Monthly Archives: October 2014

Wisconsin College Golf Locks In Nationals Bid

For the second straight week in college golf, a team has sealed a bid to the NCCGA National Championship. The University of Wisconsin is headed to Dancing Rabbit Golf Club on Nov. 15-16 representing the North Region after winning both regional tournaments over the past month. Read more

Francis Ouimet: America’s First Golfing Hero, Part 2

Francis Ouimet was cut from a different cloth than the typical aristocratic gentleman teeing it up in the early 1900's. While golf has become more of a common man's game over the past century, when Francis was breaking onto the scene, golf was truly a rich man's game. Read more

Improving Pace of Play with GolfBuddy GPS

Throughout my high school and college golf days, I always turned to my trusted laser-based range finder when I needed a key distance even though it slowed down my pace of play. While I sometimes struggled to shoot pins and get accurate distances for bunkers and water hazards, it didn't really bother me since I...
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Ouimet Sending Runners to the Boston Marathon

The Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund proudly announced that the Massachusetts-based organization will partner with the John Hancock Boston Marathon Non-Profit Program once again to receive four (4) bibs for the 119th running of the Boston Marathon on April 20, 2015. (more…)...
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Pittsburgh’s Club Golf #JourneyToBetter, Part 1

The NCCGA's significant growth over the past two years can be directly attributed to student leaders such as Dave Uhrmacher of the University of Pittsburgh. Be it founding one of the most successful teams in the NCCGA's history, serving as the Atlantic Regional Coordinator, and most recently as the NCCGA Director of Communications, Dave has...
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