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REMINDER: LOCAL SCORE POSTING SEASON
REMAINS ACTIVE THROUGH OCTOBER 31!
Although the calendar says that it's mid-October - and the days are getting shorter - there is still plenty of golf weather left in Rochester and that means that you can continue posting your scores locally for the 2017 season.
The Rochester District Golf Association score posting season officially remains active through October 31. It is important to know that any scores made in the Rochester area between now and then should be posted for handicap purposes. So go out and enjoy Autumn golf in Rochester - and remember to post your scores!
For more information about your
RDGA GHIN handicap, visit our GHIN Services page
HERE. For any other questions, please call us at 585-292-5950.
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RDGA NAMES PLAYERS OF THE YEAR for 2017
Winning RDGA Players of the Year awards for 2017 were, left to right: Locust Hill's Adam Condello, Men's Player of the Year; Deb Wood of Hickory Ridge, Women's Player of the Year; and Danny Gianniny of CCR, the RDGA Junior Player of the Year .
Reflecting on a busy season - one that included a schedule of 24 tournaments between May and October - the annual RDGA Fall Event at Locust Hill Country Club on Tuesday, October 10 included a presentation of the District's Players of the Year Awards for Men, Women and Juniors.
RDGA Tournament Director Michael Sorce presented the District's top honors for Players of the Year - including Adam Condello of Locust Hill Country Club, who won the RDGA Men's Player of the Year Award for the second time in three years in 2017.
In one of the closest competitions for RDGA Player of the Year honors in recent memory, Condello earned 1100 player points throughout the 2017 season, including a runner-up finish to Jim Scorse in the RDGA Match Play Championship in May and a fifth-place finish in the RDGA District Championship at his home course, Locust Hill, in July, before capping off his season with the biggest victory of his amateur career at the New York State Men's Amateur Championship in August.
Scorse, the defending RDGA Player of the Year who won his fifth RDGA District Championship title at Locust Hill in July as well as the RDGA Match Play title in May, finished runner-up to Condello in this year's Player of the Year points race.
In fact, the season-long points race was so close - only 100 points separated Condello from Scorse - that the difference came down to one event, the 2017 U.S. Open Local Qualifier at Oak Hill Country Club, where Condello qualified to advance to the U.S. Open Regional Qualifier, earning 100 Player of the Year points.
Presenting the 2017 RDGA Women's Player of the Year Award was RDGA Treasurer and Women's Golf Chair Debbie Harper, who announced that Deb Wood from the Hickory Ridge Golf Resort was the winner of this year's honor, earning 320 points throughout the year, including winning the Women's title at the RDGA Play Day at Brook-Lea Country Club and finishing third in the RDGA Women's Open. Finishing runner-up in the points race was Wendy Bolton, who won the Low Gross Score title at the RDGA Women's Open.
And, winning the 2017 RDGA Junior Player of the Year Award, was Danny Gianniny of the Country Club of Rochester. Gianniny, a senior on the Pittsford Sutherland High School Boys Golf Team this year, won 205 player points during a season in which he won individual titles in the Section V Boys Golf Championship as well as the International Junior Masters. He also qualified for the New York State High School Championship and was named a first-team All-Star for Monroe County before moving on to attend St. Bonnaventure in the fall.
For a complete listing of the 2017 RDGA Tournament
For a year-in-review SLIDE SHOW
2017 RDGA Men's Player of the Year Award
2017 RDGA Women's Player of the Year Award
2017 RDGA Junior Player of the Year Award
The 2018 RDGA Tournament Schedule will be officially announced on January 1, including event registration which will also begin at that time.
We look forward to seeing you all
out on the golf course in 2018!
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RDGA VOLUNTEERS, OFFICIALS AND DELEGATES ENJOY
END OF SEASON FALL EVENT at LOCUST HILL
RDGA officials, Delegates, volunteers and staff attended the RDGA's annual Fall Event & Awards Program, hosted by Locust Hill Country Club on Tuesday, October 10.
A casual day of golf - followed by a fun evening of activity - was enjoyed by volunteers, course raters, Rules officials and RDGA Member Clubs at the annual RDGA Fall Event & Awards Program on October 10.
Hosted by Locust Hill Country Club - site of the 2017 RDGA District Championship
- the invited guests played a round of golf as a thank-you for their support of RDGA events and programs throughout the year, followed by an evening reception in the Locust Hill clubhouse, where the
2018 slate of RDGA Board Members were introduced.
Reflecting on a busy season - one that included a schedule of 24 tournaments between May and October - the annual RDGA Fall Event offered District officials the opportunity to present a "state of the RDGA" address.
"Thanks to everyone - from our Board Members, to our Rules Officials, Delegates and volunteers - for an outstanding season. It's been a great year and I look forward to laying the groundwork for a successful 2018 as we move into fall," said Mark Battle, who completed his first year in office as RDGA President in 2017.
