held July 27-28 at Poppy Hills.