The Mountain Region is playing at Heritage Eagle Bend on the 1st and the 2nd of March, and now that the the weather is turning nice for a spell, it looks like we may actually get some practice in before that.
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The Backhanded Challenge
I don't know if I've anticipated the end of winter/start of golf season as much as I am this year. Normally I get antsy and make my way to some heated range stalls when I see the first handful of ads for the Masters, but this year presents an entirely new challenge: My brother and...
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Don’t Overanalyze Your Swing During College Golf Tournaments
It took me a very long time to learn to control my emotions on the course and keep my head where it needs to be to shoot low scores. I am really still learning how to do it; it is something that all golfers struggle with from time to time. Nonetheless, I have picked up...
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How College Golfers Practice on the Course
We can hit every shot perfect on the range before a round and go out on the course and play the worst round of our life. Golf is funny like that. As golfers, most of us on any given day would take playing a round over spending hours on the practice tee, but in the...
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10 Things to Know about the NCCGA
Are you one of the several-hundred thousand college students that have a passion for golf and do not play on your schools varsity team? Do you envy the men and women that compete on the 1,781 varsity teams (per Junior Golf Scorecard) across the country? Read more
NCCGA Medalist to Qualify for Southeastern Amateur
Be it the National Partnership with Cleveland / Srixon Golf, our incredible growth to have 200+ teams competing this spring, and alignment within Nextgengolf NCCGA is on the rise. Our media partner, Golfweek, has caught wind of the plethora of talented players we have, and has graciously gotten an exemption for our #RoadtoJersey National Champion Medalist...
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Golf is Growing! In Non-Varsity Collegiate, at Least
Let's face it, the golf industry is not growing and everybody knows it. What's most scary about this not-so-new-news, however, is that some of the biggest declines are occurring in junior and young adult golf that comprise the future players of the game. This issue isn't getting better in varsity golf as Title IX and...
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29 Struggles Gen-Y Golfers Face
Nextgengolf is defining the game for 18-29 year golfers. In a recent survey with our members, we asked: “What is your biggest challenge as a young adult golfer”; below are 29 responses in fewer than 140 characters.
- “Taking it too seriously when I make mistakes”
- “Acceptance from older patrons”
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Three Ways to Promote Golf Through Fitness
WEAREGOLF is a coalition golf industry leaders who have come together to promote the significant benefits the game of golf brings to the US economy. One initiative of WEAREGOLF focuses on the health and wellness benefits of the game. It is hard to believe that walking a round of golf burns approximately 2350...
The Top Club on Campus: Xavier Club Golf
NCCGA is a student driven organization with hundreds of natural leaders who help make club golf a reality for thousands of students across the country. While all club presidents are worthy of recognition, John Janisse of Xavier has done an exceptionally good job transforming a dying club into the top club on Xavier's campus. ...
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