RDGA Executive Director Tim Vangellow announced that the slate of District officers that will serve for the upcoming season had been approved in online voting by RDGA Club Delegates. In 2018, the RDGA Board of Directors will include the following returning members:
- Mark Battle (President)
- Paul Turner (Vice President)
- Deb Harper (Treasurer)
- Wilson Fitch
- Fred Lapple
- Dan Overbeck
- Sam Space
- Mike Sorce
- Dave Uhazie
- Sharon White
CLICK HERE
for more about the 2017 RDGA Fall Event,
including a photo gallery and year-in-review slideshow
The RDGA Thanks all who participated,
hosted and volunteered for our events in 2017!
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U.S. KIDS GOLF COMPLETES
2017 LOCAL FALL TOUR
at RAVENWOOD GOLF CLUB
On Sunday, October 8, U.S. Kids Golf - a nationally-based organization promoting junior tournaments - concluded its inaugural U.S. Kids Golf Local Tour at Ravenwood Golf Club, following a 5-week, 6-event Fall Tour.
Open to boys and girls, ages 5 to 14, the U.S. Kids Golf Rochester Fall Tour provided opportunities to learn and play golf in age-appropriate competitions. Boys, ages 5 to 10 and Girls, ages 5 to 11, competed in 9-hole events each week, while Boys, 11 to 14 and Girls, 12 to 14, played 18 hole events each week.
The top point winners in each age-based division at the conclusion of the Fall Tour earned a spot in the 2018 National U.S. Kids Golf World Championship next year in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
the U.S. Kids Golf Local Fall Tour
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2017 RDGA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE CONCLUDES
WITH PLAY DAY AT IRONDEQUOIT CC
Flight winners from the 2017 RDGA Play Day at Irondequoit Country Club included, from left to right: Lillian Chang, Women's Net Score winner; Caroline Yarnall, Women's Gross Score winner; Tim Dimino, Men's Blue Tee Net Score winner; Jonathan Gerken, Men's Blue Tee Gross Score winner.
On Monday, October 2, the Rochester District Golf Association held its third and final Play Day event of the 2017 season, as a full field of 116 golfers played Irondequoit Country Club.
RDGA Play Days offer casual competition for players of all abilities, with winners recognized in three handicap divisions. At Irondequoit, women played from the Gold Tees at par-74 (5,436 yards), while men played at par-72, from the White Tees (6,002 yards) and Blue Tees (6,451 yards).
Winning the overall Men's White Tee Gross Score was Tru Hong with a 79; winning the overall Men's White Tee Net Score was Robert Kasper with a net 70 - winning via a USGA tiebreaker with Gary Merritt.
2017 RDGA Play Day at Irondequoit Country Club
- including a photo album and complete results
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GOLFERS: SUPPORT FORESIGHT JUNIOR GOLF
DONATE YOUR GENTLY USED SPORTS EQUIPMENT
TO PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS!
Now that the seasons are changing, so too are the needs of Play It Again Sports customers. Rather than golf equipment, Play It Again needs your donations of gently used sporting equipment such as football and hockey gear, skis and other snow sports equipment! YOUR DONATIONS OF SPORTING EQUIPMENT IN THE NAME OF THE RDGA FOUNDATION WILL STILL BENEFIT FORESIGHT JUNIOR GOLFERS!
So - please hang onto your used golf equipment until the 2018 season - and consider donating your used sporting equipment to Play It Again Sports in the name of the RDGA Foundation, Inc.!
YOUR donations help us supply equipment to junior golfers who are just taking up the game! Call us at 585-292-5950 for more information.
CLICK HERE for details about the
RDGA Foundation's ForeSight Junior Golf Program
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RDGA GOLF EMPLOYMENT CONNECTION:
YOUR LINK TO JOBS
IN THE LOCAL GOLF INDUSTRY
The local golf season might be winding down for 2017 - but it's never too early to start think about getting a job in the golf industry!
If you are looking for employment in the local golf community, the RDGA Golf Employment Connection is for YOU!!
Throughout the year, the RDGA will post job openings as they become available - here, in the bi-monthly GHIN eRevision newsletter, as well as on our website at: www.RDGA.org. Look for new listings on the "Golf Employment Connection" tab on the right column of the RDGA website.
And for employers - our RDGA Member Clubs - if you have a job opening that you'd like to announce, send us an email including a full job description of the position you are looking to fill, and we'll include it in an upcoming newsletter, as well as our website.
Find this and other local Golf Employment listings through the RDGA -
CLICK HERE for the RDGA Golf Employment Connection today!
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DID YOU KNOW THAT PAST ISSUES OF
RDGA NEWS CAN BE FOUND ON THE RDGA WEBSITE?
Perhaps you remember reading something in an issue of
RDGA News from last year that you wanted to read again. Or, maybe you changed email addresses and don't receive the
RDGA News every two weeks.
If you are looking for past issues of the
RDGA News, you can now find them all in one place - on the RDGA website at
www.RDGA.org!
Look for the "ABOUT" tab on the main menu of the RDGA website, then click on "RDGA Newsletter Archive" on the drop-down menu - there, you will find past issues, by date, for the past two years.
CLICK HERE to see the directory of past issues of
RDGA News!
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