NALG History

Link to History Compilation from 1983

THANKS TO DELMA JEAN AND TERRY MARTIN (NALG BOARD OF GOVERNORS - NORTH CAROLINA) ... FOR THE COPY OF THE NALG HISTORY BOOK PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER 1983.  THE AUTHOR IS JOHN R. MULKERN (NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LHGA PRESIDENT - 1973/74) WITH THE FOREWORD WRITTEN BY JACK WALTERS (NALG PRESIDENT - 1960/73 - TACOMA, WASHINGTON).

Link to 1972 Program Book

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1936 Program Book Image

Shows Waltke Cup trophy and image from host location Norwood Hills Country Club in St. Louis

Other History

1949 NALG Championship Flyer

The NALG National Championship was held in French Lick in 1948 and 1949!    

Link to 2017 History of the NALG Revised

2017 Updated Short History of the NALG

Link to more Information about Our Founder - Ben Richter.  This was an August 2023 blog post in response to another Jon from the UK.

    

Link to more early history about Lefty golf back to at least 1910!  This was a December 2023 blog post.

Past Champions

List of Past Champions for each Division

Waltke Cup - Trophy awarded to NALG Champion from 1936-2021

The Waltke Cup was retired after the 2021 Championship and donated to Norwood Hills CC in St. Louis.  Norwood Hills hosted the first NALG Championship in 1936 and celebrated their 100th anniversary in 2021.  Richard H. Waltke - a left-handed golfer from St. Louis donated the trophy.  You can read more about it under the History tab.

The Trophies

The Senior trophy to the left of the Waltke Cup is named the Walters Cup in honor of Jack Walters who was a two-time winner of the NALG Championship as well as a past president of the NALG.

June 2019 Division Winners:
From left - Ed Martin (Masters - Arkansas)
Curtis James (Championship - Texas)
Dave McCann (Seniors - Ohio)
John Carter (Grand Masters - Georgia)
​and Jon Flowers (NALG President - Oklahoma)

All the Trophies

This picture shows all the trophies at the 2021 tournament including both the traveling trophies and the players keepsake trophes.

2021 Champions:
From left -  Jack Hammond (Grand Masters - Indiana)
Jon Kelley (Championship - Indiana)
Jim Mason (Masters - Florida)
​Dave Jongleux (Seniors - Indiana)

See Past Events pages for pictures of other recent events!

More recent history

IN 1993, THE SOUTHWEST SHOOTOUT WAS ORGANIZED BY LEFTY DAVE MCCALL IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.  IT RECENTLY CELEBRATED ITS 25TH TOURNAMENT - NOW CALLED THE DAVE MCCALL SOUTHWEST SHOOTOUT ... HOSTED BY NALG BOARD MEMBER, DON LIGHTBURN.

IN RECENT YEARS, THE NALG HAS HAD MANY VOLUNTEERS AS BOARD MEMBERS TO LEAD THE ORGANIZATION.  WALLACE JONES (GA) SERVED AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR MANY YEARS … AND THEN THE OFFICE WAS HELD BY JIM BRADLEY (NC) ... FOLLOWED BY JIM MASON (FL) ... CURRENTLY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY/TREASURER IS STEVEN NEWCOM (TX).   SINCE THE 1990, THE NALG TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN HELD IN CANADA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MICHIGAN, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO .

IN SEPTEMBER 2010, THE NALG OF THE UNITED STATES HOSTED ITS 75TH ANNUAL NALG TOURNAMENT AND THE 20TH WORLD ASSOCIATION (WALG) OF LEFT-HANDED GOLFERS TOURNAMENT AT DISNEY WORLD IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA. FRANK HUNTER WAS THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR AND HOST WITH HIS WIFE, MARGARET. 

IN MAY 2011, NALG EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, JIM BRADLEY, AND THE CAROLINA LEFTIES ORGANIZATION HOSTED THE 76TH ANNUAL NALG’S FOUR-DAY TOURNAMENT AT MAGNOLIA COUNTRY CLUB IN LELAND, NC.   

THE 77TH ANNUAL TOURNAMENT WAS HELD IN MONTEREY, CA AT THE BLACK HORSE/BAYONET COURSES … HOSTED BY THE NORCAL LEFTIES.

THE 78TH ANNUAL TOURNAMENT (2013) HOSTED BY THE NJ LEFTIES WAS HELD AT THE BALLAMOR GOLF COURSE (EGG HARBOR, NJ) NEAR ATLANTIC CITY, NJ AS NALG BOARD MEMBER JOHN DOURGARIAN AND WALTER PEROG FORMED A NEW STATE ORGANIZATION IN NEW JERSEY. 

THE NEXT TOURNAMENTS WERE HELD:
2014  GLEN ECHO COUNTRY CLUB IN ST. LOUIS, MO HOSTED BY FRANK HUNTER, NALG GOVERNOR ... 79TH ANNUAL.
2015  PALM AIRE COUNTRY CLUB (FORMERLY DESOTA COUNTRY CLUB) SARASOTA, FL HOSTED BY JIM PFROGNER, NALG GOVERNOR ... 80TH ANNUAL.
2016  SENECA HICKORY STICK, NIAGARA FALLS, NY.HOSTED BY TIM RICKARD & BILL CLINKERSMITH OF THE UPPER NEW YORK AREA ... 81ST ANNUAL.  
2017  SHELL LANDING GC IN GAUTIER, MS HOSTED BY CHUCK STINSON, NALG GOVERNOR (WAS SHORTENED DUE TO WEATHER) ... 82ND ANNUAL.
2018  RUMBLING BALD IN LAKE LURE, NC HOSTED BY FRANK HUNTER, NALG GOVERNOR ...83RD ANNUAL.
2019 IN TRUCKEE, CA AT THE OLD GREENWOOD GOLF COURSE AND THE CLUB AT GRAY'S CROSSING.  HOSTED JIM DALTON, RICK RODRIQUEZ AND THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LEFTY ORGANIZATION ... 84TH ANNUAL.

NEW - THE GRAND MASTERS - 80+ YEARS OF AGE HAS BEEN ADDED AT THE 84TH ANNUAL TOURNAMENT ... A 3-DAY EVENT FOR THIS DIVISION ONLY.

THE 2020 - 85TH ANNUAL NALG TOURNAMENT HAD TO BE CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC.  IT WAS RESCHEDULED DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD IN 2021 IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. 

THE 2021 - RESCHEDULED 85TH ANNUAL NALG TOURNAMENT WAS HELD JUNE 7-10, 2021 ALSO IN INDIANAPOLIS.  HOSTED BY SID MINER AND WIFE KELI, THE PARTICIPANTS PLAYED BROADMOOR COUNTRY CLUB, THE FORT AND BEAR SLIDE IN THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA.  

THERE ARE THREE SANCTIONED NATIONAL EVENTS:
THE DAVE MCCALL SOUTHWEST SHOOTOUT – A LEFTY-PARTNER EVENT – HELD IN MAY IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM. 

THE LEFTY – RIGHTY TOURNAMENT WAS HELD IN LENOIR, NC HOSTED BY DELMA JEAN AND TERRY MARTIN - ITS 50TH ANNUAL TOURNAMENT IN 2013. 

​AND THE ANNUAL NALG TOURNAMENT WHICH IS MOVED TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION EACH YEAR.    

THE NALG BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETS ANNUALLY AT THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT.