NextGenCollegiate and the NCCGA are pleased to announce National University and Jorge Betancor as the National Team and Player of the Week, respectively, for the weekend of Feb. 22-23.
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NCCGA South Region Preview
Check out a quick interview with NCCGA South Regional Coordinator Zach Chambliss: NCCGA South - Zach
The South Region is improving and expanding by the semester. A region that contained only 6 teams last fall is looking to add 4 new teams this semester. (more…)...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
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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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...
Nextgengolf: Keeping Young Adults in the Game
As I approach the dreaded date of May 17, 2014—Spring Commencement at Virginia Tech—I begin to worry about what I am going to do to throughout my post-collegiate “career.” Do I become a full-time recreational player? Do I continue to pay several hundred dollars to play in local and state amateur tournaments? Fortunately, have no...
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