Caddying: The Summer Job for College Golfers

After nearly 10 years of caddying, I have been the beneficiary of some of the great perks that caddying has to offer. While there are many perks to the job, I have narrowed them down to four.

Good Money

For most caddies, money was the number one factor that pushed them towards the job. Some of my...

7 College Fundraising Tips for your Club Golf Team

Fundraising can often be the biggest headache for a new president or an existing team. Many of our teams, however, find creative ways to raise money each semester and most of them do not take much time or effort. Fundraising can be intimidating at first, but if it is done right you...

Year after year, professional golfers are being injured by overworking muscles and ligaments in their body. Golf stretches are a key way to keep yourself from being injured. We've put together a few super easy golf stretches in a routine for you to incorporate before your next round. Here is a quick 5-minute routine of golf...

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Golf Blogging For NCCGA Club Golf

My name is David Uhrmacher and I am the NCCGA Director of Communications. Under the leadership of Chase Russell and company this year, we are going to move the NCCGA and Nextgengolf with hopes to grow both club golf and recreational golf on college campuses to an all-time high level. With that overarching goal...
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Growing College Golf: Refer a Friend

We work hard to grow college golf at the NCCGA, yet the biggest way we start new club golf teams is by students sharing NCCGA with their own friends. For that reason, NCCGA's Refer-A-Friend this fall rewards our members for sharing the wonderful game of golf we all love. How does it work? If your friend competes as...
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Cleveland Golf’s HB1 Putter Big Add to Your Bag?

In a recent Golf WRX article, senior writer Ronald Montesano reviewed the newest Cleveland Golf Classic Collection HB 1 Putter. Lets break down the review and see if this is a short stick worth adding to your bag… “Pros & Performance: The Cleveland Classic HB 1 costs only $99, yet it offers the clean look and soft...
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Four Reasons Golf Courses Should Care About Millennial Golfers

The golf industry as a whole is very short sighted. The typical owner, manufacturer, and PGA professional are focused on the 50 year old male golfer who is going to buy clubs, balls, take a lesson, and play on weekend mornings. Naturally these are the players who keep the lights on, but what if you...
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Why Club Golf is More Fun Than Varsity College Golf

1) No morning workouts or missed classes Play golf when you want to. If you've got a big test next week, don't sweat it. Club golf allows flexibility in the lives of our club golfers in a much different way than playing varsity college golf. 2) Have the time to be in greek life and still play...
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How to use Twitter to Grow Club Golf

NCCGA is one of the fastest growing organizations in all of golf, and who would have thought that a free tool–twitter–would play such a larger part in fueling it? For many of us in NCCGA, setting up a team twitter is second nature if you’ve been using twitter already to follow the news and stay in...
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College Golfer Falls in Love with the Sport

Nikos Pavlis is a junior at the University of South Carolina, majoring in Business Management and minoring in European Studies. A soccer player and college golfer, Pavlis serves as the Regional Coordinator of the Southeast region, and formerly as the South Carolina Club Golf President. What have you been up to this summer? This summer I am...
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