OGA Handicapping Season begins Sunday March 1st and runs through November 30th. Scores made on courses within the OGA region (Oregon and Southwest Washington) must be posted beginning March 1st. Get the 2015 USGA/OGA Handicap Index Revision Schedule here ...
February’s Rule of the Month article focused on Four-Ball Stroke Play, due in part because many clubs hold Four-Ball competitions. Another commonly used form of play at the club level, as well as the Ryder Cup, is Foursome Stroke Play. Sometimes referred ...
Almost every year since I’ve worked at Oregon Golf Association, I have received a request for a list of the “Hardest Courses” in the state. Every year I shake my head. You see, there really is no such thing as “hardest course”. OGA, using the USGA Course ...
Woodburn, Ore. (February 18, 2015) – The Oregon Golf Association recently finalized and announced the schedule for its 2015 Championship season. Registration begins Friday, February 20th, coinciding with the first day of the Portland Golf Show. ...
As the golf season is quickly approaching and many of you will be back out competing in the numerous Tournaments and Championships that are ran and managed by the OGA, we want to prepare you for a change in a policy that we will begin enforcing with the ...
The USGA has created two new national championships that will both be played for the first time this spring. The U.S Amateur Four-Ball Championship will be played May 2-6 at the Olympic Club (Lake Course) and the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball ...
What is your Target Score? A golfer will only play to their handicap about 20-25% of the time. Forget your average, or what you believe your current ability is. The USGA Handicap System is based on your potential ability ; your peak performance. So what ...
Par, as defined in The USGA Handicap System , is the score that an expert player would be expected to make for a given hole. Par means expert play under ordinary weather conditions, allowing two strokes on the putting green. Par is not a significant ...
Though you already know the Oregon Golf Association’s off season is December, January and February, you might not know exactly why. You might also wonder about posting scores if you travel over the winter, or if and when a “trend handicap” can be used. ...
The vast majority of us will play golf our entire lives without hitting ourselves with our own golf ball. I write this within a few weeks of narrowly avoiding the same when a tree branch violently threw my ball back at me. While many golfers will have an ...
