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THE 2018 SEASON IS NOW OPEN
AS OFFICIAL SCORE POSTING BEGINS!
SIGN UP OR RENEW YOUR RDGA
GHIN HANDICAP TODAY AT:
WWW.RDGA.ORG
The 2018 RDGA score posting season begins TODAY - do you have a GHIN Handicap Index? If not, join your favorite RDGA Member Club and begin enjoying all the benefits of RDGA GHIN membership - including being able to play in RDGA tournaments. For more information, click on the photo above, or visit the RDGA website, at: www.RDGA.org.
Golfers throughout the Rochester District Golf Association, rejoice! This week marks the start of the official USGA-GHIN score posting season for 2018 - in other words...HAPPY NEW YEAR!
As of
April 15, the RDGA handicapping season is
ACTIVE and will continue through
October 31. It is important to know that any scores made in the
Rochester area between now and then should be posted and will be applied towards your
USGA-GHIN Handicap Index.
We know what you're thinking - one look out the window right now might not seem all that promising - but the weather can turn on a dime this time of year and by this time next week, we could all be out on the golf course. So - make sure that your RDGA-issued GHIN Handicap is ACTIVE now, then you'll be ready to hit the links when the conditions improve!
There are several ways to sign up for an official
USGA GHIN Handicap Index through the RDGA - primarily by joining one of
66 RDGA Member Clubs throughout the region! For more information about your RDGA GHIN Handicap Index - or how to sign up if you don't have one - visit our "
How To Get A Handicap" page
HERE!
CLICK HERE
for more information about how to
get a USGA GHIN Handicap through the RDGA!
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RDGA DELEGATES ATTEND
ANNUAL SPRING MEETING
at MONROE GC
2018 RDGA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE,
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS
HIGHLIGHT EVENING at
DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP HOST CLUB
Delegates from most of the 66 RDGA Member Clubs, along with officials from the RDGA and Western New York PGA met at Monroe Golf Club on Tuesday, April 10 to discuss plans for the 2018 season.
W
ith the local GHIN Handicap score posting season set to begin Sunday, April 15, th
e Rochester District Golf Association
held our annual Spring Meeting on Tuesday, April 10.
Although the central theme of the meeting was as an orientation for RDGA Delegates to bring news and information about RDGA programs, services and tournaments back to their clubs and fellow members, leading golf administrators from across Western New York were also invited to address the RDGA Delegates in attendance.
CLICK HERE to continue reading...
CLICK HERE for the 2018 RDGA Tournament Schedule
...and sign up for an event today!
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RDGA FOUNDATION'S
FORESIGHT
JUNIOR
GOLF PROGRAM
IS LOOKING for a
FEW GOOD KIDS!
In its first year, the
ForeSight Program
engaged more than 60 area junior golfers between the ages of 7 and 15. Last year,
ForeSight
increased that number to 100 young people.
This year, the ambitious goal is to involve more than 150 young golf enthusiasts from around the Rochester area, by providing them with complimentary summer passes to the three Monroe County Parks Department-run golf courses and participating in the Program. Although most of the spots available for
ForeSight
consideration each year are filled through the screening of local High School physical education classes where golf is taught as part of the curriculum, some spots remain open due to the expansion of the program this year.
Parents and students throughout the Rochester area who are looking to become more involved in golf - particularly those juniors who have little or no experience in the game - are invited to apply to the RDGA in order to be included in this year's
ForeSight
roster. Parents should contact the RDGA at 585-292-5950 for more information about how to apply.
ForeSight - and find out how YOU can get involved!
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2018 U.S. OPEN QUALIFYING
REGISTRATION ENDS SOON!
DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO QUALIFY
FOR THIS YEAR'S U.S. OPEN AT SHINNECOCK -
APPLY TO PLAY ONLINE TODAY!
If you have dreams and aspirations about playing in the
U.S. Open - especially with this year's Open being hosted by New York's own famed
Shinnecock Golf Club on Long Island - you're going to have to enter a
Local U.S. Open Qualifier to get there.
Fortunately, there are still spots available for the area's only U.S. Open Local Qualifier of 2018, scheduled for Monday, May 7 at Ravenwood Golf Club in Victor - but you have to act soon: the deadline for applications is Wednesday, April 25!
CLICK HERE
for more information about
how to enter all local USGA Qualifiers this year!
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2018 U.S. KIDS GOLF LOCAL SPRING
TOUR OPENS THIS WEEKEND!
THERE'S STILL TIME TO ENTER
ONE OF 6 EVENTS FOR KIDS AGES 5 TO 14!
U.S. Kids Golf - a nationally-based organization promoting junior tournaments - returns to the Rochester area for a 6-event U.S. Kids Golf Local Spring Tour, running now through the end of May.
Due to open this past Sunday, April 15, at Ravenwood Golf Club in Victor, parents arrived with their kids; juniors were ready to play - but Mother Nature had other ideas, forcing postponement of the Spring Tour season-opener to a later date.
Although the weather disappointed those who had signed up for the season-opener, the good news is, that that means more Rochester-area juniors can still sign up to enter the season-long points race, in which top players get to go to Pinehurst, North Carolina for the U.S. Kids Golf World Championships!
The 2018 U.S. Kids Golf Rochester Spring Tour is open to boys and girls, ages 5 to 14, providing opportunities to learn and play golf in age-appropriate competitions. Boys, ages 5 to 10 and Girls, ages 5 to 11, will play 9-holes each event, while Boys, 11 to 14 and Girls, 12 to 14, will play 18 holes each event.
U.S. Kids Golf held its first Local Tour in the Rochester area last Fall, with another six-event schedule that included a Local Tour Championship also hosted by Ravenwood, which determined the final standings for all six events in the series.
CLICK HERE
for more information about the
2018 U.S. Kids Golf Local Spring Tour
...and register today!
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PLANNING TO ENTER AN RDGA TOURNAMENT THIS SPRING?
REGISTRATION CLOSES SOON FOR
SEVERAL RDGA SPRING EVENTS!
A REMINDER TO ALL RDGA MEMBERS: Registration deadlines for several RDGA tournaments are coming up soon!
If you are planning to enter any of the following events, please note that registration
CLOSES on the dates listed below. Be sure that your
RDGA GHIN Handicap is current and visit
www.RDGA.org to enter before the following deadlines:
CLICK HERE
for the complete
2018 RDGA Tournament Schedule!
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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 is one more opportunity for your Club's management to attend a smaller training session at the RDGA office this spring.
Here is the remaining in-house training session being offered:
Friday, April 6 - (10:00 am - 1:00 pm)
There is room for 15 people to attend this session, on a first-come, first-served basis. In order to avoid overbooking, 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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