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YOUR guide to what's happening NOW!
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LAST CHANCE to SIGN UP FOR THE
2018 RDGA FALL PLAY DAYS!
REGISTRATION FOR BROOK-LEA CC
REGISTRATION FOR IRONDEQUOIT CC
SIGN UP TODAY AT
Remember those days in mid-
February when the golf season seemed like it was years away and the closest thing you had for a "golf fix" was watching the PGA Tour on TV in some warm, far-away location? So do we - which is why we invite you to sign up for the last two
RDGA Play Days of 2018.
Don't miss this opportunity for some
great golf before the end of the season!
Registration for the annual RDGA Fall Play Day at Brook-Lea Country Club
CLOSES
on Monday, September 17 - and registration for the RDGA Fall Play Day at Irondequoit Country Club
CLOSES
on Monday, September 24 - which means that there are only a few days 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'ouvresafter 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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RIDGEMONT SET TO HOST the 2018
RDGA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
DIANNE WILDE TO BE HONORED
at the ANNUAL DANIELLE E. DOWNEY MEMORIAL
ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
This year,
Rochester District Golf Association is excited to bring the
RDGA Women's Championship Danielle E. Downey Memorial to the beautiful
Ridgemont Country Club - one of the Rochester area's top private golf facilities - for just the second time in the eight-year history of this annual Championship event.
On September 16 and 17, the 2018 RDGA Women's Championship will feature women RDGA members with a USGA GHIN Handicap Index of 15 or lower, competing in a scratch, two-day, 36-hole stroke play event. The field is limited to 16 players, with all golfers teeing off No. 1 on Sunday and playing 18 holes in Round 1. On Monday, the field will return for Round 2, with Championship pairings beginning play on holes 1 and 10, playing alongside the field of the RDGA Women's Open.
Players from the
RDGA Women's Championship and
RDGA Women's Open will join together for the awards dinner following play. Be sure to follow hole by hole results
RIGHT HERE!
CLICK HERE for a preview of the
2018 RDGA Women's Championship,
including start times, pairings and results.
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THE 2018 U.S. KIDS GOLF
LOCAL FALL TOUR
is UNDER WAY!
REGISTRATION CONTINUES
for the 7-WEEK TOUR
THROUGH OCTOBER 11
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! The Tour is already under way and continues through Sunday, October 14, with the Fall Tour Championship at Ravenwood Golf Club.
It's not too late to join the Tour!
Registration for the 2018 U.S. Kids Golf Rochester Fall Tour is 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.
CLICK HERE for results, start times
and registration info about the 2018
U.S. Kids Local Fall Tour - and
sign up for tournaments today!
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JUNIOR GOLFERS AGES 12-17
INVITED to PLAY IN 15th ANNUAL
LOCUST HILL JUNIOR INVITATIONAL
Junior golfers of the RDGA
: Locust Hill Country Club is inviting you to apply for the 15th annual Locust Hill Junior Invitational, a one-day, 18-hole, stroke play championship scheduled for a 1:15 p.m. shotgun start on Sunday, September 23.
Juniors between the ages of 12 and 17 are invited to submit an application to play in the event, which will include competition for both boys and girls in three age flights: 12-13, 14-15 and 16-17. The entry fee per golfer is $90 and includes lunch, tee prizes, range balls, greens fees and prizes.
Tournament
officials remind applicants that this is an event designed for advanced players and that competition will be of a high caliber.
CLICK HERE for registration information to the
15th annual Locust Hill Junior Invitational.
CLICK HERE
to download and print the application form for the
15th annual Locust Hill Junior Invitational.
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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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FALL IS ON ITS WAY, BUT YOU CAN STILL
DONATE USED SPORTING EQUIPMENT
to SUPPORT FORESIGHT JUNIOR GOLF
Throughout the 2018 season, the RDGA Foundation, Inc., the RDGA, and Play It Again Sports have been accepting YOUR used golf equipment - clubs, bags, balls...even shoes - to support the RDGA Foundation Inc. and the ForeSight junior golf program. The RDGA - and more importantly, the junior golfers participating in the RDGA Foundation's ForeSight Junior Program - THANK YOU for your donations this year!
Now that the seasons are changing, so too are the needs of Play It Again Sports customers - now, rather than golf equipment, Play It Again needs your donations of gently used sporting equipment such as football, basketball and hockey equipment!
YOUR DONATIONS OF SPORTING EQUIPMENT IN THE NAME OF THE RDGA 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!
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!
RDGA Foundation's ForeSight Junior Golf Program
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WHY AERATION?
THIS USGA VIDEO EXPLAINS THE NEED
FOR PUNCHING HOLES IN YOUR
FAVORITE COURSE'S GREENS
The word aeration stimulates negative emotions for many golfers. It may come as a surprise, but golf course superintendents also dislike aeration. After all, the last person who wants to disrupt the smoothness of the putting greens they work so hard to maintain is the superintendent.
Here's the thing: aeration is essential to keep the grass healthy and, without it, playing conditions would suffer.
Click on the link above to watch a two-minute video from
the USGA that explains the aeration process and why it is necessary.
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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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