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The NCCGA Gulf Region kicked off the 2014 spring season at the beautiful Dancing Rabbit Golf Club in Philadelphia, Mississippi.

Dahlonega, Georgia was the site of the first NCCGA Southeast Regional Tournament. The tournament was going to be my first NCCGA event and I was playing for the University of South Carolina Club team.

Player Interview - Brandon Drake (Medalist) - 76-74=150

Brandon Drake- Senior at University of Idaho- Professional Golf Management

To kick off the NCCGA Texas Region this Spring, 8 teams met in Houston, TX to compete in our first regional tournament. Eagle Pointe Golf Club & Recreation hosted the 36 hole stroke play event. The windy and wet par 71, 6900 yard course was a tough challenge for 57 of the best club golfers in the region. Tarleton State and UT-Austin both joined us from their first NCCGA Texas Tournaments.

This weekend the Northwest Region kicked off their season in Kennewick, Washington at Canyon Lakes Golf Course.

The scorecard Nick Pierce posted at last weekend's Texas Regional , 77-79 good for 6th place, does not do his round justice. Nick had surgery after the round on Monday to remove his appendix that was about to burst. I had the chance to ask Nick a few questions about how he fought through the Sunday pain.

The season is upon us and a select few college golfers are at the pinnacle of their respective golf games right now. We had an incredible weekend in the NCCGA that included a playoff with two players finishing under par and a slew of other good scores across the nation. Here are your winners for the weekend of March 1-2 for NCCGA Team and Player of the Week.

When thinking of Washington D.C., golf is certainly not the first thing that comes to mind. And it certainly was not a reason factoring into my decision to attend The George Washington University, a school located just three blocks from the White House. City life has its perks: great food, nightlife, and job opportunities just to name a few. But, for an avid golfer, it also poses many challenges.

When asked why he decided to cut down and re-grip 2 full sets of irons, 10 woods, and 6 wedges in volunteering for the local Pittsburgh First Tee, Joe Colaizzo of Duquesne Club Golf replied "It felt good to help out some really nice kids, so we're coming back every Monday!"

The Central Region kicked off their Spring 2014 season at Payne Stewart Golf Club in Branson, Missouri. Payne Stewart has been rated the top course in Missouri by Golfweek.

The NCCGA South region kicked off its spring semester this past weekend at Silver Lakes, which is an outstanding Robert Trent Jones facility about an hour northeast of Birmingham, Ala. Silver Lakes has a unique layout with three nine hole courses: Mindbreaker, Backbreaker and Heartbreaker.

The Spring 2014 NCCGA season is finally upon us in the Northwest Region even though it doesn’t seem like it should be anywhere near us. The past two months we have had on and off snowfall with most of it coming in the past week. Luckily for us though, the courses we are playing have stayed fairly dry throughout all these storms coming through the Northwest.

Wake Forest University has been producing golfing legends for decades.

With names like Arnold Palmer, Webb Simpson, and Bill Haas swirling around, it is no secret that Wake knows a thing or two about good golf. For students on campus that want to be a part of this amazing tradition but do not quite have the scores to compete with the names mentioned above, the club golf team is the perfect fit.

The Texas Region of the NCCGA is quickly becoming one of the best in the nation. We recently celebrated our first birthday. After a year of growth and improvement, 8 teams will tee it up this in Houston to kick of a new season of Texas Club Golf. Eagle Pointe Golf Club, a par-71, 6900 yard challenge lined with trees from tee to green, will be a true measure of the best club teams in the region.