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Author: Craig Kessler

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Craig Kessler

Craig came to the SCGA via the merger with the Public Links Golf Association (PLGA), where he served as Executive Director for 11 years and pioneered the development of the nation’s most active and accomplished advocacy component. He has been tasked with doing the same for the SCGA as its first Director of Governmental Affairs, albeit on a much larger stage. In addition to his current and previous job responsibilities, Craig has served as a USGA Committeemen continuously for 15 years, Chair of the Los Angeles Golf Advisory Commission, Chair of the Los Angeles County Golf Advisory Committee, Member of the City of Los Angeles’ Griffith Park Master Plan Board, Member of the Ventura Golf Advisory Group, Member of the Los Angeles County Junior Golf Foundation Board of Directors and Chair of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce First Tee of Los Angeles Advisory Committee. In 2008 Craig was inducted into the Long Beach Golf Hall of Fame.

  • Fall 2019Governmental Affairs
    By Craig Kessler
    October 17, 2019
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    Local Spotlight: El Cariso Golf Course

    COMMUNITY, FAMILY, MENTORING, GIVING BACK … AND, OH YES, GOLF TOO GEORGE LOPEZ belongs to two of the Southland’s toniest private country clubs. But he calls ...
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  • Governmental AffairsSummer 2019
    By Craig Kessler
    July 25, 2019
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    The Strange Case of Glyphosate (Roundup)

    OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE IRRATIONALITY THAT PERVADES THE MAKING OF LAWS If you are not yet aware  of the stampede ...
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  • Governmental AffairsSpring 2019
    By Craig Kessler
    April 26, 2019
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    A Class Unto Itself: California’s Coachella Valley

    Sui generis — Latin for “a class unto itself.” Desert — there are lots of them in California, but only one when the subject is golf. ...
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  • Governmental AffairsWinter 2019
    By Craig Kessler
    January 21, 2019
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    New Chapter: Iconic Brookside GC Turns the Page in a Long Story

    Millions around the world recognize it as the place where thousands of cars are parked for the Rose Bowl game every New Year’s Day. Golfers recognize ...
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  • Governmental Affairs
    By Craig Kessler
    November 20, 2018
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    Election 18- The Numbers Behind California’s Numbers

    When all is said and done, and with recounts and slow counts all is not yet said and done, it looks like the Democrats will have ...
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  • Fall 2018Governmental Affairs
    By Craig Kessler
    October 18, 2018
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    Ignorance Is Not Bliss

    As the golf world gets ready to digest the most significant changes to the Rules of Golf in 34 years, we are sure to hear the ...
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  • Governmental Affairs
    By Craig Kessler
    September 17, 2018
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    Golf Celebrates the Fruits of Research at UC Riverside Turfgrass Field Day

    Necessity may be the mother of invention, but research is its facilitator. And that’s what the Turf Program at UC Riverside celebrates at the school’s annual ...
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  • Governmental AffairsSpring 2018
    By Craig Kessler
    April 26, 2018
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    Golf in the Land of Permanent Drought

    As much as we would like to think that it’s the bone-dry years that are the exception, the facts say otherwise. It’s the wet winter that ...
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  • Fall 2017Governmental Affairs
    By Craig Kessler
    October 23, 2017
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    The Era of Recycled Water May Be Drawing to a Close

    One-third of California’s golf courses have access to recycled water. Another significant number have access to raw untreated water from the Colorado River — roughly six ...
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  • Governmental AffairsWinter 2017
    By Craig Kessler
    February 15, 2017
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    A Miserable Year for Politics, a Great Year for Golf

    1968 was arguably the most tumultuous political year of the 20th Century.  A President who had been elected in one of the greatest landslides in American ...
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