NCGA VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR At the annual Tournament


Offi cial/Course Raters’ day, held in October at Brookside CC in Stock- ton, STEVE MACILRAITH and HARRY GALLOWAY were recognized with respective course rater and tourna- ment offi cial of the year awards. MacIlraith, of Penn Valley, has been a course rater since 1998 and was promoted to captain recently. He participated in 17 of 21 ratings in his area in 2010 and numer- ous others outside his region. The Likely Links member has dabbled in course architecture, having co- designed the back nine of his home course a few years ago. Galloway is a Darkhorse mem- ber and joined the ranks of NCGA tournament volunteers in 2000. The Folsom resident and certifi ed rules offi cial has worked close to 20 tournaments over the last several years, often serving as tournament chairman at qualifi ers.


Team Match Champions


FOUNDATION FACEBOOK PAGE The NCGA Foundation’s Youth on Course program now has its own Facebook page. Become a fan and learn more about the award-winning


Galloway and MacIlraith


charitable arm of the NCGA, view pictures and videos and more. The Foundation page joins an already thriving NCGA page.


MEMBER OFFER TO BANDON DUNES NCGA MEMBERS SAVE $200 on the 10th annual amateurgolf.com Two Man Links Championship at Bandon Dunes April 30-May 4. The 72-hole, best-ball tournament has scratch and net divisions and provides the op- portunity to play all four resort courses. Pacifi c Dunes, Bandon Dunes and Bandon Trails are ranked among America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses by Golf Digest; Pac Dunes leads the way and is currently 14th, Bandon Dunes is 33rd and Bandon Trails rounds out the trio at 80th. When the newest course, Old Macdonald, is available for recognition it will certainly follow suit and may even surpass all others to become the highest-ranked course on property. In addition to four rounds of championship


golf and lodging, the entry fee includes a welcome dinner plus a gala tournament dinner and awards presentation. Player entry fees start at $2,275. Visit ncga.org for more information and registration; reserve a spot by March 30 for the $200 savings.


TEAM MATCH FINALS The popular Team Match Finals


championship was the conclusion to a summer-long competition involving more than 200 teams from clubs across Northern California. Twelve-person teams competed in four-ball (best ball) matches concurrent with singles’ matches, with each match worth two points, or a total of six in each group. More than 15,000 rounds were played that brought the fi nal four clubs —Tehama, Windsor, Pajaro Valley and Lake of the Pines—to Poppy Hills. TEHAMA and PAJARO VALLEY almost


went extra holes to crown the winner but Tehama’s Jim Simon was able to close out his match on 18 allowing the Carmel club to capture the 22nd Annual Team Match Championship title, 19-17. It was Tehama’s second title since 2005 and was its second in as many days, capturing the Thursday league title with a win over Windsor the day before. Both fi nalists advanced on the strength of convincing margins in the semifi nals. “Our consistency is due to our home


golf course,” commented Tehama captain Bill Yakobovich. “Tehama is tough; most of our team is used to diffi cult playing condi- tions and we are able to adapt easily. We are truly a team. Guys who don’t normally play came through big for us today; this is certainly not the case of just a few guys carrying the team.”


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