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THESE RDGA EVENTS in 2018!
FOUR PLAYER TEAM HANDICAP SCRAMBLE
AMONG 10 WOMEN'S EVENTS AVAILABLE ON
2018 RDGA CALENDAR
TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN -
WOMEN - 2018 is YOUR year to experience all that RDGA Tournament golf has to offer!
Beginning with the
RDGA Play Day at Ridgemont Country Club
on April 30, there are TEN events on this year's Rochester District Golf Association schedule
that are open to women - including two that are open EXCLUSIVELY to women!
NEW
this year is the inaugural
RDGA Net Championship
. Scheduled for August 7-8 at Ravenwood Golf Club, this two-day, 36-hole stroke play championship includes a flighted Women's Division - meaning that you will only compete against other players of similar abilities.
As for those EXCLUSIVE events just for women - first up is the
RDGA Women's Four Person Team Scramble
, hosted this year by Mendon Golf Club on June 10.
This event features teams consisting of four women golfers, with players being able to chose who to play with: teams may come from the same club or from different clubs! All levels of play are welcome - part of your strategy is putting together a team with the winning combination of skills and handicaps
!
And the popular RDGA Women's Open is also back for 2018 - a one-day, 18-hole women-only celebration of golf, featuring several flights of competition for all levels of play - hosted this year by Irondequoit Country Club on September 17.
So...get some friends together, plan a "women's day out" at an RDGA event this season - and we'll see YOU on the golf course!
RDGA Women's Events - and sign up today!
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU OUT ON THE COURSE
THIS YEAR FOR OUR 2018 RDGA WOMEN'S EVENTS!
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BECOME an RDGA
FOUNDATION PATRON
and SUPPORT
LOCAL JUNIOR GOLF
YOUR GENEROUS DONATION WILL
HELP GROW THE GAME IN ROCHESTER!
Are you interested in building a future for the game of golf in Rochester? Consider supporting the RDGA Foundation's 2018 Patron Program!
The RDGA Patron Program is asking for individual donations of $100 to the RDGA Foundation Inc., whose mission is to support junior golf in Rochester. The RDGA Foundation gives children within the Rochester area access and exposure to the game of golf through youth golf tournaments, scholarships, coaching, training, and education of golf's etiquette, safety, rules, and fundamentals.
RDGA Foundation's 2018 Patron Program -
including information about how to donate!
HELP BUILD A FUTURE FOR GOLF IN ROCHESTER
- BECOME AN RDGA FOUNDATION PATRON TODAY
!
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BUFFALO'S LILY ZHANG in
2018 DRIVE, CHIP & PUTT
NATIONAL FINALS
at AUGUSTA NATIONAL
For many junior golfers, the idea of one day being able to compete in a national championship at the hallowed
Augusta National Golf Club
is the stuff of dreams. But, for
Buffalo's 8-year-old
Lily Zhang
, that dream became reality on Easter Sunday.
Last year, Zhang qualified locally at the Fox Valley Club in Lancaster, NY, where she earned a spot in the Subregional Qualifier held at the Turning Stone Resort in Rome, NY, before advancing to the East Regional Qualifier at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck.
In this year's National Finals, Zhang joined 79 other junior golfers from around the U.S. and Canada, ages 7 to 15, at Augusta National to participate in the 2018 Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals.
CLICK HERE t
o learn more about Drive, Chip & Putt
- and find out how to enter for 2019!
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ONLY a MONTH to GO UNTIL the SEASON
DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO ENTER -
Spring is here - and if you're like most golfers, you're ready to get the season started! So...don't miss your chance to open the 2018 RDGA Tournament season - join us for the first event of the year: the RDGA Play Day at the beautifully-maintained Ridgemont Country Club on Monday, April 30!
The day begins with registration and practice at 11 a.m.,followed by a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. and will include 18 holes of stroke play at 100-percent handicap - players get to choose one of three tee-lengths and will compete only against other players competing from the same tees:
- Blue Tee Men - (6,238 yards)
- White Tee Men - (5,550 yards)
- Yellow Tee Women - (5,014 yards)
Registration is $85 per player and includes use of cart,driving range, golf, free hors d'ouvres following play and prizes for the top finishers from each tee/flight. Players can also request to be paired with other players who have also registered for the event - just call the RDGA office at 585-292-5950 to set up your group!
So join us for the first Play Day of 2018 on April 30 - but sign up soon, registration closes on Monday, April 23!
RDGA Play Day at
Ridgemont Country Club
on Monday, April 30!
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RDGA VIDEO: AVOID THE SANDBAGGER
- GET A USGA HANDICAP INDEX TODAY!
Do you know people like this? Avoid the "Sandbagger" and other nefarious characters on the golf course by signing up for a USGA Handicap Index through an RDGA Member Club today! Are you trying to decide when to renew your RDGA Membership?
- Twice-monthly USGA Handicap Index updates - along with the RDGA eLinks Newsletter.
- The ability to compete in RDGA Championship events - a long-time golf community tradition
- The ability to play in RDGA Play Days - Handicapped Net events for all golfers of all skill levels
- The ability to attend educational seminars on Handicapping, the Rules of Golf and much more
- Support of junior golf and educational programs that help Rochester Area golf thrive
CLICK HERE t
o find out how YOU can get
a USGA Handicap Index through the RDGA!
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ARE YOU A CURRENT RDGA eCLUB MEMBER?
DON'T FORGET TO RENEW YOUR
RDGA eCLUB MEMBERSHIP TODAY!
If you were a member of the RDGA eClub last year and enjoyed all the benefits of that membership, including an official USGA-GHIN Handicap Index, being eligible to enter RDGA Tournaments - and having access to this twice-monthly e-newsletter featuring local golf updates and other RDGA Member offers - then TODAY is the day to renew your RDGA eClub Membership for 2018!
As of
March 1
, all previous RDGA eClub
memberships that have yet to be renewed
for this year will become INACTIVE
until they are renewed for the 2018 season.
WHO CAN JOIN THE RDGA eCLUB? Any golfers, male or female,
who are not already members of a Rochester District Golf Association Member Club. (CLICK HERE
t
o
see a list of RDGA Member Clubs). All skill levels are welcome. Junior golfers ages 17 or younger may join the RDGA eClub at no cost (call the RDGA Office at (
585-292-5950).
about the RDGA eCLUB
...and sign up for YOUR
eClub Membership TODAY!
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NEW USGA-TOURNAMENT MANAGEMENT
SEMINARS SCHEDULED FOR THE RDGA OFFICE
Late last year, the
Rochester District Golf Association hosted two informational seminars at
Oak Hill Country Club to introduce the next-generation scoring system being provided by the
USGA to our
Member Clubs.
If your club was unable to send a representative to one of these sessions, there are four opportunities for your Club's management to attend a smaller training session at the RDGA office this spring.
Here is the remaining schedule of smaller, in-house training sessions being offered:
Friday, April 6 - (10:00 am - 1:00 pm)
Friday, April 20
- (
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
)
There is room for 15 people to attend each session, on a first-come, first-served basis. In order to avoid overbooking for these dates, please email
Ryan Mehnert
at the RDGA office (
ryanmehnert@RDGA.org
) with your Club Name, your party size (maximum of 3), and which date you wish to attend. We ask that you bring one laptop per group for interactive training.
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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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