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…)...

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...

Booking a Golf Tournament: To Walk or Ride?

At the beginning of the 2014 Spring season, our student leadership team decided that we would allow walking given the overwhelming feedback from students complaining about taking golf carts. We heard three main complaints: (more…)...

Francis Ouimet: America’s First Golfing Hero, Part 1

The sun was setting at 7:30 on Sunday, September 28th as the staff at Robert T. Lynch was helping me clean up the tables and chairs we had put out for our first Beanpot Tournament. In the midst of taking pictures of the winning BC Club Golf team on the 18th green, an...

Fraternity Golf: Byrne balances the best of both worlds

Thomas Byrne is a senior at the University of Miami (OH), serving as the President of the school's Club Golf team as well as an active member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity on campus. Byrne said being a member of both has been great because he gets the best of both worlds. When did you...

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Play Faster Golf – 9 Characters Who Slow Down the Game

Ever think about how to play faster golf? Nothing is more enjoyable then playing a great round of golf quickly with pleasant people. I really enjoy meeting new people if I go to the course by myself, but cannot stand playing with slow golfers. Below highlights 9 characters I have personally witnessed on the course...
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Club Golf September Champs: Iowa State

With 25 tasteful #ClubGolf tweets and Instagram posts in September, Iowa State Club golf took home the #ClubGolf September prize of a Cleveland Wedge and 8 NCCGA #PLAYER shirts. In the months of October and November we will be awarding two other teams #ClubGolf monthly awards. Read more

The Beanpot of College Golf

Boston is a city not known for it's college sports, but the Beanpot is one of the longstanding collegiate hockey traditions pitting local rivals Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern and Harvard against one another. With the formation of the Harvard Club Golf team in this fall, the time has finally come to see who will...
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UGA and Clemson Club Golf Teams Square Off

Each semester more club golf teams have started holding recreational matches against schools in their area to help prepare for regional tournaments. Clemson and Georgia are two of the top teams in the Southeast Region, both ranked in the Top 15 of the NCCGA’s Preseason National Rankings. The two club golf teams recently squared...
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Golf Fundraiser: Chip 4 Charity

Golf is the ultimate sport for charity. In fact, the PGA Tour raises more money than the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL combined. Of course the big name corporate donors drive much of this, however smaller golf fundraisers such as Chip 4 Charity performed by Zach Smith and the Youngstown State Club golf team still...
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