SCGA

As one of 16 state team pilot programs across the country expanding the pipeline into the USGA’s recently created United States National Development Program, Team California will help shape the future of American junior golf by creating critical development, competitive and talent identification opportunities for elite junior golfers in the state.

Meet the team: https://news.scga.org/u.s.-national-development-programs-team-california-announced

The SCGA and SCGA Junior Golf Foundation join the Southern California community in extending its deepest support and compassion to those impacted by the ongoing wildfires across Los Angeles County. We understand the desire to help during this time of immense need, so we’ve gathered several resources to help guide your efforts and support those who have been displaced.

Learn More: https://newfrontier.scga.org/la-fires

Registration is open for our 2025 slate of events 📢

Whether you’re travel-minded, competitive or non-competitive, we offer playing opportunities for every type of golfer ⛳️

Register at scga.org

Our 125th year was one for the books. At last, we stepped into the adaptive golf space, crowned historic champions at our most high-profile events, played a role in mitigating tee time brokers in Los Angeles, introduced short courses to the ecosystem of eligible score posting facilities and officially started the renovation process at one of South LA's iconic par-3 tracks. Our milestone anniversary is a testament to the support of our passionate membership who continues to push us to innovate and advance the game’s best interest for every Southern California golfer. Thank you for the critical role you play in our success. We look forward to making more history together in the new year.

Take a look at our top five moments from 2024: https://scga.org/pdfs/yearinreview

Want to see how golfers played the game domestically in 2024? The United States Golf Association’s new Golf Scorecard allows you to compare your GHIN Rewind to national Handicap Index trends.

Learn more: https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/handicapping/world-handicap-system/2024-revision/24-golf-scorecard.html

For the fifth year in a row, a Southern California club has won the statewide Players League Championship 🏆 And we love to see it, congratulations to the boys from Brookside 👏

Lots of hardware to hand out across the Southland today at our annual Tournament of Club Champions 🏆 Congrats to our winners!

Results: https://www.golfgenius.com/ggid/zl8dzr/customerdirectory/8892

Trae Cassell rebounded from an opening round 77 to card a second round 66 (the championship low round) and arguably an even better final round 71 to win this year’s California Senior Amateur Championship by four shots at Monterey Peninsula CC 🏆

Recap: https://champs.scga.org/blog/trae-cassell-rebounds-from-slow-start-to-win-first-state-crown

And she’s only a freshman! Rina Kawasaki is California’s high school golfer of the year, exhibiting the poise of a veteran as she won the CIF State girls high school championship in a playoff at San Gabriel CC 🏆

Torrey Pines HS is back in the winner’s circle for the first time since 2013! Two of their players garnered top-five finishes individually, while the team combined to shoot three strokes better than the rest 🏆