30th NCGA Associate Club Championship | Spyglass Hill & Poppy Hills GC | August 27-28, 2012
2011 champions: B.N.F.
First played in 1983, the NCGA Associate Club Championship is a four-person team event for associate clubs.
Entries Close: May 25, 2012
Local Qualifying Dates: June 20 & 27, 2012.
Sectional Qualifying: July 25 OR 26 2012 at Poppy Ridge GC.
Entries: One four-person team per club. Entry Fee: $260 per team for local qualifying. 84 qualifying teams pay an additional $260 for one day of sectional qualifying. No additional fee for championship.
ELIGIBILITY: NCGA Associate Club members ONLY. Multi-members can only represent one club. No players under 18 years of age. A numeric handicap index listed on their club’s Master Report on the date of registration not to exceed 36.4 (men) or 40.4 (women). NOTE: SIRS – One four-person team per branch (based on membership size) is eligible for local qualifying.
FORMAT: Best two balls of four. Local Qualifying – 18 holes. 84 teams advance to sectional qualifying. Sectional Qualifying – 18 holes. 30 teams advance to the championship. Championship – 36 holes, 18 holes per day. Play will be 90% (men) and 95% (women) of their course handicap using a maximum handicap index of 18.4 for calculation. All players with handicap indexes of 18.5 and above are eligible but must play to a maximum handicap index of 18.4.Past Champions
Past Champions
| 1983 | Bayview GC at Rancho Canada East | 55-57-112 |
| 1984 | Sandia Tourney GC at Rancho Murieta | 59-55-114 |
| 1985 | Los Amigos GC, Rancho Murieta CC | 65-58-123 |
| 1986 | IBEW-332 at Rancho Murieta CC | 60-60-120 |
| 1987 | 444 GC at Rancho Canada GC | 54-60-114 |
| 1988 | SF Irish at Spyglass Hill GC | 65-61-126 |
| 1989 | Sandia GC at Poppy Hills-Spyglass Hill GC | 59-66—125 |
| 1990 | Avantek GC at Poppy Hills-Spyglass Hill GC | 61-57-118 |
| 1991 | Fremont Park GC at Spyglass Hill GC | 58-59-117 |
| 1992 | Hackers International at Poppy Hills GC | 60-59-119 |
| 1993 | *Signetics GL at Poppy Hills GC | 125-127-252 |
| 1994 | *Decathlon GC at Poppy Hills GC | 124-123-247 |
| 1995 | *Peninsula Amateur GC at Poppy Hills GC | 117-128-245 |
| 1996 | *Mission Bay at Poppy Hills GC | 115-126-241 |
| 1997 | *Decathlon Club at Poppy Hills GC | 125-124-249 |
| 1998 | *Laguna Creek at Spyglass Hill GC | 128-133-261 |
| 1999 | *Sacramento Realty at Spyglass Hill GC | 128-122-250 |
| 2000 | *Caddy Club of Pebble Beach at Spyglass Hill GC | 126-124-250 |
| 2001 | *Showboat GC at Spyglass Hill GC | 127-125-252 |
| 2002 | *FFIC Fundster GC at Spyglass Hill GC | 118-126-244 |
| 2003 | *Shamrock GC at Spyglass Hill GC | 119-126-245 |
| 2004 | *Hackers and Slicers GC at Spyglass Hill GC | 126-126-252 |
| 2005 | *Lightning Strikes GC at Spyglass Hill/Poppy Hills | 121-123-244 |
| 2006 | *Dot Squad GC at Spyglass Hill/Poppy Hills | 123-128-251 |
| 2007 | *Monta Vista at Spyglass Hill/Poppy Hills | 121-130-251 |
| 2008 | *Swing Hard GC at Spyglass Hill/Poppy Hills | 124-130-254 |
| 2009 | *Agilent Soco GC at Poppy Hills/Spyglass Hill | 123-125-248 |
| 2010 | eClub East Bay at Spyglass Hill/Poppy Hills | 126-121-247 |
| 2011 | B.N.F. GC at Poppy Hills/Spyglass Hill | 123-127-250 |
About Poppy Hills
Poppy Hills No. 5
Poppy Hills is a challenging golf course that weaves through the Del Monte Forest. The venue plays host to many prominent tournaments including the PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, in early February. A 2007 Zagat Survey ranked Poppy Hills the 12th “Most Popular Course” in the U.S, and the layout was named “National Course of the Year” in 2006 by the National Golf Course Owners Association.
The Robert Trent Jones Jr. design opened in 1986 and is the home course for the NCGA. It was the first course in the United States to be owned and operated by an amateur golf association. The par-72 layout measures 6,857 yards from the black tees with a slope rating of 74.3/144. Matt Gogel holds the course record of 62. There are four teeing areas on each hole, making Poppy Hills enjoyable for all levels of play.
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About Spyglass Hill GC
Spyglass Hill No. 14
Ranked number five on “America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses” list by Golf Digest for 2003-2004. Spyglass Hill was designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., as a part of the master plan for the Pebble Beach ocean front between Cypress Point and Pebble Beach. Opened in 1966, the design features two distinctly different kinds of terrain that influence the way the holes look and play.
The first five holes roll through sandy seaside dunes challenging the golfer to carefully pick the safest path. The following 13 holes are cut through pine trees with elevated greens and strategically placed bunkers and lakes to grab the errant shot. Spyglass Hill is rated one of the toughest courses in the world from the Championship tees, boasting a course rating of 75.5 and a slope rating of 147. The PGA Tour consistently lists Spyglass Hill’s holes 6, 8 and 16 among the toughest on the tour, and during the 1999 United States Amateur, the stroke average of the field during medal play was in excess of 79.