At this year’s show, the OGA will again be conducting several presentations in Meeting Room 133 (just outside the show area) as well as an exciting Main Stage show - “Who want to be a Rules Official?” with lucky contestants having the opportunity to win great prizes in testing their Rules knowledge.  Read more to find out how you can participate for your opportunity to win!

The OGA has an immediate opportunity for a full-time full-charge Bookkeeper to assist the Director of Finance who oversees both the Golf Association and OGA Golf Course.

Former Oregon Golf Association member Scott Harrington leads the Gateway Tour Money list after two starts after winning at Vistancia.  It was his second victory in four starts including the Desert Summer Series’ final event preceding the Gateway Tour Championship.   Click Here to learn more.

The inaugural OGA Tour Championship will be held Saturday, October, 23, hosted by Bandon Dunes Golf Resort.

The severe weather and record breaking low temperatures which hit our region last month has had a major impact on area golf courses, particularly the putting greens.

The OGA is offering an opportunity for a Free subscription to the Global Golf Post, a new weekly digital publication that launched its first issue this week.  A subscription also serves as an entry in a sweepstakes to win an all expense paid trip for four to Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in the fall of 2010.

Warner Pacific Athletics will host a clinic for Oregon high school golf coaches titled “The Successful High School Coach – Techniques for Developing a Winning Program presented in partnership with the Oregon Athletic Coaches Association and hosted at Trysting Tree Golf Course in Corvallis, Ore. on Feb. 15.

According to Dr. Robert Golembiewski, Assistant Professor, Horticulture at Oregon State University, numerous golf courses in Western Oregon and Washington have reported extensive putting green injury as a result of freezing injury and desiccation.

Cathryn Bristow, a former member of the Univeristy of Oregon Women’s Golf team, has become just the third New Zealander to gain entry to the LPGA Tour.

Tournament Golf Foundation (TGF) and the Safeway Foundation, today announced that local children’s charities would benefit from $1 million in proceeds from the 2009 Safeway Classic. 

At this year’s show, the OGA will again be conducting several presentations in Meeting Room 133 (just outside the show area) as well as an exciting Main Stage show - “Who want to be a Rules Official?” with lucky contestants having the opportunity to win great prizes in testing their Rules knowledge.  Read more to find out how you can participate for your opportunity to win!

Take some time out this spring to learn the Rules of Golf with the OGA.  Registration for spring and summer classes open on February 8.  Read on to see what classes are offered and view the 2010 Rules Education Schedule.

A searchable database is now available to check your grooves . . . do your clubs conform . . . will the new Rule even affect you?  Read on to find out!

If you have lifted your ball in the rough, placed it within 6” and thought you were using preferred lies – please read on. 

A step-by-step approach to help you learn the Rules of Golf.

From what I heard from the fans that approach me, I think almost everyone was surprised at who was in the finale—with the exception of Tony.  Let’s face it, the two guys that seemed to be up for elimination the most were Kevin and Mike.  But each time they were just good enough to make it through to the next show.   That’s really what this show was all about.  It wasn’t necessarily one the discovers the guy with the best raw skills and talent…because competitive golf is more than that.  Its also about how well you manage your game on the course and how well you handle pressure.    Handling pressure is the key in this show. 

Unfortunately, Episode 6 was my last episode.  I had my chances, but was unable to deliver.

The wall itself was about 12-feet high and we we hitting from about 15-feet from the front of the wall.  The net on the other side was about 8-feet in diameter and was only 10-feet from the back of the wall.  There was so little room for error. It seemed the best approach was to clear the wall with as little room to spare as possible otherwise there was little chance to hit the net.

I made the cut after the fourth round in the Duramed Futures Tour Qualifier here in Lakeland, Florida, and after having a good first three rounds, today was a bit of a different story. I hung in all day and finished with a 78, good enough to make the cut, putting me in the final round tomorrow, played at Lake Region Golf Club.

This week we had J.B. Holmes make a guest appearance for the Immunity Challenges which included the popular Glass Break Challenge as well as the 100-yard wedge shot and 10-foot putt to determine who would be forced into the elimination challenge.

Unless you are a “blue chip” player (i.e. one of the best in the country), you need to market yourself to coaches and get your name in front of them so they will want to come and watch you play in a tournament.

Warner Pacific Athletics will host a clinic for Oregon high school golf coaches titled “The Successful High School Coach – Techniques for Developing a Winning Program presented in partnership with the Oregon Athletic Coaches Association and hosted at Trysting Tree Golf Course in Corvallis, Ore. on Feb. 15.

If you haven’t started already, you need to do some research!  You need to see where your academics and golf game are best going to “fit” and you need to narrow down your field of choices. 

The recruiting process is just that, a process, and there are no short cuts through the process.

Golf is a game of rules and etiquette, and it is important to know the essentials of golfing etiquette before you tee it up on the golf course.

The U.S. District Court has issued a permanent injunction against ISaAC Scoring Systems, LLC, protecting USGA trademarks. 

The OGA officially released the 2010 USGA Handicap Index Revision Schedule for clubs in Oregon and SW Washington.  This year there will be a least two revisions every month during the season, providing three more revisions than last year.

Although local scores are not valid to your official handicap after December 1, you are under obligation per the USGA Handicap System, the OGA and your club to post rounds played in year-round golf associations if you travel throughout the winter.

If golf course conditions decline, most of the time you would not automatically want to turn to the use of "Winter Rules" / Preferred Lies.  The Rules of Golf covers these situations.  Most important, if an individual golfer invokes some sort of Preferred Lie when we are in season he/she still must post their score.

Now that many of our golfing friends have returnedg from their winter homes in sunbelt areas such as Southern California or Arizona, handicap committees are double checking to see whether their members have been living up to their responsibility in posting all their scores.

There’s a lot more than yardage when it comes to calculating a course’s USGA Course and Slope Ratings.

Several times in the last two weeks, I’ve been asked why, even from the same set of tees and yardage, the numbers are different for men & women.  I assumed most golfers knew the answer, but ...

We recently visited Crestview Golf Club in Waldport, Ore. a 9-hole course that was totally redesigned by Dan Hixson.

Every golfer should ideally play from the set of tees that best suits their ability.  There should be no reason for a senior or beginning man to be uncomfortable playing from forward tees, just as a long-ball scratch-level female hitter such as Michelle Wie might want to play from the tips.   All you need to know is how to post your score!

Designed by Northwest native Dan Hixson, Wine Valley GC is co-owned by longtime Northwest PGA Professional John Thorsnes and Jim Pliska (who also owns Emerald Valley GC in Creswell, Ore.). The full 18-hole championship layout is scheduled to open to the public by May 1st.