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March Madness has inspired a new qualifying structure for the Spring 2013 NCCGA National Championship. With nine Regions, over 100 college golf clubs from Boston to Los Angeles, and thousands of members, NCCGA's wildcard system ranks all of the club teams which competed in the NCCGA Spring Regionals. Previously, only teams which finished first or second in their Region qualified for nationals; with the new changes, fourteen teams will now travel to Purdue University to compete on the Kampen Course on April 27th and 28th.

The stage was set for a great weekend at Shady Valley Golf Club in Arlington, Texas. Three college golf club teams (SMU, Texas A&M, and Baylor) all arrived with legitimate hopes of qualifying for the 2013 NCCGA National Championship. The par 70, 6500 yard course had an old school feel, called for straight drives, and demanding precision with mid irons.

One week after the completion of their first regional the Midwest region was back on the course at Riverby Hills Golf Club in Bowling Green, Ohio. Staring down an awful Saturday forecast the event still featured a 67-player field. Regional 1 champion Ohio State was back, along with The University of Michigan, Ohio State’s alternate team, and Dayton were all back fighting for crucial points to qualify for college golf club NCCGA Nationals.

The first NCCGA New England regional tournament of the Spring 2013 semester took place at Bayberry Hills Golf Course in West Yarmouth, MA. The New Hampshire club golf team walked away with a 23-stroke victory. Providence College finished in second, and Boston College finished in third. Leading the way for New Hampshire was CJ Konkowski. We interview Konkowski about the big victory:

The second event of the Spring 2013 NCCGA New England regional season was held April 13-14 at Stow Acres CC in Stow, MA. Saturday’s round was contested on the South course, while Sunday was played on the storied North course, home to a Monday qualifier for the PGA Tour Playoffs Deutsche Bank Championship and the 70^th US Amateur Public Links Championship.

The Spring 2013 NCCGA New England season began on April 6 in West Yarmouth, MA at Bayberry Hills Golf Course. Club golf Players experienced the Links (3,345 yards, 74.2/130) and Red (3,576 yards, 75.3/132) nines under notable harsh conditions. The exposed Links nine was built atop reclaimed land that formerly housed a town dump, and featured some of the windiest conditions many had ever seen. The Red nine was tightly lined with trees, and seemed particularly narrow after the treeless Links.

The golf gods were looking over the North Carolina Region as we enjoyed beautiful weather for our second regional at Cutter Creek, a nice change from our first regional tournament. Cutter Creek is a difficult course and the back tees measure almost 7300 yards. We played the tees at 6800. Unfortunately, the spring semester provides conflicts for many schools with students looking to play college golf. Although no teams were on spring break only 5 schools were able to field full rosters. ECU, UNC Wilmington, NC State, UNC Charlotte, and High Point University played in the tournament.

The NCCGA Capitol Region hosted its second Spring Regional Tournament on April 6-7 2013 at Swan Point Yacht and Country Club in Issue, MD. The idyllic setting of the course among marshes, creeks and ponds near the mouth of the Potomac River provided a great backdrop for our event. The field teed off at 1:00 on Saturday under blue skies and nice conditions. Despite busy schedules, American, Georgetown, Old Dominion, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Maryland, James Madison, and Towson club golf teams made it out to the event.

The NCCGA South Region finished off their regular season with a great weekend of golf at Brookstone Meadows in Anderson, S.C. We were lucky to have wonderful weather both Saturday and Sunday, with sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s and 70s. The course played to 6685 yards with a rating of 72.3 and a slope of 130. The head pro at Brookstone Meadows is Coby Gambrell and he was a great host. The club golf teams present were Clemson, Emory, East Tennessee State, Furman, Kennesaw State, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee-Knoxville, Wake Forest, and Vanderbilt.

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