*This series of articles was published the summer of 2013 at the beginning of Nextgengolf. The NCCGA (National Collegiate Club Golf Association) now hosts tournaments for more than 300 club golf teams across the country. Learn more here.
Timing of the formation of HCGC (Holy Cross Golf Club) was absolutely perfect. Right...
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Can’t Make Varsity? Guide to Starting a Club Golf Team
*This series of articles was published the summer of 2013 at the beginning of Nextgengolf. The NCCGA (National Collegiate Club Golf Association) now hosts tournaments for more than 300 club golf teams across the country. Learn more here.
As a California native, coming over to New England for college...
UVA’s Dolan Representing Club Golf in 2013 U.S. Am Pub Links
NCCGA competitors put hours of time and effort into making their team—and the Association as a whole—a successful entity through which we enjoy competitive non-varsity golf. Nobody exemplifies this better than University of Virginia Club Golf President Christian Dolan who recently qualified at Bethpage for the 2013 U.S. Amateur Pub Links Championship.
Nicknamed “Big C” due to...
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College Golf Coaches Need to Hit the Clubs
Learning to play good golf takes years, and unlike other sports, it’s difficult to gauge when golfers will enter their prime as players mature at different times. Who would have thought that Masters Champion Zach Johnson was not the best player on his high school or college team as he openly admits.
Along similar...
MSU Club Golf Sets The Standard
Garnering interest for the Michigan State Club Team has never been a problem since we launched the club last spring. We knew that there was significant interest on campus to play golf, and rather than limiting ourselves to a small group of competitive players, we secured a discount rate with a local course and offered...
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Summer Club Golf Tour Kickoff at Wayland CC
The NextGenGolf Summer Club Golf Tour got off to a hot start both literally as temperatures soared into the 90's and figuratively as a number of players scored in the mid 70's-80's in challenging windy conditions. (more…)...
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Career Benefits of Starting A Club Golf Team
Starting a club golf team is not only fun but can improve your candidacy for jobs in the future. Many of the jobs I explored asked for “Previous work or leadership experience required” or skills such as, “Leadership, time management, organization, hard-working, team management, innovative and a self-starter.”
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