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STEVE PUCCIA CAPTURES 2018
RDGA SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
at IRONDEQUOIT COUNTRY CLUB
WINNERS ALSO DECIDED IN
SENIOR AGE FLIGHTS
The two-day, 36-hole
2018 RD
GA Senior
Championship
concluded on Wednesday, August 29, with final round action at Irondequoit Country Club.
Winning the overall RDGA Senior Championship title was
Steve Puccia of Penfield Country Club. Puccia put together rounds of 72-75 over the two-day championship for a 3-over-par total of 147 to win the 2018 RDGA Senior
title by two shots over
George Kavanagh
and
Jim Mason.
Winners were also recognized in each of the four age flights in the Championship: Senior (ages 55 to 59); Super Senior (ages 60 to 64), Masters (ages 65 to 69), and Legends (ages 70-plus)
.
CLICK HERE for complete results
from the RDGA Senior Championship
- including links to photo albums and interviews.
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WOMEN of the RDGA:
DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE
TO PLAY in the 2018
RDGA WOMEN'S OPEN and
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP!
REGISTRATION FOR BOTH EVENTS
CLOSES ON SEPTEMBER 10;
SIGN UP AT www.RDGA.org
- Scheduled for Monday, September 17, the 2018 RDGA Women's Open is for women golfers of ALL abilities who have an active USGA-GHIN Handicap Index, the FIFTH ANNUAL RDGA Women's Open is being hosted by Ridgemont Country Club on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17.
- On September 16 and 17, we celebrate the RDGA Women's Championship, to be hosted by Ridgemont Country Club - one of the Rochester area's top private golf facilities. The Championship is open to women RDGA members with a USGA GHIN Handicap Index of 15 or lower. This will be YOUR chance to shine among the best players in a two day stroke play event.
including how to register!
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RDGA to PRESENT INAUGURAL
'LEADING THE WAY' AWARD
at WOMEN'S OPEN/
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP DINNER
DIANNE WILDE to be HONORED for
EFFORTS to GROW the GAME of GOLF
On September 17, the RDGA will be presenting a new honor - the RDGA Leading The Way Award - to long-time PGA Professional and noted instructor Dianne Wilde at the annual RDGA Women's Open and RDGA Women's Championship at Ridgemont Country Club on West Ridge Road in Greece.
The Inaugural RDGA Leading The Way Award has been created to honor an individual in the Rochester community who has worked tirelessly to grow the game of golf for women and men.
The award presentation will take place as part of the annual dinner following the RDGA Women's Open at Ridgemont on Monday, September 17 at 6:30 p.m.
CLICK HERE for more details
...and join us in honoring Dianne Wilde!
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SCORSE SOARS to 2018
RDGA MID AM TITLE
at SODUS BAY HEIGHTS
PAST CHAMPION COMES FROM
BEHIND to WIN 25-AND-OVER
CHAMPIONSHIP for
RECORD SEVENTH TIME
By the conclusion of the 2018 RDGA Mid Amateur Championship on Saturday, August 18, Stafford Country Club member
Jim Scorse
proved himself equal to any challenge posed by the venerable 94-year-old Sodus Bay Heights Golf Club, as he captured his seventh
RDGA Mid Amateur Championship
title, finishing two shots ahead of his nearest competitor.
During Saturday's final round, Scorse staged an impressive comeback, overcoming a 3-over-par 75 in Friday's first round. Scorse recorded four birdies and one bogey en route to a 3-under-par 69 on Saturday to finish at even-par 144 for the Championship.
CLICK HERE for complete results from the
2018 RDGA Mid Amateur Championship,
including links to photos and an interview!
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THE 2018 RDGA FALL
PLAY DAYS ARE ALMOST HERE!
JOIN US AT BROOK-LEA CC ON SEPTEMBER 24
AND IRONDEQUOIT CC ON OCTOBER 1
There's less than one month to go before the annual RDGA Fall Play Days tee off at Brook-Lea Country Club on Monday, September 24 and at Irondequoit Country Club on Monday, October 1 - which means that you only have 3 weeks left to sign up at www.RDGA.org!!
Registration is $85 per person and includes use of the club's practice facility; a cart and 18 holes of stroke play at 100-percent handicap; as well as prizes by flight and hors d'ouvres after the tournament. Contestants are welcome to request pairing in foursomes with friends who are also registered to play.
Women RDGA members:
Please note that
BOTH RDGA Fall Play Days
also include points towards the RDGA Women's Player of the Year Award. This is YOUR CHANCE to add up the points and earn your ticket to the RDGA Fall Event and Awards Ceremony!
2018 RDGA Fall Play Days
RDGA Play Day at Brook-Lea Country Club
on Monday, September 24
RDGA Play Day at Irondequoit Country Club
on Monday, October 1
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BUFFALO JUNIORS, SUB JUNIORS,
SWEEP 2018 INTERDISTRICT
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
On Friday, August 24,
Geneva Country Club
hosted the
2018 Interdistrict Junior Championship
- a competition that features teams of Junior boys (ages 15 to 18) and Sub Junior boys (ages 12 to 14) from the
Syracuse
,
Rochester
and
Buffalo District Golf Associations
.
