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News and stories highlighting our members
Local Girls Selected for LPGA Leadership Academy
For teenage girls, sports provide an opportunity to develop life-long skills, become leaders and learn the importance of a healthy lifestyle. However, according to the Women’s Sports Foundation, by age 14, girls are dropping out of sports at twice the rate that boys...
Learning to be a Leader
SCGA Junior and its LPGA*USGA Girls Golf chapters have been a huge part of my golf game and have really helped me become a better leader. My name is Ayuka Yang, and I was one of a few girls selected to represent SCGA Junior at the LPGA Leadership Academy. It made me...
Junior Spotlight: Josiah Joseph
Josiah is a very involved junior in the Southeast LA community. He always brings the energy to class, and all his peers and coaches love being around him. He loves to compete and takes advantage of the competitive opportunities that SCGA Junior provides. Josiah is a...
Junior Spotlight: Sophia Martinez
Sophia is an all-around SCGA Junior superstar. Not only has she been with the program since it's inception, she has become more and more involved with the Southeast LA community. Sophia attends classes, participates in LPGA*USGA Girls Golf events and has been selected...
Junior Spotlight: Isabel Beran
Isabel is a sweet and caring member of the San Fernando Valley community. Her coaches have described her as a ray of sunshine who is always positive to everyone she encounters at the golf course. Isabel recently won second place in an SCGA Junior tournament, and her...
Junior Spotlight: the Shiratori Brothers
Since joining SCGA Junior in the San Fernando Valley community, the Shiratori brothers Koji and Soichi have steadily become more and more involved. Their coaches recognize their strong enthusiasm for golf and brighten up every class they attend. Their coaches also...
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...