(August 25, 2017) — Southern California PGA Junior Team — Team Southern California placed first at the annual Girls Junior America’s Cup, held at Reflection Bay Golf Club in Henderson, Nevada. Finishing with a spectacular 35 under par total, SoCal won by 28 stokes. Rose Zhang took home individual honors, shooting an impressive three-day total of 21...
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(August 25, 2017) — Southern California PGA Junior Team — It was a red, white and blue day in West Des Moines, Iowa on Sunday. In a singles session that featured tight battles across the scoreboard, Team USA won five matches and kept the Solheim Cup on U.S. soil with a 16.5 to 11.5 victory over Team...
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(July 25, 2017) — Los Angeles Times High School Insider — A serene July morning at East Covina’s Charter Oak High School united the SCPGA and LA84 foundations and Friends of Golf in celebration of the PGA’s Clubs For Youth Program. Clubs were given out to nine Charter Oak golfers, grinning ear to ear. The program...
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(July 20, 2017) — “Without your support, without your mentoring, I don’t think my kids would be where they are now. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you have done for my kids and all the other junior golfers." - Rosa, SCGA Junior Parent. What We Accomplished: Taught 1,596 kids golf and...
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(June 25, 2017) — Matthew Carungay, a Loyola Marymount University freshman, is Awarded the 2017 Friends of Golf Scholarship at SCGA Junior's 7th Annual Scholar Dinner on June 25, 2017. Matthew has been an active SCGA Junior member for more than seven years, as both a participant and volunteer. He was invited to speak at the...
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(June 24, 2017) — Thank you Friends of Golf for your continued support of the Junior Development Tour Player Clinics! FOG's partnership is directly impacting the growth of the game in Southern California. [vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/IaKlGEbLwjI"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
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FORT WORTH, Texas (May 23, 2017) — Colonial Country Club, Friends of Golf (FOG) and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) have announced that Stanford senior Maverick McNealy is the 2017 winner of The Ben Hogan Award presented by Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta). He is the second Stanford winner in the...
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(May 23, 2017) – We always take pride in the honors bestowed on those who give so much to FOG. Here is yet another example — Ian Crockett, a FOG board member and the editor of the FOG HORN newsletter, has been recognized by Cal State Fullerton for exemplary work for students and faculty. This honor...
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(April 24, 2017) – FOG ALERT: In yet another incredible display of raw talent and compassion for golf and its future, Dustin Johnson hit his first drive over the creek on the first hole at the Bel-Air Country Club right after guiding two young high school players in how to do the same. The crowd was...
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(March 21, 2017) – The Ben Hogan Award is fast becoming the nationally recognized Heisman Trophy of amateur golf. This past year, our most recent honorees have excelled. Here is a look into our 2014 winner Patrick Cantlay. by Ted Johnson | Fore Read complete article....
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