The first round of the Gasparilla Invitational gets started today with a strong field of mid-amateurs and senior amateurs from across the country. This event has a wonderful history as covered in today’s Global Golf Post+ story “Gasparilla Invitational Boasts Storied History“ by Jim Achenbach. Jim details how the Gasparilla started in the 1930s as … Continue reading Celebrating Gasparilla Invitational’s history
The Amateur Golf Alliance has established a Women’s Amateur Championship, set to take place June 6-8 at Coral Creek Club in Placida, Fla. The tournament will be 54 holes of stroke play for women who have completed their college eligibility and are 23 years of age on or before the first round of competition. The … Continue reading AGA Establishes Women’s Amateur Championship
The Amateur Golf Alliance would like to wish Matt Parziale from Brockton, MA the best of luck in this week’s Masters tournament. Matt will start his first Masters appearance this Thursday at 8:52am in a group playing alongside Brendan Steele and past-champion Mike Weir. His invitation to The Masters came by way of winning last … Continue reading Parziale playing in The Masters
AGA Board member Jim Nugent announced today that Global Golf Post will once again donate funds to support the San Francisco City Golf Championship. The San Francisco City Golf Championship, known locally as “The City,” was inaugurated in 1917 and is the country’s oldest municipal golf tournament. It boasts notable past champions such as Ken … Continue reading Global Golf Post supports San Francisco City Championship
This year, Amateur Golf Alliance Board members Bob Ford, David Leadbetter, and Jim Nugent individually received significant honors from the USGA, PGA of America, and AJGA. Bob Ford was named the 2017 Bob Jones Award Winner by the USGA, David Leadbetter was named the 2017 PGA Teacher of the Year by the PGA of America, … Continue reading AGA Board members Ford, Leadbetter, and Nugent honored
Today the USGA announced two new amateur exemptions for both the US Open and the US Women’s Open. Going forward the champion of the US Junior and US Mid-Amateur will be exempt in to the US Open and the champion of the US Girls Junior and US Women’s Mid-Amateur will be exempt in to the … Continue reading USGA adds amateur exemptions for US Opens
