Where college students go for golf

With 25 tasteful #ClubGolf tweets and Instagram posts in September, Iowa State Club golf took home the #ClubGolf September prize of a Cleveland Wedge and 8 NCCGA #PLAYER shirts. In the months of October and November we will be awarding two other teams #ClubGolf monthly awards.

It's officially fall, which means that club golf across the country is fully under way. I recently had the privilege of speaking with John Conley '86, who is the head coach of the NCCGA #24th ranked Providence College Friars. Providence previously had a varsity golf team at the school, and Conley was a member. However, due in part to Title IX requirements, the school dropped the men's baseball, tennis, and golf programs in 1998. The loss was short lived though, as Providence now fields a competitive and successful club golf team.

Each semester more club golf teams have started holding recreational matches against schools in their area to help prepare for regional tournaments. Clemson and Georgia are two of the top teams in the Southeast Region, both ranked in the Top 15 of the NCCGA’s Preseason National Rankings. The two club golf teams recently squared off in a friendly competition last weekend at the University of Georgia Golf Course.

The wait is officially over! The Mountain Region's tournament this weekend has officially kicked off the 2014 Fall NCCGA season. With 12 regions hosting tournaments this weekend, it is time to get your team set for the Fall. Here are five quick reminders for all NCCGA Club Golf Presidents:

With all due respect to the Mountain Region, who played the first NCCGA Regional Tournament of the semester last weekend, the college golf season truly gets underway on Saturday.

In the fall 2014 season, the NCCGA will be launching its much anticipated #ReadyGolf campaign. After reviewing feedback from dozens of club golfers who claimed the pace of play was not acceptable, the organization aimed not just to improve the pace of play at NCCGA Regional Tournaments, but to expose a critical reason why many young golfers lose interest in the sport: slow play.

Tyler Segal is an incoming freshman that will be attending the University of Florida this Fall. Majoring in Finance, Segal choose to play club golf at UF over other varsity college golf options.

After a decorated summer on the golf course for NCCGA golfers, the Fall Season is set to finally begin this weekend.

Having officially launched our #ClubGolf contest last week, we thought it made sense to share the top 5 #ClubGolf tweets we've seen thus far. And in case you haven't heard, each month we'll be selecting a winning team that best shares their #ClubGolf experiences using the team twitter and/or instagram accounts.

#ClubGolf entails more than competitive tournaments; it unites college golfers and creates lifelong friendships and memories. Whether it’s a first hole-in-one, low round, or your first par, the number of students experiencing and defining #ClubGolf is growing every day.

Club Golf Presidents have a tough job. Recruiting players, scheduling and conducting practices, planning tournament trips, and maintaining communication with their players and NCCGA Regional Coordinators are just a few of the responsibilities that fall on their shoulders.

For students, heading back to school means buying books, paying tuition, finding school supplies, and moving into a new apartment/dorm. Money is a premium, leaving very little change for extracurricular activities.

A new college golf season is upon us, and NCCGA Vice President Matt Brugner is up to his usual task: Busting out the calculator and figuring out where each team ranks.

Summer for collegiate club golfers is usually spent bouncing around local tracks and honing the golf game for the upcoming fall season.

But for the University of New Hampshire’s C.J. Konkowski, a golden opportunity was presented right at his doorstep.

Konkowski, a senior business major at UNH, couldn’t pass up a chance to try and qualify for the U.S. Amateur Public Links at his home course, Bretwood Golf Club, in southern New Hampshire.