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Introducing the NBGA Participant of the Year Competition
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New Format for 2009 Allstar Communications Estabrooks Cup
Things will look a little different this year as the province’s best players gather to compete in the 2009 Allstar Communications Estabrooks Cup.The New Brunswick Golf Association (NBGA) has introduced a new format for the Estabrooks Cup allowing for the inclusion of the province’s top female and senior male players...read more
2010 Golf NB Discount Books have arrived!
The 2010 Golf NB Discount Book has arrived and is available for purchase. For more information on the Golf NB Discount Book, please click here
Changes to Travel to the Aroostook Valley Golf Club All traffic from Canada going to AVCC MUST enter through a manned US Cusoms office.. read more
New Brunswick Golf Association Public Player Program The New Brunswick Golf Association Public Player program was introduced in 2008. This program... read more
RCGA Position on the New Groove Regulations for Clubs
The Royal Canadian Golf Association in affiliation with the R&A and the United States Golf Association are revising the Rules of Golf, placing new restrictions on the cross sectional area and edge sharpness of golf club grooves. The revisions are designed to restore the challenge of playing shots to the green from the rough by reducing backspin on those shots. The initial focus of the new Rules will be competitions involving highly skilled professional golfers and will have little impact on the play of most golfers.
The Rules control the cross sectional area of grooves on all clubs, with the exception of drivers and putters, and limit groove edge sharpness on clubs with lofts equal to or greater than 25 degrees (generally a standard 5-iron and above).
The Rules apply to clubs manufactured after January 1, 2010. Clubs manufactured prior to January 1, 2010 that conform to current regulations will continue to be considered conforming to the Rules of Golf until at least 2024. This includes clubs purchased after that date from manufacturers' existing model ranges. So long as these clubs continue to be conforming they may be used for establishment and maintenance of a RCGA Handicap Factor.
It is intended that the new Rules will be introduced as a Condition of Competition at top professional-level events from January 1, 2010 and at top amateur level and in other professional events from January 1, 2014. In accordance with this schedule, beginning on January 1, 2010, the RCGA, in conjunction with the PGA Tour and the LPGA Tour, will enforce the new regulations through a Condition of Competition for the RBC Canadian Open, CN Canadian Women’s Open and each of their respective qualifying events. The Condition will not be in effect at CN Women’s Tour events prior to 2014. It is anticipated that RCGA amateur championships will apply the new regulations through the Condition of Competition, after January 1, 2014.
A summary of this phased introduction – and how it affects each category of golfer – is included below:
Date
Change
Effecting...
Jan 1, 2010
New specifications introduced on club-face markings.
All new models of clubs launched after January 1, 2010. Existing models of clubs will continue to conform to the Rules of Golf.
Jan 1, 2010
Condition of Competition will be available to Committees requiring players to use clubs with markings which conform to the new specifications.
Strongly recommended that this Condition should be introduced only on the major Professional Tours.
All other golfers, playing in competitions where this condition has not been introduced, can and should be permitted to continue to use old model clubs which do not satisfy the new specifications.
Jan 1, 2014
Condition of Competition will continue to be available to Committees.
Strongly recommended that this Condition should be extended only to lower level Professional events and expert level amateur events.
Club level golfers can and should be permitted to continue to use old model clubs, which do not satisfy the new specifications.
Jan 1, 2024
Earliest date that the Rules will be applied to clubs manufactured prior to 2010. This date will be reviewed in 2020 and may be extended.
CN FUTURE LINKS SCHOOL PROGRAM
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All traffic from Canada going to AVCC MUST enter through a manned US Cusoms office.. 
The New Brunswick Golf Association Public Player program was introduced in 2008. This program... 
