PWGA-WGANC-NCGA Q&A Regarding Collaboration and Potential Unification Potential Unification What is the “unification” of the PWGA, WGANC, and NCGA all about? The United States Golf Association (USGA) has appointed the Northern California Golf Association (NCGA) to be the official “Allied Golf Association” for the Northern California region. This designation requires…
California Golf Association to Add California Women’s Amateurs December 11, 2018 The California Golf Association, which consists of the NCGA and Southern California Golf Association, will add the annual California Women’s Amateur Championship and California Senior Women’s Amateur Championship beginning in 2019. Under the agreement reached between the California Women’s Amateur Championship (CWAC) and CGA,…
November 19, 2018 NCGA Members Isaiah Salinda and Brandon Wu to Attend Walker Cup Practices Isaiah Salinda, the winner of the 2017 NCGA Amateur Match Play Championship, and fellow NCGA member Brandon Wu will attend a practice session for the 2019 Walker Cup Match, the International Team Selection Commitee of the USGA announced. The 47th…
November 14, 2018 New Pebble Beach Visitor Center Now Open Pebble Beach Company opened its new Pebble Beach Visitor Center on November 13, commemorating the kick-off of the company’s centennial celebration in 2019 and providing guests with an incredible opportunity to learn about the storied 100-year legacy of Pebble Beach Resorts. “The Visitor Center is…
November 12, 2018 USGA previews Pebble Beach setup for 119th U.S. Open By Gary McCormick The USGA’s United States Open is one of the most anticipated tournaments of the year, and Northern California golf fans can be forgiven for having a special feeling for it in the years when it comes to Pebble Beach. Next…
November 10, 2018 WGANC Member Lori Boettler Gets Hole-In-Ones Right and Left-Handed! by Dianna Stein The majority of us continue to tee up on each par three with a little subconscious hope: Maybe THIS will be my hole in one! Is it going to happen now? But my best friends aren’t here! I can’t stay…
November 5, 2018 BYU’s Peter Kuest Cards Course Record 61 at Poppy Hills Brigham Young University junior Peter Kuest got off to a record start at this week’s annual St. Mary’s Invitational at par-71 Poppy Hills Golf Course. Kuest, who grew up in Fresno and played on the Junior Tour of Northern California, fired…
October 29, 2018 Sacramento Native Cameron Champ a PGA Tour Champ Sacramento native Cameron Champ doesn’t have to stress over his PGA Tour status anymore. On Oct. 28, Champ, who finished third in the 2017 NCGA Player of the Year standings, claimed the Sanderson Farms Championship in just his second start as a tour member.…
October 24, 2018 Stocker Cup Preview Content Courtesy of AmateurGolf.com It’s Stocker Cup time once again, and even as much of the field remains familiar, we are guaranteed suspense at the end of three days at the Preserve Golf Club. With defending champion Tyler Crawford out of the field with an injury, a new champion…
October 23, 2018 Jim Mahaney–2018 NCGA Course Rater of the Year As it is with many things in life, it’s all about who you know. Or in some cases, who knows you. Back in the late 1990’s, Jim Mahaney was a golfer living in the Bay Area. At the time, his wife Mary was…