NCGA

09/10/2026

We want to wish the best of luck to Yealimi Noh who will be representing Team USA in the Solheim Cup which will be held this weekend in the Netherlands. This will be Yealimi's second Solheim Cup appearence. She went 2-1-0 in 2021.

09/10/2026

Pacific Coast Amateur, The Numbers: What were the easiest and hardest holes at Poppy Ridge during the Pacific Coast Amateur? The answers were literally blowing in the wind

09/10/2026

The Hardware: Ukiah #1, made up of teammates Gaye Coffey, Ann Fuller, Shelley Taglio and Jennifer Schlafer, captured the title Tuesday at this week's NCGA Women's Team Play Championship at Poppy Ridge. Santa Teresa #1 was second, with Boundary Oak WGC #2 taking third.

09/09/2026

With the NFL season kicking off tonight, we had some local NFL legends wanting to send in their birthday greetings to us. Thank you to these NCGA members for helping us celebrate our 125th birthday!

09/09/2026

Pacific Coast Amateur, The Gallery: Some spectators were more interested in the Pacific Coast Amateur than others, including Poppy Ridge architect Jay Blasi

While there were a number of spectators at the recent Pacific Coast Amateur at Poppy Ridge, some were watching a bit more closely for their own particular reasons.

09/08/2026

Pacific Coast Amateur, The Scenes: The recent pairing of the Pacific Coast Amateur and NCGA member course Poppy Ridge was a perfect fit

The recent pairing of NCGA member course Poppy Ridge and the 59th Pacific Coast Amateur Championship in mid-July wasn’t just about elite amateurs putting on a show at one of the Golden State’s best courses.

09/07/2026

Raising Young Golfers: We talked to the AllFore Family for some tips on how to get your juniors more involved with the game

The second starts with letting them pick out a bright pink golf ball from the golf shop, making a 5-foot putt for a cookie or racing to see who can hit the Toptracer target first.

09/05/2026

Nothing Finer Than Fynaut: Fresno teen Ayden Fynaut is headed to Pepperdine University on the heels of a fine junior career

Ayden Fynaut’s first set of clubs were of the plastic Fisher Price variety that he used, crawling around the family’s house in Fresno smacking balls.  One day, his father, Dan, came home from work to find a golf-ball-sized hole in their living room TV set. “And I walked in and I'm like, "Wha...

09/05/2026

We know Mill Valley will be watching the Walker Cup this weekend. We want to send our best of luck to Niall Sheils Donegan, who will be playing for Team Great Britain and Ireland. Sheils Donegan played in last year's Walker Cup, which was at Cypress Point Club. He had a 2-1 record for Team GB&I.

Niall is set to enter his senior year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The Walker Cup will be on Saturday through Sunday at Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland.

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09/04/2026

For these three NCGA members, August was an awesome month. Don’t forget to report your hole-in-one to the NCGA to receive an honorary medal and possibly be featured on our page. PLUS, submitted aces are entered in a sweepstakes to win a round of golf for four at Poppy Ridge or Poppy Hills.

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