October 26, 2021 The following article was featured in Golfweek and written by Ron Gaines. When now-retired Louisiana Golf Association Executive Director Carr McCalla won the International Association of Golf Administrators’ Distinguished Service Award, three words kept coming up – integrity, leadership and passion. With those three words in mind, Carr’s protégé, Logan Ray, took … Read more
Marksville, Louisiana October 10, 2021 Kay Daniel of Covington captured her first Women’s Senior Amateur Championship on Sunday at Tamahka Trails Golf Club. Daniel shot incredible rounds of three-under par 68 and two-under par 69 for a total of five-under 137. Eight-time champion Julie Harrison of Baton Rouge finished in second place with rounds … Read more
Marksville, Louisiana | October 10, 2021 Burt Allen and Billy Joe Tolliver of Shreveport won the 34th Louisiana Senior Four-Ball Championship at Tamahka Trails Golf Club in dramatic fashion. After rounds of 66-67 they would need one extra sudden death playoff hole to defeat Don Duet of Galliano and Bob Neal of Slidell. The … Read more
Calhoun, Louisiana – September 19, 2021 It was an incredible weekend of golf at Calvert Crossing Golf Club in Calhoun, site of the 11th annual Junior River Cup matches. Team Louisiana bested Team Mississippi 22-18 to win their sixth consecutive Junior River Cup. Both teams entered the final day with ten points apiece, having … Read more
Calhoun, Louisiana – September 17, 2021 Calvert Crossing in Calhoun, Louisiana will play host to the 11th Junior River Cup this weekend. The Junior River Cup is an annual Ryder Cup style event that pits twenty of the best junior golfers in Louisiana against the twenty best from Mississippi. Calvert Crossing is playing host to … Read more
August 23, 2021 — Baton Rouge, LA It was a memorable day at The Country Club of Louisiana where the Louisiana Golf Association conducted the Sectional Qualifier for the 2022 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship. Aaron Pounds and Jack Usner of The Woodlands, Texas fired a seven-under par 65 to earn medalist honors. They now advance … Read more
August 22, 2021 Springfield, Louisiana Barry Burns of Metairie played an incredible final round of the Championship to win the Louisiana Golf Association Net Amateur Championship at Carter Plantation Golf Club. Burns shot a closing round of two-under par 70 to finish at two-under par 142 for the Championship to win by three … Read more
Lake Charles, LA — August 16, 2021 Hank Shaheen of Singer, Louisiana fired a five-under par 66 on Monday at Contraband Bayou Golf Club to earn medalist honors in the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship Qualifier. Shaheen, fresh off a runner-up finish in this past weekend’s Louisiana Mid-Amateur Championship, continued his impressive streak of golf this … Read more
Lake Charles, Louisiana – August 15, 2021 Nobody has dominated Louisiana amateur golf more in the last decade than Patrick Christovich of New Orleans. Christovich added another title to his name on Sunday at Contraband Bayou Golf Club, winning the 29th Louisiana Mid-Amateur Championship by three strokes after shooting rounds of 65-71-67 to finish at … Read more
Choudrant, Louisiana – July 25, 2021 Luke Haskew of Baton Rouge fired a final round 67 to win the 102nd Louisiana Amateur Championship at Squire Creek Country Club by three shots over runner-up Greg Berthelot of Baton Rouge. Haskew was the only player to shoot under par all four days and carded rounds of 71-70-71-67 … Read more
