Tag Archives: Club Golf

Club Golf Academy: Identifying your Ball

All you workout enthusiasts will love this week's rule Club Golf Academy article, as I cover when you can and cannot “Lift” on the course. This week’s USGA Rules of the Week will help with identifying your golf ball: Rule 12-1 and 12-2. First and foremost, you must know that the responsibility for playing...

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NCCGA Tips: 8 Ways to Improve Your Club

NCCGA tips are meant to help teams organize and run more efficiently. I know that  the club president's job can be very time demanding and difficult at times. Through my tenure as president of the University of Florida Club Golf Team, I have constantly attempted to find more effective ways to get the job done....
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Club Golf Heating Up: Three Tournaments This Weekend

Club golf is back into the full swing of things for the Spring 2015 season. This weekend there will be three regional tournaments taking place across the country. The Ozark and Pacific Regions will be hosting their first regionals of the season, and the Southwest Region is already playing its second and final regional...

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Srixon Golf Balls Perfect for Tour and Club Golfers

The start of 2015 brought several new versions of golf balls. The overarching theme in the latest versions focused on one word: soft. Soft means more spin and control, critical for all golfers around the green. The idea was seen in versions released by Titleist, Callaway, Wilson, Bridgestone, and the new Srixon golf balls. The...
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#ClubGolf is Back for Spring 2015

While we are excited to be able to offer amazing tournaments and other golf opportunities for our college golfers, the NCCGA understands that college golf is about more than just golf. It is the lifelong friendships, volunteering in the community, and team traditions that players will remember. It is for these reasons that the NCCGA...
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Golf Scholarship: Am I good enough?

Every week students reach out to the NCCGA relieved to find out that there is club golf at their school and they do not have to be disappointed if they did not get a golf scholarship. The fact is that getting a golf scholarship is not that easy to do. Since golf teams are very...
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NCCGA Defending Champs Remain on Top in Southeast Region

The second week of competition, the NCCGA Spring Season traveled to South Carolina. Clemson University defended its title as Southeast Regional champs, winning their fourth consecutive regional tournament.

This weekend’s NCCGA Regional Tournament was full of challenges brought on by the weather and course conditions. Saturday provided ideal scoring conditions, but due to quick, testy greens,...
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Club Golf Academy: The Provisional Ball

Each week, I will cover a rule that frequently comes into question during amateur golf tournaments. This weekly Club Golf Academy segment will be covering rules that I believe all NCCGA players should know and understand.

Why play a provisional ball? 

This week’s USGA Rule of the Week is Rule 27; concerning provisional balls. A provisional...

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Golf Academy of America-Carlsbad Wins Debut

February 21-22nd was a weekend of firsts in the NCCGA. We had the first Regional Tournament of the Spring 2015 season in the Southwest as well as  two teams making their first NCCGA appearances. Point Loma Nazarene University and the Golf Academy of America-Carlsbad demonstrated talent and the potential to give defending regional champs,...
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