News | Oregon Golf Association

Rule of the Month: The Exception to the Rule

10/01/17

By OGA Senior Rules Officials: Pete Scholz and Terry McEvilly Rule 13-2 Exceptions Last month we tackled one of the most difficult Rules for a player or official to apply on the course. Rule 13-2, which prohibits improving the lie, area of intended ...

• CLICK HERE FOR MORE

Blaine Newnham in Ireland: The Revival of Trump’s Doonbeg

09/30/17

Second in a series on golf in Ireland by the veteran golf writer, with photography by Rob Perry By Blaine Newnham, RonBWriter.com On the second day of our recent trip to Ireland, we played Trump Doonbeg, the course Donald Trump bought in a fire sale in ...

• CLICK HERE FOR MORE

U Club - Corvallis Student Leadership Team Announced for 2017/18 School Year

09/26/17

Four students from Oregon State University are taking on leadership roles for U Club - Corvallis. U Club, launched in July of 2016, is a partnership between the OGA and golf courses in college communities around the state. U Club's goal is to make golf ...

• CLICK HERE FOR MORE

Two Sides Qualify for 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship

09/26/17

TUALATIN, ORE. – The sides of JC Riter and Blake Seabaugh (Portland/Tigard, Ore.) and Chris and Jack Dukeminier (Portland/Beaverton, Ore.) both qualified for the 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship, after qualifying was held Monday, Sept. 25th at ...

• CLICK HERE FOR MORE

Blaine Newnham in Ireland: The Changing Face of Links Golf

09/25/17

First in a series on golf in Ireland by the veteran golf writer, with photography by Rob Perry By Blaine Newnham, RonBWriter.com My first trip to Ireland to play golf was 25 years ago. It was four old college roommates from Berkeley turning 50, getting ...

• CLICK HERE FOR MORE

Hole No. 8 at Pronghorn - Fazio Course - Most Interesting Holes Series

09/21/17

By Gretchen Yoder, Manager of Handicapping & Course Rating Seventh in our OGA series about the Most Interesting Holes is the Par 3, 8 th hole at Pronghorn’s Fazio Course in Bend, Ore. With tee yardages including 187, 168, 155, 135, and 106, this hole ...

• CLICK HERE FOR MORE

Jacobs, Johnson, Stone to Represent OGA at 2017 USGA Women's State Team

09/20/17

SANTE FE, N.M. – Amanda Jacobs (Portland, Ore.), Gretchen Johnson (Portland, Ore.), and Brie Stone (Veneta, Ore.) will represent Oregon and the OGA at the upcoming 2017 USGA Women’s State Team Championship, held Sept. 26-28 at The Club at Las Campanas ...

• CLICK HERE FOR MORE

Craig Ronne, Ellie Slama Earn 2017 OJG Player of the Year Honors

09/20/17

WOODBURN, ORE. – Craig Ronne (Klamath Falls, Ore.) and Ellie Slama (Salem, Ore.) have been named the 2017 Oregon Junior Golf Players of the Year, announced this past weekend by Oregon Junior Golf and the Oregon Golf Association. The announcement was made ...

• CLICK HERE FOR MORE

Member Benefit: Savings on Blazers Games

09/19/17

As an added benefit of membership, OGA Members save 10 percent on select regular-season Portland Trail Blazers home games. Visit the link below to see which games are available through the Rose Quarter ticket office webpage. Click here to visit the Rose ...

• CLICK HERE FOR MORE

Bill Robinson: A Golf Architect’s Career by Design

09/18/17

A student of Geoffrey Cornish, Bill Robinson designed courses that endured the test of time. By Ron Bellamy Story Archives Available at RonBWriter.com FLORENCE — He might have been a professional hockey player, but at 16 Bill Robinson suffered a serious ...

Search form