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The 102nd edition of the PGA Championship will be conducted August 6-9, 2020, at San Francisco’s Harding Park Municipal Golf Course. It now becomes, because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the first Major Golf Tournament of the year, and the first Major to be contested in over 382 days, the longest such interval since World War…
When Kelsey Chugg, the Utah Golf Association’s Female Player of the Decade, won the United States Golf Association’s Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship in 2017, she joined an exclusive group of Utah Golf Royalty. With that victory, she became only the 8th player in history with Utah ties to win a United States Golf Association event, and…
As the President of the 40,000 plus membership of the Utah Golf Association, Kurt Bernhisel is responsible for overseeing the administrative working’s of the Association’s Membership, whose stated objective is to “promote interest in the game of golf by encouraging, organizing, supporting, sponsoring and administering golfing activities and programs without regard to race, color, or creed, and to…
The list of golfers with Utah connections who have won tournaments on the PGA Tour is long and distinguished and includes Hall of Fame members Billy Casper and Johnny Miller who are also Major Tournament winners as is Mike Weir. Regular PGA Tournament champions from Utah include Tony Finau and Jay Don Blake. Club Professionals…
In the long history of the United States Golf Association and its hosting of our National Championships, no one has competed in every USGA event available to her than Sue Billek Nyhus. A total of nine USGA Championships over a long and successful playing career. It is a performance that will never be matched nor…
PGA Professional Steve Schneiter, by any criteria you choose, is one of the most accomplished players in Utah Golf history. His record speaks for itself. Among others, Utah State High School Champion, Utah State Amateur Champion, Winner of over 100 Professional Tournaments, Participant in 12 PGA Championships, Low PGA Professional-2005 PGA Championship, 1995 PGA Professional…