T
he 2023 NCGA Zone Championship season got underway in April, with all regional events for the first time being held at Poppy Hills.
Two of the early winners were The Club at Castlewood in Pleasanton (East Bay Zone) and Lemoore Golf Club of Lemoore (South Valley Zone).
First held in 1967, the NCGA Zone Championship is a four-person team event for Regular Clubs (members of a specific course, i.e., Poppy Hills etc.). Fourteen regional championships are staged at Poppy Hills—scores are based on the two best net scores of the four-person team-- with the champion and runner-up of each regional qualifying for the final championship, to be held Aug. 21-22 at Spyglass Hill and Poppy Hills.