The
Buffalo District
swept both the team and individual competitions this year, including the
Junior Division team
title with a 382 score. Rochester finished three shots back in second place with a 385, while Syracuse finished third at 401.
Interdistrict Junior Championship at Geneva CC.
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DAVID REH, OWNER & FOUNDER
OF RAVENWOOD GOLF CLUB,
REMEMBERED AS INNOVATOR,
BUSINESS LEADER
Victor's
David Reh
,
a 2011 inductee into the Rochester Business Hall of Fame
and founder and owner of
Ravenwood Golf Club
, passed away on Saturday, August 18.
Reh, who grew up in Orchard Park, was an original member of Victor's Cobblestone Creek Country Club when it opened in 1991. Later, seeing the success enjoyed by Cobblestone as a private club, Reh saw the demand for a quality, daily-fee public golf facility in the area and the idea of building Ravenwood Golf Club was launched.
Almost from the beginning - when Reh hired a world-renowned golf architect, the late Robin Nelson, to design the championship-length golf course - Ravenwood has received praise from high places, including Golf Digest, which ranked it as the fifth "Best New" public course to open in 2002. As testament to that early ranking, the following year, the New York State Golf Association awarded the club the honor of hosting its' prestigious Men's Amateur Championship.
Since then, Ravenwood has continued to draw praise from golfers, dinner and wedding guests, and golf organizations from the Rochester District Golf Association, to the New York State Golf Association and the USGA. In fact, earlier this year, Ravenwood hosted a U.S. Open Local Qualifier - the 13th USGA qualifying event hosted by the club in its history.
Reh is survived by his wife, Sue, along with three sons, Douglas, Thomas and Brian, 9 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
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ROCHESTER GOLFERS HAVE BIG
YEAR IN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Among the New York State champions crowned in 2018 from Rochester are, left to right: Will Thomson, New York State Men's Amateur Champion; Ronnie Levine-Ribble, New York State Women's Super Senior Champion; Tammy Blyth, New York State Women's Senior Champion; and Jenna Hoecker, New York State Women's Mid Amateur Champion.
It's already been a banner year so far for
Rochester
-area golfers competing in State-wide amateur championships, with Oak Hill's
Will Thomson
winning the NYS Men's Amateur, and Brook-Lea's
Jenna Hoecker
winning the Women's State Mid Am.
Last week, two more local golfers added their names to the list of
New York State
champions for 2018.
At Thendara Golf Club on August 22, Monroe Golf Club's
Tammy Blyth
knocked down a par on the second playoff hole to win the
2018 New York State Women's Amateur Championship
in the heart of the picturesque Adirondacks.
Later that same day, in the Super Senior division, Penfield Country Club's
Ronnie Levine-Ribble
posted the field low of 78 in the final round to win the championship by a stroke. Levine-Ribble finished at 11-over 157 to edge two-time champion Cecily Havens.
CONGRATS TO ALL THE 2018 STATE CHAMPIONS FROM ROCHESTER!
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U.S. KIDS GOLF
GEARING UP FOR THE
2018 LOCAL FALL TOUR!
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
for the 7-WEEK TOUR,
BEGINNING AUGUST 26
The
Rochester District Golf Association
is pleased to announce the return of
U.S. Kids Golf
- a nationally-based organization promoting junior tournaments - and its
U.S. Kids Golf Local Tour
to
Rochester
for a 7-week, 7-event
Fall Tour
, beginning on
Sunday, August 26
!
Registration for the 2018 U.S. Kids Golf Rochester Fall Tour
is NOW OPEN! Boys and girls, ages 5 to 14, are invited to begin registration now. U.S. Kids Golf provides 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 Local Fall Tour - and begin
signing up for tournaments today!
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RDGA GOLFERS - IF YOU HAVEN'T
ADDED A UNIQUE EMAIL
to YOUR GHIN ACCOUNT, PLEASE DO SO
A reminder to all
RDGA Members with an active
USGA GHIN Handicap: if the email address in your player profile is shared with at least one more golfers registered in the RDGA GHIN database,we ask that you please provide a unique email address that can be attributed to your player profile individually. There are several reasons for this request including security, communication and ability to connect you to your scoring record.
As we look to the future and the introduction of new tools such as a new mobile app and GHIN.com for score posting, in order for you to utilize these features you will be required to create an online profile. This will require the authentication of matching you to your individual profile by way of your email address.
An added benefit of having a unique email is the ability to customize communications to you. This will allow the
RDGA to connect with you for your
Handicap eRevision, member benefits and information of interest to you.
Email addresses are easy to create via Google (Gmail), Microsoft (Outlook) or Yahoo!. These are just a few places to go to create a free email address.
If you currently have a shared email address on your personal GHIN account - or if you are unsure - please contact the RDGA at 585-292-5950 to verify your account information.
THANK YOU!
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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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