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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.

  • FeaturedPublic AffairsSpring 2022
    By Craig Kessler
    April 20, 2022
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    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 ...
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  • Public AffairsWinter 2022
    By Craig Kessler
    January 24, 2022
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    Of Droughts and Public Golf Endangerment Acts

    It’s tempting to get your hackles up a bit at the constant fusillade of media reportage about Southern Californians conserving no more than 4-6 percent water ...
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  • Fall 2021Public AffairsSustainability
    By Craig Kessler
    October 27, 2021
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    Getting to the Root of the Problem: It’s the Land, Stupid!

    Too much land that uses too much water to serve the too few who have received too much for too long from the too many who have ...
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  • Public AffairsSummer 2021
    By Craig Kessler
    July 16, 2021
    874
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    Out of COVID’s Frying Pan And Into Drought’s Fire

    OH, NO, HERE WE GO AGAIN Whether the American Southwest is on the cusp of another drought or in the middle of a much longer megadrought ...
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  • Public AffairsWinter 2021
    By Craig Kessler
    January 15, 2021
    1324
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    Dark Clouds on Muni Golf’s Horizon

    The SCGA opened last year with a bold announcement about 2020 being the year of municipal golf; the year we were going get down to focusing ...
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  • Fall 2020Public Affairs
    By Craig Kessler
    October 9, 2020
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    A Change is Gonna Come

    Call it an inflection point. Call it a time for action. Call it a tipping point. Or perhaps wax poetic by summoning the timeless wisdom contained ...
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  • Public AffairsSummer 2020
    By Craig Kessler
    July 24, 2020
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    Governmental Affairs: The World Has Changed

    BUT IT’S ONLY ACT I OF A LONG PLAY IN A SPEECH to the World Council of Churches in 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke the ...
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  • Public AffairsSpring 2020
    By Craig Kessler
    April 23, 2020
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    Governmental Affairs: Whither Municipal Golf

    “Existential” is a word thrown around with impunity. It’s used to describe challenges of all sorts, many of them minor in nature, but in its generic ...
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  • Public Affairs
    By Craig Kessler
    January 29, 2020
    1575
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    Governmental Affairs: Why We Do What We Do

    THE GAME’S CHALLENGES AREN’T GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON SCGA GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS was asked by the International Association of Golf Administrators (IAGA) to participate in a 75-minute ...
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  • Fall 2019Public Affairs
    By Craig Kessler
    October 17, 2019
    3612
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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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FeaturedSpring 2022Travel

The Pubs of St Andrews

The challenge seemed daunting at first. On an eight-day trip to St Andrews, my job was to rate the pubs in this lively college town where golf began six centuries ...
  • Scotland Must-Plays & Hidden Gems: 10 Terrific Tracks that Prove the Old Course Isn’t the Only Game Around

    By Joe Passov
    April 21, 2022
  • Bob Does Hollywood: The Hardest Working Man on Instagram Finds Gold in Golf

    By Adam Hawk
    April 21, 2022
  • Not Your Father’s Game: With Two Facilities Newly Open and Callaway at the Helm, the Topgolf Explosion Comes to the Southland

    By Scott Kauffman
    April 21, 2022
  • The Provisional Ball: What? How? When?

    By Jimmy Becker
    April 21, 2022
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