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News and stories highlighting our members
Junior Spotlight: the Pearce Siblings
It's three's company with the Pearce family! Phoebe, Daphne and Eldon are all active participants in the Riverside community. Their coaches love working with all of them together, and love how easily they mesh with other juniors on the course. They bring lots of...
Junior Spotlight: the Cha Siblings
Lawrence and Sydney Cha are double trouble. The siblings regularly attend programming in both the Riverside and Southeast LA communities. They have connected extremely well with their coaches in both communities and the entire family shows their support for the SCGA...
Summer League Provides Fun in the Sun
Golf is often categorized (and praised) for being an individual sport, but it’s easy to see many benefits that come from team sports – sportsmanship, teamwork, camaraderie, accountability – the list goes on. SCGA Junior takes matters into its own hands though, by...
A Summer to Remember
My name is Nataliya Laciste. I am a freshman at Kennedy High School in La Palma and I’ve had the most incredible summer on the golf course with SCGA Junior. I was one of three juniors selected to participate in the USGA’s recent video campaign, I was chosen to play in...
Scholar Alum’s Full-Circle Moment Comes in SCGA Amateur Championship
Alec Spencer first got involved with the SCGA Junior Golf Foundation as many do – as a kid who used SCGA Junior’s Golf Pass to get discounted range access and greens fees. But as he got more involved, it became so much more. “Being a part of the Foundation has been...
SCGA Women’s Amateur Field Full of SCGA Junior Participants
The field is set for the seventh annual SCGA Women’s Amateur Championship and the SCGA Junior Golf Foundation and it’s programs have had a stunning impact on those competing. Of the 72 ladies who will be teeing it up at Mesa Verde CC on June 28-29, a whopping 52 have...
Scholar Gives Back to Help Move Girls Golf Forward
When recent grad and SCGA Foundation Scholar and Golf Pass program alum Alyaa Abdulghany was in elementary school, her family moved to Southern California after a couple years in San Francisco and before that, Malaysia. Having grown up locally playing competitive...
As a Graduating Scholar, the Foundation Changed My Life
My name is Jennifer Queller and I am a recent graduate of the University of Illinois Springfield, where I played golf and majored in biochemistry. I'm also an SCGA Foundation Scholar. SCGA Junior has meant everything to me over my time of being involved in the...
I am a Coach. I am a Role Model.
As an SCGA Junior golf coach, I know that I am a role model to so many young golfers. I see them mimic what I do in class, and it makes me so happy to know that I’m a part of why they love coming to the course. My name is Christian Oster and I’m a coach in our Player...
Coaching Roundtable: Riverside
Catching up with the coaches in SCGA Junior’s newest Player & Youth Development program is no small feat. With programming nearly everyday of the week, the Riverside community continues to grow as more and more juniors get out on the course. We sat down with three...
Conversation With a Scholar: Why Representation Matters
The SCGA Junior Golf Foundation is committed to creating an inclusive golf community for all juniors. As part of its ongoing work to help increase diversity in the game, the Foundation strives to amplify the voices of its community members and use its platform to help...
Leading the Way for Latina Golfers
SCGA Junior’s three LPGA*USGA Girls Golf chapters hosted the Latina Golf Association for an inspiring evening focused on the impact that golf can have in a woman’s life and what it means to be Latina – on and off the course. The event was part of the SCGA Junior Golf...
Carrying the Deb Long Legacy Through and Through
Chapman Lew introduced his daughter Jasmine to golf because he wanted her to learn respect, integrity and discipline. Fast forward roughly 10 years, and it’s safe to say that Lew, the SCGA Junior Golf Foundation’s Deb Long Scholar and a collegiate golfer at UC...
Yes, You Can Be A Great Golfer
I picked up a golf club for the first time at two years old and learned to play by tagging along with my dad and older siblings on trips to Pico Rivera GC. Between the range and the course, my game really grew up there alongside me. In high school, I finally started...
Coach Shows Local Juniors They Can Achieve Great Heights
Stepping up to the first tee, he was nervous. This was the first competitive golf tournament Andrew Banuelos had played in two years, since his college days at Cal State Dominguez Hills. And this was a big one. This was Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada Q-School. “The...
Tournament Series Showcases Top PYD Talent
The first event of the year in SCGA Junior’s Advanced Player Program Tournament Series was filled with exciting shots, thrilling putts and even a cardoff before the champs were announced in each flight. The tournament series provides an opportunity for competitive...
Junior Spotlight: Dylan Dean
Dylan is one of the most active participants in the San Fernando Valley community. At every event he attends, he's always telling jokes and making both his fellow golfers and his coaches laugh. Dylan also loves talking sports, something his coaches appreciate. His...
Growing in the Garden of Life
We all know the old adage – golf is a game of life. For SCGA Foundation Scholar Gio Sandoval, he’s taken that to heart. Sandoval is taking the lessons he learned as a former participant and coach in the Foundation’s Player & Youth Development program and applying...