Everyone can use a little golf help

Are you involved with a charity, company, or organization that is thinking about running a golf outing? Especially if you are not a golfer, the first few years of running a golf event can be tough. Below are 5 simple tips which should help you learn how to run a golf outing.

Following each NCCGA regional tournament weekend I will be sharing the most unique rule situations that came up with the NCCGA community to further educate golfers on the rules in case any of these situations present themselves in your group.

The golfers in Washington DC aren't immune to the struggles of Northeast golf. Every year around the same time, golf courses begin closing up shop for the winter. This forces golfers to pack their clubs up as well, leaving their games to get rusty and making it harder to take their clubs out of the storage closet in the spring time. The winter time is no longer a time to pack up the clubs. Here's a look at the five top indoor golf options in DC and the surrounding area.

New York City, center of the universe. The city that seems to have anything and everything. Whether you're looking for a bagel at midnight or a party to go to on a Wednesday morning, it seems that almost anything is only a subway away.

Milwaukee and the surrounding area is a destination for golf, with courses like Erin Hills, Whistling Straits, Black Wolf Run, and The Bull at Pinehurst Farms. These golf courses offer fantastic summer options for any golfer. But what do golfers in Milwaukee do during the brutal winters?  Put the clubs in the basement? Pick up a new hobby? No, Milwaukee golfers keep the grind of the golf season going year round.

Winter weather in Cincinnati can be a major obstacle when trying to stay on top of your golf game year-round.  By the time December rolls around, the cold weather makes getting in 9 or 18 holes almost impossible until March.  Luckily, there are options for keeping sharp and even having fun during the cold off-season.

Going away on a spring break golf trip? Being a last minute packer myself and forgetting items on trips often, I thought this list of 7 items golfers forget to pack would be helpful for anyone taking a spring golf trip. If your spring golf trip involves some competition, Jack’s words about being prepared may inspire you too-  “I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete.” -Jack Nicklaus.

 If you are like myself and many other golfers, the start of winter and end of the golf season can be bitter-sweet. We look back upon the many rounds with friends, competitive NCCGA and City Tour rounds and long evenings at the range.

Heading to the driving range to work on your golf game? Practice makes perfect, but you want to make sure your session at the range is productive. It can be tempting to simply swing away with the driver and call it good, but you might find your game isn't improving when you step on the actual course.

Planning golf trips can be a lot of work. Between booking travel, getting the right tee times at good golf courses, and coordination of who can go on the trip, it becomes a lot to handle.

This weekend the NCCGA held 11 tournaments across the country, and as always we had several unique situations arise that required golf rulings. These aren't your typical golf rulings about cart path relief, lateral hazards, or any of the basics. These are situations that only come up once every semester. As part of our weekly series, we wanted to share the situations with you, as well as the corresponding golf rules that apply.

This past weekend, one scenario came up at an NCCGA regional tournament which caused some confusion for groups. As we do each week, we wanted to highlight the situation and the golf rule that was applied.

As a former NCAA Division I varsity golfer, I remember getting lectured on how weight lifting and strength training was the best way to gain power and length on the golf course.  I never really bought into this ideology because of my relationship with yoga and the benefits I received through practicing for years.

This past weekend we had 12 club golf tournaments taking place across the country, and there were three scenarios that came up which caused some confusion for groups. Here are the three scenarios below, what would you have done if this happened to you or someone in your group?  The result and corresponding golf rules (or NCCGA rules) are listed below to see if you chose the correct result:

Each weekend NCCGA players tee it up across the country inevitably rules questions arise.  Regional Coordinators do a great job collecting all the relevant information about the situation, and then come to me to render an impartial ruling. During this process, coordinators leave out all team and player names and simply provide scenarios so a fair decision can be made. Avoiding bias is the reason we ask regional coordinators to always ask us about rulings, so there's no chance their team affiliation will influence the decision.