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Week 2 Preview

Week 1 of the NCCGA is in the books. Tulsa took home Team of the Week honors with their impressive victory in the Ozark region, winning by 8 strokes. Back-to-back national champs Georgia squeaked by in the South region winning by just 1 stroke over Alabama.  Lee Brooks of Alabama takes NCCGA player of the week honors after firing a 2 day score of 141 (-3.)  The Twin Cities Region saw some incliment weather forcing some of the field to play 36 holes on Sunday. In the end, all players were able to finish and the University of Minnesota- Twin Cities took home the glassware winning by a whopping margin of 27 strokes. We look forward to the scores of Week 2 as we have 8 regions that will take to the course. See student leader picks at the bottom of this article for team favorites going into the weekend.

Week 1 Preview

The fall 2017 season is finally here. Teams from the Ozark, South, and Twin Cities regions will all attempt to take their first step towards Vegas. We anticipate these will be three of the more competitive regions in the country as 4 of the top 12 teams in the preseason rankings will be teeing off (#1 Georgia, #3 Alabama, #5 OK State, and #12 Minnesota).

However, for the first time in NCCGA history, Zone based qualifying will be brought into play. This means that not only will teams be vying for National Championship & National Invitational Tournament bids against their own region but other regions in the country, too. The Ozark and the South Region both feed into Zone #4, so members of the Colonial, North Carolina, and Pacific should pay a little extra attention this weekend.

Oklahoma State Club Golf knew that just to make it to this season's NCCGA National Championship at Hot Springs Country Club, they would have to make it through one of the toughest regions in the country, The Ozark Region has a very deep, and talented, lineup that include Arkansas, Arkansas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and defending regional champion Tulsa.

In the fall of 2015, Joe Knight transferred to Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Upon his arrival he founded the school's club golf team. In their first semester as a club they performed above expectations, placing 4th at Regional #1 while breaking 400 both days. Zachary Capel made his debut at the second regional, taking home medalist honors and leading GCU to their first ever NCCGA tournament victory.

The final two weekends of the college golf club season are finally here, and it's a big push with 41 regional tournaments over the next 9 days. Over those 9 days, 29 team bids to the NCCGA National Championship will be awarded along with all eight individuals. It's a whirlwind and we're here to preview all of the action.

This weekend in the NCCGA there are 5 regional tournaments taking place, including one region finale. The Texas Region will crown a champion this weekend, and determine who will receive an automatic bid to nationals. The winner of the region will be the second team to punch their ticket to Arkansas, joining the defending champions Georgia.

I competed in the Nextgengolf Spring Break Open for the 2nd consecutive year this past weekend in Myrtle Beach, along with golfers from 10+ NCCGA teams plus a few City Tour teams from various areas of the country.

The Spring NCCGA season continues this weekend with four tournaments, as four more regions kick off their college golf season. Last week four teams took the first step in qualifying for this season's National Championship at Hot Springs Country Club. Who will join them this week?

Opening weekend of the Spring 2017 NCCGA season kicks off with four tournaments, including two of the most competitive regions in the country. The Desert, Ozark, Southwest, and Texas Regions will be taking advantage of their area's warm weather to start the season early. Combined, 32 of the top 100 players in the Fall 2016 individual rankings came from these four regions, including individual national champion Tyler Ware.