Registration for the 2019 golf tournament season is now officially open. This year we have changed platforms and will be using the Golf Genius Tournament Management program. To help with any confusion, here are a few tips to prepare you for the registration process. Do you have an active GHIN number? To be eligible Continue reading
Alex Springer Earns First Watson Challenge Title
Mother Nature Ends Watson Challenge Early – Alex Springer’s Great Second Round Crowns Him Champion Round 3 of the Watson Challenge has been cancelled due to excessive rain and unplayable course conditions. The Championship has been shortened to a 36 hole championship. After a great round two, Alex Springer has been crowned the 2019 Watson Continue reading
Amanda Booth and Rebecca Thomas Take Overall Title at Tee Fore Two
Rolling Hills CC, Wichita, KS – It took an extra hole for Amanda Booth (Wichita, KS) and Rebecca Thomas (Wichita, KS) to claim their first title in the Tee Fore Two Championship over defending champions Denise Desilet (Wichita, KS) and Patricia Sherwood (Wichita, KS). Booth and Thomas began the day with a two-stroke lead after Continue reading
Stous Wins Match With Hole-In-One on #13
Swope Memorial GC, Kansas City, MO – Rachel Stous and Julia Misemer began the match each seeking a first victory in the Kansas City Women’s Match Play Championship. Stous took an early lead with a par to Misemer’s bogey on the first hole and did not look back. She continued her stellar play from Wednesday Continue reading
New Member Club – Brough Creek National
Brough Creek National – a backyard golf course gone viral. Established in 2015 when Ben Hotaling and Zach Brough built the first hole in their Kansas City backyard. Fast forward a few years later, they’ve gone viral on social media, are growing the backyard course and testing their backyard golf course design company. “We did Continue reading
Winters Overcomes Deficit to Claim Mid-Am Title
Colbert Hills GC, Manhattan, KS – Katie Winters charged back from a 7-stroke deficit at the start of today’s round to claim the 2019 Kansas Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship. This marks her third association major title adding to her 2009 and 2010 Kansas Women’s Amateur Championships. Carmen Titus had a rocky double bogey-bogey start on the Continue reading
Titus Leads by Six at Kansas Women’s Mid-Am
Colbert Hills GC, Manhattan, KS – Carmen Titus is in control of the Kansas Women’s Mid-Am after firing the low round on a day that yielded few good scores. With a couple of birdies and nothing more than a bogey on her card, her lead at +2 (75) will be hard to overcome for those Continue reading
Harding & Misemer Take Home KC Junior Titles
The 2019 Kansas City Junior Championship was one of a kind. After multiple days of missed classes due to extreme weather this winter, students had to extend the school year into the week of the KC Junior. Because of this, the tournament was played as a 3:30 shotgun start both days at Brookridge Golf & Continue reading
Mid-Ams on a Mission
Colbert Hills GC, Manhattan, KS – This year marks the first time in history that the Kansas Golf Association will host a stand-alone Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship. The Mid-Amateur is typically for players who are at least twenty-five years old at the start of the championship and was started to give post-collegiate players an opportunity Continue reading
1 Seed Jay Gregory Takes Homes First KC Match Play Victory
First One Seed to Take Home KC Match Play Trophy Monday morning began with two semi-final matches between Jay Gregory vs Zach VanDolah and Greg Diederich vs Sam Parrot. VanDolah and Gregory battled on the front nine, seeing five lead changes. With a birdie on the Par-3, 6th hole, Gregory gained some momentum, winning the Continue reading
Get Golf Fit
We sat down with two local KC golf professionals who also specialize in golf fitness. Both offer unique approaches to getting your game in shape. If you’ve been pondering the idea of putting in some hours at the gym, you should consider a more specialized approach with golf-specific training. Austin Jarchow, PGA, TPI Golf 2 Continue reading