The 2012 golf season promises to be special for those involved in the Kentucky Golf Association's tournament program. A new match play championship, double points and added event points awarded through the Player of the Year list, multiple Member Play Days throughout the Commonwealth and many other highlights are planned for this season.
Kentucky's amateur golfers will have an extended menu of tournaments in 2012 as the KGA will add a new match play championship to the schedule. It has been over 15 years since a match play tournament was conducted and players will be looking forward to reaching the championship site, Hunting Creek Country Club, through qualifying. View More
Former Kentucky Amateur Champion Kevin Proctor Passes Away
Was Member of KGA Board of Directors
It is with deep sadness we report the sudden death of KGA Section 2 Director Kevin Proctor, who died Wednesday, December 28 of an apparent heart attack.View More
Support Amateur Golf in Kentucky this Holiday Season
Give a 2012 Kentucky Golf Association Membership as a Gift
An invitation to support amateur golf in Kentucky this holiday season by giving a 2012 Kentucky Golf Association Membership as a gift to the golfers on your list. You may enroll as many of the people on your gift list at you wish. View More
KGA Adds Player of the Year Points to USGA Qualifiers
KGA Members Awarded for Local Competition
Beginning in 2012 the Kentucky Golf Association will be awarding Player of the Year points to the top finishers in USGA qualifying events conducted in the state. The top 10 finishers, who are members of the KGA Members Program, will receive points valued as follows: 1st Place - 25 pts, 2nd place - 20 pts, 3rd place - 18, 15, 13, 11, 10, 8, 5, and 3. View More
KGA-PGA, Inc. Welcomes New Team Member
Kelly Newland, Jr., PGA Will Join the Team Starting December 1
Kentucky's family of golf organizations are pleased to introduce Mr. Kelly Newland, Jr., PGA as the KGA-PGA, Inc.'s new Director, Junior & Senior Golf. Kelly is a native of Grayson, Kentucky and a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University where he was a member of the inaugural class from the EKU Professional Golf Management Program. View More
Kenny Perry Captures First Champions Tour Victory
Franklin's Kenny Perry, a KPGA member and member of the Kentucky Golf Hall of Fame, captured his first Champions Tour title on October 2 with a win at the Champions Tour's SAS Championship in Cary, North Carolina. View More
Patrick Newcomb is 2011 KGA John Owens Player of the Year
The Kentucky Golf Association is proud to announce that Patrick Newcomb is the 2011 KGA John Owens Player of the Year. Newcomb garnered his award by collecting player of the year points as winner of the Appalachian Wireless Kentucky State Amateur Championship held at Kearney Hill in Lexington this summer. Newcomb also contributed to the first place team in the KGA Fred Allen Team Championship and tied for low amateur at the Powerbilt Kentucky Open. View More
A Page from Kentucky Golf Association History
1961 Kentucky Golf
This is the sixth in a series of stories that will appear on kygolf.org over the course of 2011 to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Kentucky Golf Association and the Kentucky State Amateur Championship. The story below was written by the late Johnny Carrico and appeared in the 1962 Kentucky Golf Association Yearbook.
