With the addition of five new regions—Twin Cities, Philadelphia, Southern Connecticut, Pacific, and the Ozark—we’ll now have 27 regions for the fall 2014 semester. With new regions comes new rivalries (and old ones potentially lost) and most importantly, more college golfers getting the opportunity to experience competitive golf.
I had the chance to meet Joe Catalina...
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Two Different College Golfers, One Love for Golf
As a follow-up story to Cormac Kelly’s blog post on caddying as a summer job, I wanted to share about my experiences as a caddy this summer and what I learned about the similarities between different types of college golfers.
I had the unique privilege of caddying in the 2014 Curtis Cup for
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Reno Golf Trip Gone Wrong
It’s 5:00 a.m. PST as I sleeplessly wait to board my plane back home. Where I come from, back in the mountains of southwest Virginia, it’s eight o’clock. Matt Harman—the Radford former college golfer I caddied for in this week’s eGolf Tour ArrowCreek Open—and I have spent the last five days in the “Biggest Little...
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Englehorn: Growing College Golf in the Northwest
If you look at our map of NCCGA college golf teams, you may be surprised at how east-coast centric our player base is. The NCCGA originated in the Southeast and has expanded rapidly over the past year into Central, Northwest, and Southwest. Leading the charge for us in our Pacific Region is Adam...
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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.
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Good Money
For most caddies, money was the number one factor that pushed them towards the job. Some of my...PART 1: Why Millennial Golf Is A Challenge
This is part 1 of a series of articles highlighting the reasons why playing the game is a challenge for 18 to 34-year-olds. Read the rest of the series.
#GOLFIS a challenge for many college golfers, especially when golf courses are not on or right around campus. I know when I...
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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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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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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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College Golfer Stays Involved in the Summer
Campbell Wentworth-Ping is a rising sophomore, majoring in Communications with a double minor in Spanish and Sports and Event Management. He is a college golfer for the Elon University Club Golf Team, also serving as the Club President and the North Carolina Regional Coordinator.
- What are you up to this summer?
I am working at a...
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