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Q&A With Deb Long Challenge Organizer, Carol Sarkissian
We sat down with the Chair of the Long Drive Committee, Carol Sarkissian to discuss her "why" behind hosting the Deb Long Challenge and what junior golf means to her. Q: How did you get involved with golf? Carol Sarkissian (C): When I was a young girl, my grandmother...
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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...