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Sep 10

History

The RDGA has a long history in Rochester. Founded in 1929 with 12 founding clubs

  • Brook-Lea CC
  • Canandaigua CC
  • Country Club of Rochester
  • Durand Eastman GC
  • Irondequoit CC
  • Lake Shore Golf Center
  • Locust Hill Country Club
  • Midvale G&CC
  • Monroe Golf Club
  • Oak Hill CC
  • Ridgemont CC

We're currently in the process of going through our old books and we'll post some images of what we find! If you have old photos, articles, or anything else, please mail them to info@rdga.org

The RDGA would like to thank Jason Frontuto for his contributions to this lineup of historical articles!

** Some of these documents download crooked. To straighten in Adobe Acrobat, simply right-click and hit "Rotate Clockwise" and repeat until the article is oriented correctly**

A list of the RDGA Officers in 1960

The RDGA Tournament Schedule from 1960

The Prize Breakdown from a 1962 2-Person Scramble (Our very own Tim Vangellow's dad and grandfather round out the bottom of the list!)

An Article from 1962 about Don Allen and the RDGA Championship (complete with a photo of the young Jerry Stahl)

The first issue of the 2001 RDGA magazine "Rub of the Green"

An Impressive win from the great Don Allen

An Article about Jim Campbell winning a RDGA Medal event

Carl DiCesare Winning an RDGA Championship

1962 Champion: Don Allen (beating Dr. George Trainor)

Another 1962 Championship Article

Sam Urzetta, Jack Stroud, Bobby Hill, and Mike Frontuto

An RDGA Best Ball win by Mike Frontuto and Jim Morreale

A Higher Scoring RDGA Event at Irondequoit

Mike Frontuto wins a RDGA Medal Event with a 72

Mike Frontuto captures the RDGA Senior Title

A crazy 1964 match between Don Allen and Bill Cory