Welcome to 2019! I hope that you all enjoyed a prosperous Holiday season with friends and family! If you are heading to warmer climates this winter, like I am, safe travels - and enjoy!
I know that the golf season seems like a long way away right now - especially with the fresh blast of winter snow that we just received - but there is a lot to accomplish before area courses open in the spring. Here are your two "action items" this month:
1)
On January 15, the RDGA launched its ALL NEW Junior Membership Program.
This is a bold new initiative - unlike anything we've ever offered before - that includes access to
Youth On Course, a national program that provides junior golfers the opportunity to play hundreds of courses across the country (including many here in the Rochester area); discounts for lessons at
The Golf Academy of Rochester; discounts for entry onto a
Hurricane Junior Golf Tour event; and
two flex tickets to the 2019 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill in May as well as a
GHIN Handicap and eligibility to enter
RDGA Junior tournaments...
ALL FOR - GET THIS - $20!
What we need from you is to get the word out about this fantastic program to your fellow Club members -
and if you can get a link to the RDGA Junior Membership registration page on your club's website, that would be fantastic!!
RDGA Junior Membership Registration page
- once there, copy the URL in your browser
and share it with your club!
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2)
Registration is already under way for the RDGA's Rules of Golf Seminars - scheduled for each Saturday during the month of March. As you know, the
Rules of Golf changed significantly as of January 1 -
and the RDGA is offering several opportunities for RDGA Members to attend seminars that highlight these changes FREE OF CHARGE! The schedule of 2019 RDGA Rules Seminars includes regional stops at locations throughout the District:
- March 2: RDGA Central Region Seminar - Irondequoit CC
- March 9: RDGA East Region Seminar - The GC at Blue Heron Hills
- March 23: RDGA South Region Seminar - Mendon GC
- March 30: RDGA West Region Seminar - Ridgemont CC
Each Seminar is scheduled for 9 am to Noon and includes refreshments, as well as complimentary Rules of Golf books. Registrations can be made online - and the registration page includes information about which Regional Seminar members of YOUR club are invited to attend.
Again, what we need you to do is get the word out to your fellow members - and if you can get the link to the registration page included on your club's website or in your club's newsletter, that would be tremendous!
for the 2019 RDGA Rules of Golf Seminars.
Open the link, copy the URL
and share with your club!
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Lastly - a personal favor - if you haven't contacted me yet,
I still need to see a "show of hands" to let me know if you plan to return for another year to serve as your club's RDGA Delegate. Thank you to those Delegates I've heard from so far - now I need to hear from the rest of you! Call or text me at 585-733-6289.
