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RDGA TEAMS UP WITH GOLF GENIUS
TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR NEW USGA
TOURNAMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Ken Dixon from Golf Genius leads a seminar on the new USGA Tournament Management System hosted by the RDGA at Oak Hill Country Club on November 15.
On Wednesday, November 15 and again on Friday, December 1, the Rochester District Golf Association hosted two informational seminars at Oak Hill Country Club introducing the next-generation scoring system being provided by the USGA to our
Member Clubs
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The RDGA welcomed Golf Genius Northeast Region representative Ken Dixon to Oak Hill twice, to lead the seminars and provide free-of-charge demonstrations of the Tournament Management system to representatives of RDGA Member Clubs, as well as Western New York PGA Section Professionals, who were also able to earn education credits for attending the one-day seminar.
This new "Tournament Management" (or "TM") product will replace all current versions of the USGA's Tournament Pairing Program, or TPP - INCLUDING TPP-Client and TPP Online Club.
Provided by golf software innovator Golf Genius, the USGA's Tournament Management will offer many options to club administrators and PGA Professionals for tournament scoring, league management, outside event management, printed tournament materials and more.
Through the end of the year, the USGA will be offering its new USGA Tournament Management software as a program available to all member clubs of an officially-recognized Allied Golf Association - including all Member Clubs in the Rochester District Golf Association.
If your club was unable to send a representative to one of these sessions, there will still be opportunities for your Club's management to attend a smaller training session at the RDGA office during the off-season. A full schedule of smaller, in-house training sessions will soon be announced.
Until then, if the tournament administrator at your club is interested in attending one of these smaller training sessions, feel free to have them call the RDGA office at 585-292-5950 to put your club on the list.
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THE RDGA THANKS MARK LITTLE
FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE
LONG TIME VOLUNTEER
SERVED ON BOARD of DIRECTORS
The RDGA wishes to thank Mark Little - a long-time volunteer and active supp
orter of
the District - for his years of service as he completes his current term on the RDGA Board of Directors.
An avid golfer, Little began by volunteering for the RDGA and eventually was invited to serve on the Board of Directors. During his time on the Board, Little volunteered for both the
Tournament Committee and the
Junior Tournament Committee.
In 2014, when the Board was looking to fill the two vacant positions of RDGA Treasurer and RDGA Secretary, Little stepped up to serve in both capacities on the Executive Committee. Although he served just one year as Treasurer, he stayed on as RDGA Secretary for three full seasons.
Although Little will be stepping down at the conclusion of his current term on the RDGA Executive Committee as of Dec. 31, he hopes to remain an active volunteer for future RDGA activities.
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THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING
COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN!
THE RDGA IS HERE TO HELP
YOU WITH GOLF GIFT IDEAS!
Don't look now, but
the official countdown to the 2017 Holiday Season has begun! No need to panic, though - there's plenty of shopping days left and we, at the Rochester District Golf Association are here to help!
If you are looking for the perfect gift for the golfer on your list, we invite you to begin your search on the RDGA website (RDGA.org). Simply go to our home page, then scroll down and click on the "RDGA Clubs" tab on the main menu, then click on the "
Gift Ideas for Golfers
"
section, where you'll find a list of Holiday shopping options at several RDGA Member Clubs.
From seasonal membership offers, to gift cards, to special prices on golf apparel, golf balls and other equipment, the RDGA's Gift Ideas for the Local Golfer section is your place to look for Holiday golf gifts!
SEVERAL NEW CLUBS HAVE JUST BEEN ADDED!
And a reminder to all
RDGA
Member Clubs - if you have any holiday specials that you want to include on our website, feel free to contact the RDGA office to add your Holiday shopping link to our
Gift Ideas for the Local Golfer page. Simply call us at 585-292-5950, or email us at [email protected], and we'll include a link for your Holiday shopping offers on our page -
free of charge
!
CLICK HERE to begin your 2017 Holiday shopping season
with Gift Ideas for Golfers - courtesy of the RDGA!
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VIDEO - TIGER TALKS ABOUT RETURN TO
GOLF AT 2017 HERO WORLD CHALLENGE
Prior to his return to competitive golf this week at the 2017 Hero World Challenge, Tiger Woods talks about his latest recovery from back surgery and playing in his first tournament since January.
Click on the image above to watch the complete press conference!
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LOCAL SCORE POSTING is NOW OVER FOR 2017
The Rochester District Golf Association's local score posting season has officially ended for 2017. RDGA members can begin posting local scores for the 2018 season on April 15 - but it is important to note that members who play in active areas outside the RDGA between November 1 and April 15 must still post those scores.
For more information about your RDGA/USGA GHIN handicap, CLICK HERE; look under the "Handicapping" tab on the main menu of the RDGA website (RDGA.org),or contact your club's Handicap Chairperson. For any other questions about your RDGA/USGA GHIN handicap, feel free to email us at [email protected],send us a Facebook message, or call us at 585-292-5950!
The Rochester District Golf Association wishes to thank all our members, member clubs and volunteers for a successful and memorable year - and a special thanks to all golfers who participated in RDGA tournaments in 2017, as well as our member clubs who hosted our events this year.
We look forward to seeing you all again next season
...and watch for the release of our
2018 tournament schedule on January 1!
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ONGRATULATIONS, 2017 RDGA CHAMPIONS!
Winning RDGA Championships in 2017 were, clockwise from top left: Jim Scorse, the RDGA Match Play Champion, Adam Condello, the Match Play runner-up and RDGA Player of the Year and Stuart Harris, RDGA Senior Match Play Champion; Jim Scorse of Stafford, the RDGA District Championship winner; Tim Saur of Oak Hill (with RDGA Rules Official Paul Turner), winner of the RDGA Mid Amateur Championship; RDGA Senior Champions (left to right) Stu Harris (overall Senior champion), Jim Burns (Super Senior champion), Matt Haefele (Masters champion) and William Robischon (Legends champion); and RDGA Junior Champions (left to right) Jeremy Summerson (Boys Junior), Lena Kaufman (Girls Junior), Graham Gaenzle (Boys Sub Junior), Michaela Eichas (Girls Sub Junior), George Green (Boys Pee Wee) and Julia Zigrossi (Girls Pee Wee)..
RDGA Men's District Championship John H. Ryan Memorial
RDGA Match Play Championship
RDGA Senior Match Play Championship
RDGA Mid Amateur Championship
RDGA Senior Championship
- OVERALL: STUART HARRIS (Locust Hill CC)
- Senior (ages 55 to 59): Stuart Harris (Locust Hill CC)
- Super Senior (ages 60-64): Jim Burns (Canandaigua CC)
- Masters (ages 65-69): Matt Haefele (Stafford CC)
- Legends (ages 70-plus): William Robischon (Oak Hill CC)
RDGA Junior Chamnpionship
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B
oys Juni
or:
JEREMY SUMMERSON (Cobblestone Creek CC)
- Girls Junior: LENA KAUFMAN (Locust Hill CC)
- Boys Sub-Junior: GRAHAM GAENZLE (CC of Rochester)
- Girls Sub-Junior: MICHAELA EICHAS (Churchville GC)
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Girls Pee Wee:
vJULIA ZIGROSSI (Ridgemont CC)
the 2018 RDGA Championship schedule
including photos and interviews!
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THE RDGA's GOLF EMPLOYMENT CONNECTION is
YOUR LINK TO JOBS in the LOCAL GOLF INDUSTRY
The local golf season might be over for 2017 - but that means it's the perfect time to start looking for a job in the golf industry!
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 local Golf Employment listings through the RDGA -
CLICK HERE for the RDGA Golf Employment Connection today!
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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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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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