Author: Craig Kessler
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Heard in Sacramento
Golf’s Stock Continues to Rise in the State Capitol Roughly 10 years ago I found myself in a meeting of the California Alliance for Golf (CAG) ... -
The Impact of Golf’s Recent Advocacy Efforts
Late in his life, American civil rights icon John Lewis was fond of reminding audiences that those who didn’t know how far we’d come just hadn’t ... -
Strength in Numbers: Valuing Communities Over Dollars
When asked what the SCGA Public Affairs Department does, my answer is a simple one. SCGA Public Affairs operates in all the places where golf and ... -
Public Policy Changes: So Far So Good Isn’t Going to be Good Enough
Just when some thought it might be safe to go back into the water, we were awakened the day after the July 4 holiday to an ... -
Golf And Water: Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Everyone knows the idiom, “can’t see the forest for the trees.” It refers to the person, group or institution that becomes so focused on the parts ... -
A Way Forward: Golf’s “Struggle” To See What’s Under Its Nose
The USGA’s “Team USA” initiative may put more Americans on PGA leaderboards and American golfers on Olympic podiums, but here in Southern California we need to ... -
Grass by Design: Pure Research Yields New Strains of Drought-Tolerant Grass
What are UCR 17-8 and UCR TP6-3, and why are they worthy of being the lede in a story about research’s role in golf’s capacity to ... -
From Crisis to Confidence: The Southern California Golf & Water Summit
Water has been the subject of myriad forums and symposiums over the years. It is a staple of Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Chapter ... -
It Takes a Community: Lessons from the Public Golf Endangerment Campaign
The Public Golf Endangerment Act struck out for the third and final time May 19 — “final time” for the 2022 legislative session, that is. The ... -
Golf’s Wakeup Call: Facts Matter… Perceptions Matter More
The National Golf Foundation (NGF), the source for all the statistics that appear in this column, reports that more rounds of golf were played in 2021 ...
