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IN THIS ISSUE:
- RDGA celebrates 'Opening Day' of ForeSight at Genesee Valley.
- RDGA Match Play Championships coming to Blue Heron Hills.
- Two-Person Events send top players to District Championship.
- USGA/RDGA Handicap Seminar this Thursday at Oak Hill.
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Some of the many juniors, parents and golf officials break off into groups for individual instruction during Saturday's ForeSight Opening Day Celebration at Genesee Valley.
FORESIGHT JUNIOR PROGRAM ENJOYS
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH WITH OPENING DAY
CELEBRATION AT GENESEE VALLEY!
More than 60 students and their parents - along with
Monroe County Parks officials,
Kless-Myers representatives and officials from the
RDGA and the
RDGA Foundation - helped to kick-off the
Opening Day Celebration of
ForeSight on Saturday, May 14 at
Genesee Valley Golf Course.
Following opening remarks and introduction to the ForeSight program, students and instructors broke off into smaller groups for clinics on various aspects of the game, from playing, to etiquette, to scoring and handicapping.
"I was blessed, growing up, to be able to hang out at a golf course, playing and practicing all day long, all summer long," says
Tim Vangellow
, Executive Director of the RDGA and ForeSight Program Director. "And that is how we want this program to go. That is how kids fall in love with the game, and then play it for life."
The ForeSight Junior Golf Program of Rochester is a brand new concept and initiative developed by the RDGA Foundation Inc., to bring more young people to golf, and to grow the game in our area by providing instruction and playing opportunities free of charge at the three golf courses operated by the Monroe County Parks Department and the Kless-Myers Management team.
To help keep ForeSight as an active and vibrant program in the local community, we need YOUR help. If you would like to help support this program
consider making a donation to the RDGA Foundation Inc. by contacting RDGA Executive Director Tim Vangellow - by phone, at 585-292-5950, or by email, to: [email protected] - for more information, and to become part of growing the great game of golf!
The RDGA Foundation Inc. is recognized as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, dedicated to the support and growth of the game of golf in the Rochester aea through the development of its junior golf initiatives. For more information about the RDGA Foundation Inc. - and how you can support its efforts - CLICK HERE.
Our goal is for students to fall in love with the game
...and ultimately become golfers for life!
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The par-4 18th hole at the Golf Club at Blue Heron Hills - part of the 3-hole closing stretch that could determine the RDGA Match Play Championships later this month.
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RDGA MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
COMING UP NEXT WEEK
BLUE HERON HILLS SET TO HOST
FIRST MAJOR OF THE YEAR
To say that the Golf Club at Blue Heron Hills has withstood the test of time and has been battle-hardened under tournament conditions is an understatement.
Through the years, Blue Heron Hills has hosted an annual all-star skins game featuring some of the greatest names in the history of golf, as well as an annual stroke-play championship featuring the best amateur golfers in Rochester.
And now, next week, Blue Heron Hills will play host to another major tournament for the very first time - the RDGA Match Play and Senior Match Play Championships, scheduled for May 27 through 29.
The twin championships have very different histories - but both feature the best of what local amateur tournament golf has to offer. The District Match Play Championship for men is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, with a field that includes six-time champion Jim Scorse of Stafford. The RDGA Senior Match Play Championship, on the other hand, is only in its second year this season, but received such a positive welcome a year ago that the field has been expanded this year to accommodate the demand for entries.
For both championships, the fields are selected - and seeded - based upon points earned during tournament play the year before, creating an elite atmosphere to open the major championship season for 2016.
Although the perennially top-ranked Scorse is in the field for this year's Match Play Championship, defending champion Shane Dobesh has since moved on to the professional ranks and will not be in the field this year. Inaugural Senior Match Play Champion Mark Battle, on the other hand will be in the field this year, looking to extend his winning streak in the fledgling championship.
The 2016 RDGA Match Play Championship and the 2016 RDGA Senior Match Play Championships are scheduled to begin on Friday, May 27, with opening round action at the Golf Club at Blue Heron Hills. Spectators are welcome to attend - check the RDGA website at www.RDGA.org for updates and scoring throughout the Championships.
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Winning the 2016 RDGA Two Person Scramble on May 7 was Jim Scorse, left, and Ken Seibold, second from left. Winning the Two Person Four Ball on May 14 was Michael Colosi, right, and Robert McCartney, second from right.
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TWO PERSON TEAM EVENTS SEND TOP
PLAYERS TO DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP
It's been a busy start to the 2016 RDGA tournament season - a schedule that included the District's two annual two-person team events during the first two weeks of May. Both events - the Two Person Scramble and the Two Person Four Ball - also sent the overall champions, four players in all, to the RDGA District Championship at Ridgemont Country Club in July.
In the 2016 RDGA Two-Person Scramble at Greystone Golf Club on Saturday, May 7, a full field of 112 golfers - 56 two-player teams - competed for top honors, as well as the exemptions to the District Championship. Additionally, flight winners were recognized in four flights in the Men's Championship Division (playing from the Blue Tees), two flights in the Men's White Tee Division and a Women's Division (which featured net and gross score winners).
The overall winning team
in the Championship Division
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Ken Seibold
and
Jim Scorse
- posted a score of 64, also winning the Flight 1 honors.
In the Women's Flight, Cindy Glitzer and Maggie Kril posted the low gross score and Sherre Albright and Lillian Chang had the low net score.
For complete results from the 2016 RDGA Two Person Scramble, CLICK HERE.
In the
2016 RDGA Two-Person Four Ball
at
Eagle Vale
a field of 66 golfers - 33 two-player teams - teed it up on Saturday, May 14.
The competition featured three flights in the Men's Division, playing from the
Gold Tees (6786 yards) and one flight in the Women's Division
(5417 yards), which featured net and gross score winners.
The overall winning team
in the Men's Division
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Robert McCartney
and
Michael Colosi
- also earned spots in the RDGA District Championship at Ridgemont Country Club in July.
In the Women's Flight,
Susanne Yarnall
and
Joan Leroy
posted the low gross score, while
Wendy Bolton
and
Colleen Roche
had the low net score.
For complete results from the 2016 RDGA Two Person Four Ball, CLICK HERE
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The next event on the RDGA schedule is the
RDGA Match Play Championship
, at the
Golf Club at Blue Heron Hills
, next Friday through Sunday, May 27 to 29. CLICK HERE for brackets and results.
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