Stuart Francis, the next President of the USGA, made a great run at the title in the Super-Senior division of the San Francisco City Championship. Francis shot one-under in stroke play qualifying at TPC Harding Park, host of next year’s PGA Championship. That earned him the two seed and he went on to win several … Continue reading USGA President-Elect Stuart Francis Makes Spirited Run at SF City
Jim Achenbach from Global Golf Post+ spoke to Rob Addington and Alan Fadel from the Amateur Golf Alliance and profiled the organization in its story “Amateur Golf Alliance Lending A Hand To The Amateur Game.” The GGP+ story highlights our mission and discusses our ongoing initiatives above and beyond our creation of the Concession Cup … Continue reading AGA Lending A Hand To The Amateur Game
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
