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News and stories highlighting our members
Coach Spotlight: Ploadpiew Siblings
When did you first get involved with SCGA Junior? Courtney: I started working with SCGA Junior in 2019. And it has changed me as a person. Cory: I got involved in the Fall of 2021. My sister was the person who recommended I apply. Why is diversity and...
LA-based Junior Golf Programs Receive Funds Through ‘Make Golf Your Thing’ Grant Program
The SCGA Junior Golf Foundation and Tee Divas & Tee Dudes Golf Club to Provide Affordable Junior Golf Opportunities in Underserved LA Neighborhoods LOS ANGELES, June 22, 2022 – More than 200 juniors in the South Los Angeles area will receive golf instruction...
LPGA Amateurs of the Foothills Gives Back to Girls Golf
If you asked Lisa Kurstin two years ago how she spent her time, playing golf would have been her last answer. These days you’ll find her on the course at least five times a week. Having only played the game rarely with her father and brother, Kurstin became more...
Junior Spotlight: Momoka Takahashi
Momoka is an active SCGA Junior participant in the San Fernando Valley (SFV) community. She joined our Player & Youth Development (PYD) program three years ago and was our first junior at the SFV site. She is a member of the Advanced Player Program, an LPGA*USGA...
Annandale Women’s Club Gives Back
The Associated Women’s Golfers of Annandale CC hosted their annual Women’s mixer on Thursday, March 3. The Associated Women’s Golfers of Annandale was one of the first women’s clubs to support the SCGA Junior Golf Foundation after the SCGA and WSCGA merged in 2017 and...
SCGA Junior Girls Make a Splash at the Chevron Championship
As the Chevron Championship had its final run on the Dinah Shore course at Mission Hills CC, it will leave behind a lasting impression on SoCal golf, especially for the girls of SCGA Junior (SCGA). SCGA's commitment to growing the game amongst diverse female golfers...
An SCGA Junior Genesis
While 23-year-old Joaquin Neimann was authoring a wire-to-wire win at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in February, a happy host of golfers not far from removed his youthful years were enjoying the tournament outside the ropes. At the annual, Tiger...
All-American, Pro, Coach: The Golf Journey of Erynne Lee
For some, golf is a hobby. For others, golf is a coaching opportunity. And for a select few, golf is a profession. For Erynne Lee, a 27-year-old LPGA card holder, golf is a combination of all three. After a decorated competitive career that catapulted her to the...
Fostering Diversity in the Girls Golf Community
As the golf-sphere continues to expand and grow, it is important to take notice of the efforts made by female leaders in the golf community to ensure everyone can access the game. For the SCGA Junior Golf Foundation, advancing the women’s golf population is not only a...
Creating Fairways of Opportunity and Inclusion in Los Angeles
Echoing the ethos of SCGA Junior’s outreach effort for enhanced diversity and opportunity across SoCal fairways, a recent meet between one Girls Golf chapter and a sentry organization for inclusion furthered the objectives for all parties. On Saturday, December 18,...
SCGA Junior Fall Leagues a Swing of Success
Honing the tenets of teamwork and fueling the flow of competitive juices, a trio of SCGA Junior Fall Leagues proved swings of success this past autumn. Across the San Fernando Valley, Riverside and Southeast LA community programs, respectively, dozens of junior...
SCGA Junior Expanding Diversity and Opportunity with partnership with YMCA and LGA
A premier pairing of partners is working with SCGA Junior to place clubs in the hands of those who may otherwise have never had a swing at the game. Unveiling an exciting, new partnership this autumn, SCGA Junior's player &...
LPGA veteran Lee Lopez gives tips (and signs pumpkins!) at Riverside Girls Golf
The chance to learn from a local legend proved a true pre-Halloween treat for the budding Girls Golf program in Riverside. In mid-October, veteran touring professional Lee Lopez, a native of Whitter and former UCLA standout, spoke and swung before a gathering of...
SCGA Junior Girls Play In CYO Tournament
SCGA Junior teamed up with the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) at Arroyo Seco GC on Sunday, Oct 3. to host their annual Fall Junior Golf Tournament. It was an eventful day with over 200 kids, in grades 2-8 from catholic schools across Los Angeles teeing off all...
Kostis Coaches at FOG’s Annual Event
A lesson of a lifetime (and a chance to miss school for a day) gave a pair of standout SCGA Junior members a chance to learn from the best. At a Friends of Golf tournament held at historic Riviera Country Club in late September, longtime friends Nataliya Laciste and...
Family, Friends and Future: Rodriguez Clan Taps Into Golf for all Three
Anyone would be hard pressed to find a family who had been more involved, for a longer period of time with SCGA Junior than the Rodriguez family. Dad, Marco, first got his two oldest boys involved in 2013. Now Andrew is 14 and Adrian is 11. You can do the math....
Riverside Partnership Opens New Program Doors
The SCGA Junior Golf Foundation is intentional in where it brings its programming. The Foundation seeks communities where there is a dearth of junior golf opportunities, where golf is not a common sport for youth for various socioeconomic reasons and where the program...
Junior Spotlight: the Valles Brothers
Matthew and Ethan are inspiring on and off the golf course to their coaches and everyone that they meet. They have been described by their coaches as, just plain cool. They are a joy to have in class and their coaches love working with them. They brighten the day of...