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On Saturday, Sept. 28, the Southwest Los Angeles Programming Team hosted an event at Maggie Hathaway Golf Course. As many know, Maggie Hathaway will undergo renovations in the coming months for a complete reconstruction of the course and its facilities. This community...

  Alegra Gurian is the new U.S.G.A Boatwright intern for SCGA Junior. Previous to her internship she coached in the program for two years.   The 2024 Foundation Cup presented by Palm Golf Co. started bright and early on the morning of Aug. 5, at Mission Viejo CC....

GETTING TO KNOW VANESSA NGO We recently sat down with Vanessa Ngo, long-time SCGA Junior participant, Foundation scholar and Division I golfer at UC Boulder.  Q: Hey Vanessa, tell us a little bit about yourself. Vanessa Ngo (VN): I am an SCGA Junior Golf Foundation...

(From right to left) SCGA Junior Golf Foundation Executive Director, Kevin Gigax, SCGA Juniors Sophia Soto and Austin Vega and LAGC SVP Matt Rodriguez. Recently, SCGA Junior and LAGC, one of six teams in the new TGL indoor golf network, collaborated to bring long-time...

SCGA Juniors Kandice Chuang and Alexis Faieta combined for 21 birdies throughout their combined six rounds at the USGA Girls Golf Peggy Kirk Bells Girls Golf Tour.  Class of 2028 SCGA Junior Golf Foundation Scholar Leigh Chien claimed individual medalist honors...

GAF scholar Andrew Rodriguez was invited to play in the AJGA Wyndham Invitational Presented by Odyssey. This was Andrew's first AJGA Invitational, an exciting achievement as these events are some of the most elite junior tournaments in the country. Notable champions...

I knew I had to go when I first heard about the USGA Boatwright Intern Summit. Named after P.J. Boatwright Jr., the USGA’s legendary executive director of rules and competitions, this summit gathers interns from all over the country who love golf and want to help...

SCGA Junior hosted an inaugural Girls Golf National Championship qualifier at Brookside GC #2 on April 20 and 21! The event was a nationally ranked, two-day tournament organized in partnership with Peggy Kirk Bell Tour (PKBT) for the National Championship to be held...

On April 14, at Willowick Golf Course in Santa Ana, 70 juniors, their families and friends gathered at the Girls Golf Party. SCGA Junior’s Orange County team, in collaboration with its LPGA*USGA Girls Golf Chapter, hosted the event to honor their ever-evolving...

On March 28, the LA84 Foundation hosted a special screening of ESPN's acclaimed documentary series 30 for 30, which presents "Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games." The series sheds light on a cultural phenomenon that has largely gone unrecognized in the...

The SCGA Junior Golf Foundation had a busy week at the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship, hosted at Palos Verdes Golf Club. The activities began on Thursday, March 19 when LPGA Professional Maria Fassi hosted the annual Fassi's Friends Clinic. Twenty-plus juniors...

When the SCGA Team Play group, including Lakewood GC, South Bay Public Links and Brookside GC, learned that SCGA Junior Ariana Perez was one of only 12 girls nationally (and the only one from California) invited to the Scotland Junior Golf Invitational and heard she...