2026 A good start to new fairways and familiar / new faces! Looks like the weather cooperated and let our golfers play in a January Tournament! Hope that bodes well for the rest of the year. 19 golfers went to Shadow Lakes in Brentwood and enjoyed hitting small white dimpled balls around a large field. […]
Four golfers competed this year with two players in the championship match and two players in the third place match. Joey Baer played against John Hayes for the championship. Jose Sermeno played against Blaine Heckley at Boundary Oak Golf Course in Walnut Creek. The weather was beautiful and cold. Jose won by five and three. […]
Many players enjoyed the tournament at the Reserve at Spanos Park with one exception …. slow play! There was another tournament before our’s there and that caused slow play. Sigh However, it was a fun place to play on and perfect weather too. Also great to see that everyone got at least 1 par so […]
Looks like Whitney Oaks is a tough place to play on with the exception of Jose Sermeno who was +1 for that day, shooting 72 and par is 71. Almost parred the course! Nice work, Jose! As for the Match Play Tournament, John Hayes defeated Gabe Pedroza so the Semifinal matches are all set! Joey […]
Looked like our NCGAD has brought Spring Valley Golf Course to their knees with numerous pars and birdies too! Quite a few low scoring as well! Heard from players that they liked Spring Valley and the weather except for one big glaring problem: SLOW PLAY from groups ahead of our NCGAD groups. The Board […]
21 of us converged at Redwood Canyon to play in the August Tournament. For the first time as far as I know, everyone got at least 1 par and a few got birdies too! Good day for all to get something good on the scorecards. For Match Plays: Joey Baer beat Robert Herin on the […]
Blue Rock Springs (west) is a fun place to play at! No complaints about this location. Nice and cool, smooth and a bit fast greens, well-kept fairways, good layouts, etc. Definitely on NCGAD radar for future tournaments!!! For scoring – NCGAD uses “double par plus one” method. For example: par 3 – the highest score […]
For May, we will have a California Cup tournament between north and south California golfers. The location is at Avila Beach Golf Resort near SLO (San Luis Obispo) so there won’t be an NCGAD tournament for May, however, this may be a good month for our golfers to play a few practice rounds near their […]
26 players played at Paradise Valley in Fairfield yesterday and some players mentioned it was windy and a bit cold but fun to play on. Also found out that the water at the 15th hole ate quite a few balls from our players due to having to hit into the wind. All in all, sounds […]
“The mind messes up more shots than the body” – Tommy Bolt (U.S. Open Champion and Ryder Cup participant in the 1950’s) Finally, we are able to start an NCGAD season in January instead of postponing to February, March, etc., due to inclement weather like in the past few years. Thank you, weather, for letting […]