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November 15, 2018  
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COMING UP...
YOUR guide to what's happening NOW!
 
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IN THIS ISSUE:

 
 
THE 2018 HOLIDAY SHOPPING
SEASON BEGINS RIGHT HERE!
 
VISIT THE RDGA's
GIFT IDEAS for the LOCAL GOLFER PAGE TODAY
 
 
Don't look now, but the local Holiday gift-giving season is right around the corner! 
 
When you start looking for the perfect gift for the golfer on your list, begin your search on the   RDGA's Gift Ideas for Local Golfers page!
 
From now through the end of 2018, the RDGA Gift Ideas for Local Golfers page will be YOUR go-to source for ideas, special offers, Holiday dining and entertainment and more for the golf addict on your shopping list! 
 
A NOTE TO ALL RDGA MEMBER CLUBS - call the RDGA office at 585-292-5950 with YOUR holiday and seasonal offers - we will be updating the Gift Ideas for Golfers page EACH DAY throughout the 2018 Holiday season!
 
CLICK HERE to begin your
2018 Holiday shopping season with the 
RDGA's Gift Ideas for Local Golfers!


CONGRATULATIONS,
2018 RDGA CHAMPIONS!
 
   
With the conclusion of the 2018 Rochester District Golf Association tournament schedule, the RDGA wishes to congratulate this year's major championship winners:

RDGA Men's District Championship John H. Ryan Memorial
  • Chris Blyth (Mendon GC)
RDGA Women's Championship Danielle E. Downey Memorial
  • Jenna Hoecker (Brook-Lea CC)
RDGA Match Play Championship
  • Jim Scorse (Stafford CC)
RDGA Senior Match Play Championship
  • Chris Sorci (RDGA eClub)
RDGA Mid Amateur Championship
  • Jim Scorse (Stafford CC)
RDGA Senior Championship
  • OVERALL: Steve Puccia (Penfield CC)
  • Senior (ages 55 to 59): George Kavanagh (Oak Hill CC)
  • Super Senior (ages 60-64): Steve Puccia (Penfield CC)
  • Masters (ages 65-69): Matt Haefele (Stafford CC)
  • Legends (ages 70-plus): Jack Mahan (Oak Hill CC)
RDGA Junior Chamnpionship
  • Boys Junior: Aiden Spampinato (Locust Hill CC)
  • Girls Junior: Jenny Simonsen (RDGA Junior eClub)
  • Boys Sub-Junior: Jeremy Edmunds (Locust Hill CC)
  • Girls Sub-Junior: Raina Hoffmann (RDGA Junior eClub)
  • Boys Pee Wee: Tacoma Ames (RDGA Junior eClub)
  • Girls Pee Wee: Lauren Garcin (Oak Hill CC)
 
CLICK HERE for a look back on the
RDGA Championship winners of 2018.
 
Look for the 2019 RDGA
Tournament Schedule in January!
 
LOOKING for WORK in the
LOCAL GOLFING COMMUNITY?
   
THE RDGA's GOLF EMPLOYMENT CONNECTION is
YOUR LINK TO JOBS in the LOCAL 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 -

   
RDGA SCORE POSTING
NOW OVER FOR 2018
 
 
Now that the calendar has turned to November, the Rochester District Golf Association's local score posting season has officially ended for 2018 . RDGA members can begin posting local scores for the 2019 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 info@rdga.org , send us a Facebook message , or call us at 585-292-5950 ! 
 
We look forward to seeing
you all again next season!


GET YOUR COPY OF THE
2019 USGA RULES OF GOLF

CALL US AT 585-292-5950 
OR ORDER AT 
  
 
On January 1, 2019, the biggest changes to the Rules of Golf in 30 years take effect - are you ready? The RDGA now has copies of the official USGA Rules of Golf in book format and we are is offering them to RDGA members free of charge
 
RDGA members can pick up a copy of the 2019 Rules of Golf at our offices - or through their RDGA Member Club. Contact us if you would like to find out how to pick up a new Rules of Golf book! 
 
Email us with your request at info@RDGA.org
- or call us at 585-292-5950 -
to find out how YOU can get YOUR
copy of the 2019 USGA Rules of Golf!  
 
 
CLICK HERE to read about
Golf's New Rules from the USGA. 


RDGA MEMBERS:
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 2019 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-Play It Again Donation program. 
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!

It's Here!

A new edition of Golf Week is ready to read.

 
In this week's issue:
The PGA schedule shift...PGA REACH runs the NYC marathon...and Spieth kicks out his roommates?! PLUS: New York State honors Dottie Pepper.   
 
Read these stories and more at golfweekrochester.com.



Follow Rochester's newest PGA Tour member with the new Dominic Bozzelli PGA Tour Tracker - brought to you by the RDGA and Power Management of Victor!



Click on the image, left, to go to the PGA Tour web page featuring Dominic's accomplishments throughout the 2017-18 season.
IMPORTANT DATES  
October 31, 2018: 
Final date of the RDGA-GHIN score posting season.
January 1, 2019:
2019 RDGA Tournament Schedule released.
January 1, 2019:
New USGA Rules of Golf take effect.
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