Where college students go for golf

I come from an area where the sports world is dominated by football, basketball, and baseball. My town,New Orleans, Louisiana is far from a golf hot bed; the last and only person to have full membership on the PGA Tour from New Orleans was Kelly Gibson (1989-2003). As a kid growing up in New Orleans, I played anything and everything from roller hockey in the street to travel baseball andsoccer. I was introduced to the game of golf as a kid at a local Juniors only course in our City Park, which at the time had four 18-hole courses and played host to many professional tournaments and saw the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player. I never really picked up the game after that and mainly stuck to sports that my brothers, cousins, and friends played.

Are you the kind of golfer with thenever-been-washed ugly towel? Or the pristine never used towel? Maybe a large caddy towel that might as well be used at the beach is more your style? Have you ever tried the right sized, versatile towel which is great for all needs?

Every day we here at the NCCGA are working to make the jobs of club golf teams, and their Presidents, easier. Whether it's by building a comprehensive back-end to support roster management and payments, the ability to view leaderboards for past seasons, and everything in-between, our end goal is always the same: How can we improve the experience?

One of the most common questions I receive from recreational sports departments, and students, that have never heard of the National Collegiate Club Golf Association (NCCGA) is: "How is this different than intramural golf?". It's an interesting question with a simple answer. However, since the question continues to pop-up I wanted to show the five biggest ways club golf through the NCCGA is different than intramural golf on college campuses.

Getting a golf scholarship can be a long and winding road! High school students often reach out to us and ask about golf scholarships so we sought out an expert on the subject and asked some of the tough question about getting a scholarship. Kris Hart from Nextgengolf and the NCCGA interviewed Blaine Lynch, the former Head Golf Recruiting Coach for NCSA Recruiting. Have more questions? Blaine's contact info can be found below.

Summer is a time for many people to go on vacation, work summer jobs, or visit family. For Christian Aguinaldo, he'll spend the summer biking from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. as part of Journey of Hope. Aguinaldo is a student at California-Berkeley, member of the club golf team, and serves as NCCGA Regional Coordinator of the Pacific Region.

OGIO has now been providing NCCGA and City Tour players with high-quality custom golf bags, backpacks, duffel bags for more than six months since the partnership was officially announced. We are very thankful for the relationship with OGIO and are excited to see how individuals and teams will continue to customize their equipment. I wanted to include some of my favorite products and college golf bags thus far.

Oxford Golf was announced as the official Nexgengolf Apparel sponsor for 2015 earlier this year. Since that point, the support from the NCCGA club golf teams has been tremendous. Many teams and individuals have elected to purchase discount golf apparel.

This Spring the NCCGA will host 57 club golf tournaments all around the country: 56 regional tournaments, and the Spring 2017 National Championship. The tournament dates have been set for the season (and can be found here). We are currently in the process of booking the tournament locations, but I wanted to provide a glimpse into how we decide the dates for each event.

The second annual NCCGA #ClubGolf winner is........Towson Club Golf! The March monthly winners rolled through April to take home the honor. The club will receive free team dues for the Spring 2015 semester for their hardwork, as well as the recognition that comes along with winning.

The Michigan State college golf club team was left to wait after falling short in the second Midwest Regional tournament of the Spring 2015 season. Michigan had bested them by 20 strokes to earn the tiebreaker and receive the region's automatic bid to Nationals.

The start of 2015 brought several new versions of golf balls. The overarching theme in the latest versions focused on one word: soft. Soft means more spin and control, critical for all golfers around the green. The idea was seen in versions released by Titleist, Callaway, Wilson, Bridgestone, and the new Srixon golf balls.

Before, during, and after each semester, we here at the NCCGA talk a lot with the various Presidents of club golf teams across the country. The topics include tournament experiences, how we can improve, and what their biggest struggles are. One of the common struggles we hear from students is the lack of funding.

The NCCGA hosted more than 100 club golf tournaments in 2014 from California to Massachusetts, and everywhere in between. At the end of the year we looked back at the Top 10 courses that hosted a 2014 NCCGA tournament on our Instagram account. If you're not already, follow us on Instagram to get the first look at plenty of great content from around the country. Here's Part 1 of the Top 10 courses from 2014.

Olivia de Fouchier is the President of the Wake Forest Women's College Golf Club team, one of only a few all-women college golf club teams in the NCCGA. The participation of female golfers is rising though with at least two more teams expected in the Spring season.