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It’s also difficult to place a value on her experience working at all levels in golf, from the Pacific Women’s Golf Association, Women’s Golf Asso- ciation of Northern California, the NCGA and ultimately the USGA Women’s Committee, the ruling body for amateur women’s golf. Rogers beat back ovarian cancer
Foundation Holds 8th Annual Pro-Am The NCGA FOUNDATION held its
eighth annual Pro-Am in mid-August at Spyglass Hill. Proceeds from the Club Car-sponsored event will help youth in Northern California develop life skills and values through the Foun- dation’s Youth on Course program. A pioneering program, Youth
on Course focuses on an entire continuum of services that allows participants to play affordably while building self-esteem through clinics, mentoring, internships and scholar- ships. The Foundation also partners with local organizations to identify youth in underserved communities that rarely have the ability to experi- ence outside educational and recre- ational opportunities. Four-man teams were paired
with a local professional in a modi- fied shamble format in which each team selected the best drive of all five members. Each individual then played his or her own ball from there through the completion of the hole. The participants were introduced
to Sebastian Crampton, one of the Foundation’s Youth on Course members who has taken on a mentor role for other deserving youth. The 14-year-old hit a tee shot for every group on the par-3 twelfth and teams had the option of playing Crampton’s ball. The Dole Food Co., Inc. team
(pictured above) captured the Pro-Am gross title with an 8-under-par 64,
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with the aid of professional Rodney Wilson of Harding Park. Team mem- bers included Bruce Hungate, Brian Huh, Jeff Fulton and Rob Hoffman. Kaiser Permanente took second after carding a 65. The Monument Administrators
team took home the net title, posting a 19-under-par 53. Team members were David Bramwell, Pat Hoffman, Norm Hainlen, Jim Smallwood and professional Jason Owen. InterWest Insurance Services finished second, one stroke back. Charlie Gibson of Morgan Creek
fired a 1-under 71 to win the profes- sional division. Marc Braga and Joe Moulton tied for second with a 72.
Rogers Retires From USGA Service After a 17-year career as one of the most involved and knowledge- able rules officials in the game, Santa Cruz’s GAIL ROGERS recently retired from the USGA Women’s Committee. In that time, the former NCGA director of education worked
more than 50 USGA championships. Few volunteers who serve the USGA have the Pasatiempo mem- ber’s experience. Rogers scored a 100 on the demanding Rules of Golf test and has hit 99 on three occasions.
in 2009, curtailing her volunteer schedule. But retirement will hardly slow down the wife and mother of one. She plans on working USGA events close to home as well as select NCGA, WGANC and California Women’s Amateur Championship Committee events. She also looks forward to playing more golf, some- thing that took a backseat to a long and outstanding career.
Farb Wins NCPGA Assistant Pro of the Year Poppy Hills Assistant Professional
RYAN FARB earned the Northern Cali- fornia PGA’s “Assistant Professional of the Year” award for 2010. He was born in Baltimore, Mary-
land and then moved to Tucson, Ari- zona at age 7 and took up golf. Among playing highlights, Farb competed in the 2001 Junior Amateur at Oak Hill in San Antonio, Texas. A 2007 gradu- ate from the University of Georgia with a degree in Classical Culture and Latin, he also studied abroad in Oxford during his schooling.
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