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College Golf / November 15, 2021
Club Golf Is Not Just for Guys

Club Golf Is Not Just for Guys

By Chelsea Sedlar

cam champ twitter (1)The game of golf gets a bad reputation in this day and age, and club golf is no different. The major complaint hurled at the sport is that it’s “the game of old, rich white men.” Many see golf as a game that’s too boring to watch and too frustrating to play. The women's club golf team at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is not only challenging this narrative, but proving why they should be taken seriously after becoming the first all female team to compete at Nationals. 

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College Golf / September 10, 2021
How can the NCCGA help Varsity College Coaches?

How can the NCCGA help Varsity College Coaches?

By Connor Brown

The NCCGA (National Collegiate Club Golf Association) will operate 80+ tournaments each season for collegiate club golfers nationally. For many, club golf events will be a great source of competition, comradery with teammates and a chance to play golf in college. Some NCCGA players use club golf tournaments to prove themselves in national competition with hopes to join a varsity program. For college coaches, this is a perfect time to keep tabs on top talent in the NCCGA and monitor players that could be great additions to their team. 

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College Golf / August 2, 2021
The College Golf Experience

The College Golf Experience

By Nextgengolf

Every college golfer has their own story. A unique journey that brought them to their campus, to pick their major, and to continue playing the sport they love. Truth be told, only a small percentage of high school golfers will play varsity golf in college. A survey conducted by the NCAA to determine the estimated probability of competing in college athletics found that only 6.2% of men and women who golf in high school continue competing at the collegiate level. So where does that leave the other 93.8% of high school golfers? 

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Topics: College golf

College Golf / March 30, 2021
How Are Campus Rec Departments Adapting to COVID-19?

How Are Campus Rec Departments Adapting to COVID-19?

By Chelsea Sedlar

With the number of vaccination opportunities rising and number of deaths dropping, we can all start to see the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel. Many campus recreation directors and club presidents I have spoken to are planning to hit the ground running in the fall, but I'm wondering what long lasting impacts this year long pandemic will have on campus recreation departments nation wide. Here are a few ways campus recreation can engage students in a safe way this semester and a look ahead to what the campus recreation landscape could look like in post-pandemic life. 

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College Golf / January 22, 2021
How the NCCGA Saved My Golfing Career

How the NCCGA Saved My Golfing Career

By Matthew Thompson

My name is Lance Griffith. I am an avid golfer from Concord, North Carolina with a 0 handicap. I'm currently a junior, sports management major at Queens University of Charlotte. My journey, however, did not start at Queens. Prior to transferring to Queens I was playing NCAA golf at Pfeiffer University, but got an unlucky break that almost stopped me from playing golf ever again. 

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College Golf / August 27, 2020
Instagram tips for golf clubs and teams

Instagram tips for golf clubs and teams

By Chelsea Sedlar

Whether you are building a club from the ground up or are looking to improve your current club team, social media will be an important asset!  There are over three billion people that use social media, one billion of those are people on Instagram. Instagram has quickly become one of the most used social media platforms for high school and college aged persons. Using social media to give members a platform to share their love for what they're doing at your club can become a powerful acquisition tool. Here are some Instagram tips for golf if you are starting or growing your club golf team Instagram along with some examples of club teams that have the process down! 

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Topics: College Golf Tournament

College Golf / August 20, 2020
How the NCCGA is helping save college golf this fall

How the NCCGA is helping save college golf this fall

By Matthew Thompson

With college campuses ramping up for students to go back to school this fall, a big question on everybody's minds is "will I be in physically on campus?" An even bigger question to varsity athletes is if they will have a fall golf season. Although many conferences have "cancelled" all fall college athletics, golf is an individual sport where players are naturally socially distancing outside and should be considered different than other college sports. Although golf may seem like one of the most responsible sports to operate, the majority of colleges will not be hitting the course this fall. 

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College Golf / August 19, 2020
What to Expect at NCCGA tournaments for the Fall 2020 Season

What to Expect at NCCGA tournaments for the Fall 2020 Season

By Connor Brown

We are excited that the NCCGA will be operating this semester across the country. We worked hard to secure venues for events and make this semester a great experience for club golfers and any college players. There will be some major changes to the way NCCGA operates this semester which are highlighted below. 

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College Golf / August 12, 2020
The benefits of being a club president

The benefits of being a club president

By Chelsea Sedlar

 

The most common questions we get from students interested in starting a club golf club is: What is it like to be a club president and are there any benefits? There are a plethora of different ways we could answer this question because of the many different experiences that can come from being a leader on campus. That’s what makes being a club golf president so great! Although all presidents have unique experiences, we thought we'd list three of the core benefits of being the president of your club golf team.  

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College Golf / April 13, 2020
My first missed NCCGA Nationals in 10 years

My first missed NCCGA Nationals in 10 years

By Matt Weinberger

 

Who didn’t experience that empty feeling the Thursday of Masters week this April? The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a lot from us, sports being one of them (albeit low on the overall priority list).  However, it’s helped me recognize how much I consume and enjoy sports and how sports has greatly changed my life. 

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College Golf / February 27, 2020
Spring 2020 preseason rankings

Spring 2020 preseason rankings

By Oliver Mauk

The Spring 2020 NCCGA season begins next weekend. For those of you that haven't played in the spring before, the season is pretty condensed and happens fast, Nationals in Atlantic City will be here before you know it! We start with 3 tournaments March 7th & 8th and go from there. 

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College Golf / February 20, 2020
How I started an NCCGA club golf team

How I started an NCCGA club golf team

By Zach Van Dorn

Golf has always had a huge impact on my life. and for years I knew I wanted to play competitively beyond high school. In the fall of 2018 I eagerly arrived at Northwest Missouri State, but unfortunately for me my dreams and goals of playing collegiate golf went unfulfilled. Thankfully I stumbled upon the NCCGA, and they gave me the opportunity to compete in a fun environment with my peers. From there, I spent a semester getting the Northwest club golf team up and running.

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College Golf / February 10, 2020
3 Reasons business majors should learn how to play golf

3 Reasons business majors should learn how to play golf

By Chelsea Sedlar

Golf and business have been linked for as long as the game has been around. The Starwood Hotel chain ran a survey with the executives who stay at their hotels and found that 97% of executives use golf to establish a closer relationship to a business associate and that 92% of businessmen and women use golf to make new business contacts. Many colleges and universities offer golf lessons or course usage to business students at a discounted rate so cost should never be an excuse. Below highlights my top 3 reasons why every business major should play golf or want to learn how to play.

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College Golf / January 3, 2020
Howard University's journey from club to varsity golf

Howard University's journey from club to varsity golf

By Ross Krapfel

Howard University started competing in the NCCGA during the spring of 2018. Howard is an HBCU, which stands for Historically Black College or University. They are the first HBCU to play in NCCGA events and I got a chance to ask Otis Ferguson, the Club President, some questions on his background and how Howard is turning into a varsity program soon. 

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College Golf / December 17, 2019
First NCCGA club golfer passes PAT on path to becoming a PGA Professional

First NCCGA club golfer passes PAT on path to becoming a PGA Professional

By Griff Jayne

This article was written by Griff Jayne, a Senior at Furman University. The NCCGA is operated by Nextgengolf, a subsidiary of the PGA of America.  The NCCGA National Championship is a Player Ability Test (PAT) optional round. This is Griff's journey from when he first decided he wanted to work in golf to his decision to take the PAT at the Fall 2019 National Championship at WinStar Golf Club in Thackerville, Oklahoma. For more information about the PAT or the NCCGA, please email matt@nextgengolf.org. 
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