IAGA Quick Hits – 11.21.24

 

Alabama Golf Association Hires Director of Golf Operations and Championships

A story from the Alabama Golf Association

The Alabama Golf Association is pleased to announce the hiring of Hall Upshaw as the Director of Golf Operations and Championships. Upshaw, a Memphis, Tennessee native, will manage the day-to-day operations of the Golf Operations and Championships department, assist with administration of the Southern Junior and Southern Amateur Championships, serve as the official in charge at select AGA championships and USGA Qualifiers as well as manage sponsorship development.

“I am excited to join the Alabama Golf Association as the Director of Golf Operations and Championships,” Upshaw said. “I look forward to bringing the knowledge and skills I have gained to enhance our programs and deliver the highest quality service to our members and staff.”

 

 

 

Golf Reunites Camper, Counselor After 50 Years

A story from the Golf Association of Philadelphia

Uncle Harry is the name Ward Bauman remembered.

All counselors at Camp Akiba in Stroudsburg, Pa. used the preface uncle or aunt. Harry Landsburg happened to be the counselor responsible for overseeing the camp’s golf activity. In the summer of 1968, Bauman, an eager 9-year-old fascinated by a sport he watched devotedly on television, signed up.

“We would go to a net, and all of us would take turns hitting balls into the net. He would give us coaching, and then he would take some of the better kids out for a round of golf maybe once or twice during the summer,” Bauman, 65, of Princeton, N.J., said. “After a lot of bugging, I remember that he let me come and play at Indian Mountain Golf Course. My score was a newspaper 82 for nine holes. In spite of that first round, I couldn’t wait to get back to camp the next summer to continue to learn to play golf. Those nine holes kick-started my love for golf.” Bauman, a Ridge at Back Brook and Saucon Valley Country Club member, learned golf’s fundamentals from Landsburg. It set Bauman on a competitive path that garnered 25 club championships.

Fifty years later, the two reunited for the first time.