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St. Louis- This semester's Nationals were centrally located, bringing in teams from all around the country. Norwood Hills CC and Bogey Hills CC were the host courses, both providing true tests to the best club golfers in the country. Here's a rundown of what took place over the weekend. 

Presidents Poll Top 25 - Nationals Week
1 Arizona State (12)
2 Grand Canyon (9)
3 Texas (2)
4 Florida (2)
5 Florida State
6 Alabama
7 Baylor (1)
8 Golf Academy of America – Dallas
9 Georgia
10 Michigan (1)
11 Virginia
12 Mizzou
13 Michigan St
14 Wisconsin - Madison
15 Oklahoma
16 Minnesota – Twin Cities
17 Southern Methodist
18 Arkansas
19 DePaul
20 South Carolina
21 Maryland
22 Ohio State
23 Indiana
24 Virginia Tech
25 Villanova
Others receiving votes:
GAA - Chandler (433) Texas Christian (422) Clemson (343) Oregon (327) California Polytechnic (300)
Texas A & M (294) GAA - MB (292) Colorado State (201) Other Schools with less than 200 votes: 24

The only previous time the University of California – Berkeley made an appearance at Nationals was the fall season of 2016 where they tied for 23rd place. They are back again this weekend, and looking to make their mark in St. Louis. 

There will be three women competing in the Nationals tournament this weekend. Along with Melissa Yao and Emma Vickery from Cal-Berkeley, Claire Malley will be attending and representing UCLA. Malley is currently a junior majoring in biology with a minor in classical civilizations and is originally from Fresno, California.

We have another powerhouse coming to Nationals. The Gophers are making their way to St. Louis to compete in the National Championship at Norwood Hills Country Club after swinging and striking a shot down the middle and into the hole for a bid. This will be the 3rd appearance for the team from the Twin Cities region. They played well at Paiute Golf Resort in the Fall Nationals. and tied for the title as champs with the Sun Devils from Arizona State. 

The time has come, and the Wildcats from Central Washington University are off to St. Louis where they will compete in the National Invitational at Bogey Hills Country Club. After a successful spring season winning both regional tournaments, they have been offered a bid to their first ever NCCGA Nationals.

The University of Cincinnati returns to NCCGA Nationals for the first time since 2014, but this time to play in the National Invitational in St. Louis. The tournament, taking place April 27-29th at Bogey Hills Country Club, will include some of the best Collegiate Club Golf teams from around the country. 

Golf is traditionally a sport where looking clean cut is a must. Collared shirt tucked into golf pants with a belt is pretty much what is expected of golfers playing at any private and many public courses. This doesn't mean you can't look fresh as hell on the golf course, especially when it comes to your pants. Throw out your boring old khakis, find your inner John Daly, and try some of these pants that are sure to make your friends envious (or make them laugh at you, depending on what kind of friends you have). 

Time flew by and this spring’s Nationals remaining bids will be given out after this week. With numerous cases of unfortunate weather systems preventing many of our regions from competing on their original schedules, our staff was left with pushing the competitions to later dates. This wasn’t the easiest process but everything is still working out. Nationals are next week! Get ready!!

Week 6 action in the NCCGA saw another Midwest region tournament postponed due to weather, and many other regions had their tournaments shortened to 1-day events. The Colonial region's Liberty had a bounce back win from their poor play in their previous tournament. JMU and Virginia Tech both had decent team showings, finishing 5 and 6 strokes behind Liberty. Liberty was led by Brady Roberts, who fired a 76-74 to be the tournament medalist.

After so many regions have had such unfortunate weather for so long, it is finally time for the temperatures to start rising and bringing out some real golf weather. Nationals is only two weeks away! We’re on the final stretch, who will make the longest stride?

Week 5 Recap:
This past weekend saw cold temperatures and rough weather pretty much all around the NCCGA, and some tournaments were postponed another week. In Texas, #9 Golf Academy of America - Dallas pulled out the win with a 744. Tournament medalist, Taylor Johnson (GAA – Dallas) showed that he was not affected by the 40-degree temps with wind and rain Saturday and fired a 73-68 (-1) to run away with the win. #3 Texas put up a solid tournament with a 755, who benefited from the return of their #1 player from last season, Campbell Ross. #6 Baylor was hurt by the absence of club president, Teddy Rettinger who played B team due to a hand injury. His status for the National Championship is Probable. Texas A&M also put together a decent 2-day score at their home course to throw their name in the top 25 mix.

The NCCGA 18Birdies Virtual Tournament has come to a close. Over the previous month, players were able to use the 18Birdies app to track their round and could follow other NCCGA golfers from across the country. Thanks to all the players who entered a score into the app over these past few weeks, you will all be entered for a chance to win prizes including a set of Cleveland wedges!

109 players competed, and with scores ranging from 66-137 it's truly is a testament to how any swing is welcome in the NCCGA. Scores of -4 were posted by A.Banks and P. Owen giving them the NCCGA 18Birdies Virtual Tournament victory! Other under par scores were posted by Z.Murphy, J. Babu, and B. Bone. 

Get ready for a hectic weekend! With most regions in the country hosting a tournament, expect some low scores, upsets, and a lot of competitive tension! To make it even better, some regions are wrapping up their regional tournament season, so bids for St. Louis will be a little clearer after this weekend. 

Week 4 Recap: