Winter 2021
2021 NCGA President Bob Goldstein Profile; Sequoyah CC; Becoming Bryson DeChambeau, NCGA alum John Catlin, Hitting Up Las Vegas
The award-winning NCGA Golf magazine is the official publication of the Northern California Golf Association. The magazine is mailed to the homes of the more than 170,000 members of the NCGA, along with nearly 400 member golf clubs. NCGA Golf is published four times a year (January, April, July and October) and features stories on travel, golf courses and tournaments, along with regular features on instruction and the Rules of Golf. The NCGA also produces NCGA Golf Plus, a monthly digital version of the magazine.
2021 NCGA President Bob Goldstein Profile; Sequoyah CC; Becoming Bryson DeChambeau, NCGA alum John Catlin, Hitting Up Las Vegas
Architecture Issue: Robert Hunter and Chandler Egan; Collin Morikawa Profile; Align to be Fine; Field of Dreams
Youth on Course: From NCGA Roots to Across North America; Kevin Chappell, Natalie Gulbis Profiles; San Diego Travel; Stay Calm, Play Better
Junior Tour of Northern California; Arron Oberholser Profile; Hawaiian Holiday; Pitch Perfect
Morro Bay Golf Course; Presidents Michael Weeks (NCGA) and Stuart Francis (USGA); PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park; Annual Rules Quiz
Faces of the NCGA: What Are They Up to Now?; 50-Year Loopers; Kira Kazantsev Profile; Sacramento’s Champ for Youth Golf
Careers in Golf; the Lucius Bateman Story; Prep Like Cal Women’s Golf; 420 Holes in 24 Hours
U.S. Open Preview; Pebble Beach Through Eyes of a Champ, Memories of Pebble, Texas Two-Step, Annika Sorenstam
Pasatiempo Golf Club (Then and Now), Jim Nantz profile, NCGA Club champs, DeChambeau on a Roll, Johnny Miller Family Time. Rules Quiz
Games You Can Play; U.S. Girls’ Junior, Summer of Noh, The Rabbit Game, Cindy Vining Instruction
U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at Poppy Hills, Revamped Rules, U.S. Amateur Preview, Remembering Helen Lengfeld, Jim Fitzpatrick Profile
Great Escapes, Blair Wish Project, Cal Club’s Centennial, Kay Cockerill Profile, James Hahn, Meadowood
North Ridge Country Club, Meet the President; AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Preview; Simulate Success
Golf Architecture Issue; Haggin Oaks Rocks, Maverick McNealy Turns Pro; Master Your Short Game
Golf’s Military Roots in Northern California; Travel to Bend & San Luis Obispo; History of Mare Island GC; Cameron Champ Q&A; Ageless Wonders; Training Aides
Junior Golf Programs in Northern California; Olympic Club Profile; Summer Travel to San Diego & Beyond; Ricky Barnes Q&A; The Best New Drivers
San Jose Country Club Profile; Face-On Putting w/ Bryson DeChambeau; Island Hopping Hawaiian Style; Annual Golf Course Directory & Rules Quiz; New Wedges
Ultimate Getaways in the great outdoors; Tom Watson Q&A; Poppy Ridge Turns 20; Game Improvement DIY style; NCGA Hall of Fame Night; Holiday Gift Guide
The Best of Lake Tahoe Golf; GolfBoards invade NorCal; The Golden Bear of Cal Golf; New Golf Shoes; Q & A with Bryson DeChambeau; Golf returns to the Olympics
U.S. Women’s Open at CordeValle preview; Poppy Hills to host the 2018 U.S. Girls’ Junior; Best New Drivers of 2016; Grizzly Ranch Golf Club; 100th S.F. City Championship
Lodi’s World Champion Long Driver Ryan Winther; Going to the Masters; Q&A with Sacramento’s Natalie Gulbis; San Luis Obispo and Cabo, Mexico travel features
Unbeatable Bandon Dunes; How to Set Up a Women-Friendly Course; What College Golf Coaches Do; Q&A with NBA Finals MVP Andre Iguodala; At What Age do Golfers Peak?
The Game-Changing Youth on Course; Why My Son Plays Golf; Beautiful Banff and Jasper Park; The Se Ri Pak Effect; Trent Dilfer Q&A
Schaffer’s Mill; Streamsong; Why the Best Change Their Swings; Del Paso, The Jones Family Legacy; The Golf Galaxy’s Fortnight in San Francisco.
A celebration of Northern California Golf; Northern California’s Greatest Golfers; The Pebble Beach Dream 18; Unique Holes in the Region; Cypress Lakes. Q&A: Mark O’Meara.
The Ever-Changing Chambers Bay; The First Tee Open; Pebble Beach Golf Academy; San Francisco Golf; Chasing the Champions Tour. Q&A: Nancy Lopez.
Winchester CC; Lake Tahoe; Spyglass Hill History; Rating Poppy Hills; Rules Reform. Q&A: Mike Pereira.
Poppy Hills debuts; The Evolution of Championship Golf; Golf Industry Trends; The Career of Joann Dost. Q&A: Jack Nicklaus
Merced GCC; Auburn; Paso Robles; The Evolution of Robert Trent Jones Jr; Pace of Play; PGA Tour Travel Log; Ryder Cup vs. President’s Cup. Q&A: Gary Player
Pebble Beach; Auburn; Packing Up for a Pac-12 Road Trip; The Dan Plan; Golf’s New Frontier; Links Golf vs. American Golf. Q&A: Aaron Rodgers
Poppy Ridge; Whistler; Course Records Tales; Masters Diary; Is Drive for Show and Putt for Dough True? Q&A: Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper
Martis Camp; Mount Shasta; The 4th at Spyglass Hill; Sharp Park; Lake Merced; Golf’s Golden Era. Q&A: Jerry West
Lahontan; The Perfect Golfer; Arizona Spring Training; Marin County; What’s on Your Bucket List? Q&A: Dennis Haysbert
Spanish Bay; Livermore Valley; San Diego; Stroke Play vs. Match Play; Should We Copy the Pros? Q&A: Paula Creamer
Saratoga; The Open at Olympic Club; Golden Age Architecture; Golf in the Olympics? Q&A: Alex Smith
Schaffer’s Mill; Prince Edward Island; Trending on Twitter; Does Golf Need Two Sets of Rules? Q&A: Darius Rucker
San Jose CC; La Costa; Caribbean; A Few of My Favorite Things; Should the Belly Putter be Outlawed? Q&A: Thomas Keller
Spyglass Hill; Queensland (Australia); Las Vagas; Napa Valley; Should Golfers Hole Out? Q&A: Peter Ueberroth
Silverado Resort; Kiawah Island (South Carolina); Champagne-Ardenne privence (France); Who Should Pay After an Ace? Q&A: Brandi Chastain
Serrano; Oahu; Lost Links in Northern California; Should Television Viewers be Allowed to Call in Violations? Q&A: Matt Cain
North Ridge; Dove Mountain (Tucson); Riviera Nayarit (Mexico); San Francisco or Monterey? Q&A: Stephen Curry