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The Texas Region is one of the most competitive regions in the nation. Along with the 8 competing teams, there are also individuals who travel from all over the state to compete. These individuals represent Abilene Christian University, Lone Star College System, Tarleton State.

This looks to be our biggest year yet in the Northern New England Region. Unfortunately, last spring due to weather, only one tournament was held. This took place at Blissful Meadows in Uxbridge, MA. Five teams entered in this single spring tournament, where the winner would move on to the National Championship.

The Southeast Region is gearing up for an exciting weekend in Calabash, NC at Farmstead Golf Links and Meadowlands Golf Club, two sister courses that wind along the North Carolina/South Carolina border.

The Colonial Region of the NCCGA has consistently beene one of the more competitive club golf regions in the country. This was on display last semester as three teams qualified for the Spring 2015 National Championship at Bryan Park (Virginia Tech, Virginia, and James Madison).

There are many ways your club golf team can get a head start before the season begins. Why wait to recruit and fundraise when you can start now? Here are 4 ways your club golf team can be better than last year and get a leg up on your competition. Is there anything your club does that's not on the list? Make sure you share it with the rest of the country by sending it out on Twitter, or sending an e-mail to myself or your zone manager. We love when clubs share best practices.

Playing NCAA Division 1 golf is a dream for many junior and high school golfers. However, even some of the most talented players in high school are overlooked by recruiters and never have the opportunity to play at that level. Sometimes the timing is simply not right, a change of scenery is needed, or academics take precedence over athletics.

At the beginning of each season, the Clemson club golf team sits down and makes goals for their team. Usually this is a small list of steps to help them qualify for the National Championship. This season was different.

It has been a fun ride for the Baylor Club Golf Team and its founders. Several Baylor students created the team in the spring of 2013, looking to play competitive golf at a non-varsity level. It took only one year to reach the top, winning the Spring 2014 National Championship at Crystal Springs

This year’s NCCGA National Championship involved several teams playing in the championship for the first time ever. Saint Louis University was one of those teams and due mostly to the play of Tanner Rabb. Rabb’s college career has not been conventional. After playing golf at both the Division 3 and D1 levels, he has finally found a comfortable spot playing in the NCCGA. Bryan Park was Rabb’s second National Championship in his three NCCGA seasons. This year he finished his best ever in a National championship at solo seventh place.

Although she didn’t finish atop the leaderboard as an individual, Laura Kanouse can finally call her team National Champions. After co-founding the club a year and half ago, Kanouse found herself in her final NCCGA tournament at the #Battle4Bryan.

This season’s national championship is shaping up to be one of the best yet. We have more teams than ever before competing for not only a team championship, but also an elusive Red Jacket. Several of the qualified teams are playing in their first ever NCCGA National Championship. Saint Louis University, Illinois State, Iowa State, and Oregon are all making their first ever National appearances. Take a look at these teams’ journey to Bryan Park.

The NCCGA National Championship is known for strong team competition. This weekend will be no different especially with the University of Florida and Golf Academy of America-Carlsbad in the field. Now you can get to know their teams a little bit better

It is a priority of the NCCGA to make sure the National Championship has a diverse, but competitive playing field. There are some very dominant teams in the NCCGA who win their regions and secure bids to Nationals almost every year. Wild card bids allow a variety of teams to take a shot at the National Title. Two college golf teams who have fought through tough competition to secure wildcard bids are Penn State and Stanford. We contacted both club's Presidents to hear how they proved many wrong and earned a spot in the #Battle4Bryan.

Could the Texas region be the most competitive NCCGA region? They are sending the most teams to Nationals this Spring at Bryan Park Golf Course in Greensboro, North Carolina. To get to know these four teams a little better, our NCCGA President Brandon Harrold reached out to Baylor, Texas A&M, TCU, and the Golf Academy of America-Dallas to ask them a few questions.

#Battle4Bryan

Greensboro, NC – This weekend Nextgengolf is proud to present the 10^th running of the NCCGA National Championship. The much anticipated Nationals Week is finally here, and we will be returning to Bryan Park Golf Course from April 24^th-26^th. Bryan Park hosted our National Championship four and half years ago, but now the field is bigger and better than ever. This will be the NCCGA’s biggest tournament to date with 304 players (37 teams and 18 individuals) competing in the 36-hole event. The golfers will compete on the two courses at Bryan Park, the Players course and Champions course. Both courses are top-notch public courses according to Golfweek and North Carolina Magazine, and have hosted nationally recognized events in the past.