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Jul 07

2015 RDGA Championship Begins at Midvale With Opening Ceremonies

Midvale Country Club General Manager Rich Marr, right, opens RDGA Championship week at Midvale during the official Opening Ceremonies on Monday, July 7. RDGA Executive Director Tim Vangellow, left, RDGA Board Member Mike Sorce, second from left, and Midvale Head Professional Mike Kiel, third from left, also led the Opening Ceremonies. Follow the links below for live Championship scoring all week from Midvale.
 
RDGA Championship week began at Midvale Country Club on Tuesday, July 7, with practice rounds for contestants, as well as an Opening Ceremony in the morning and the annual Champions Dinner for past District Champions in the evening.
 
Midvale General Manager Rich Marr, Head Professional Mike Kiel, RDGA Board Member Mike Sorce and RDGA Executive Director Tim Vangellow led the festivities in Tuesday’s Opening Ceremonies, recognizing the past RDGA Champions who won their titles at Midvale – including Don Allen in 1963, Chip Lillich in 1972…and again in 1986, Jeff Peck in 1993 and John Kircher in 2004. RDGA Board Member Wilson Fitch and defending RDGA Champion Trevor Sluman then hit ceremonial tee shots to officially open the Championship.
 
Competition gets under way on Wednesday, July 8, with the first round of the RDGA District Championship John H. Ryan Memorial for men. The 118-player field will play two rounds on the historic par-72 Robert Trent Jones layout on Wednesday and Thursday, with a cut made to the low 40 players (and ties) after Thursday’s second round. Third and fourth round play continues on Friday and Saturday, with the 2015 RDGA Champion being awarded the John H. Ryan Memorial trophy on Saturday afternoon, July 11.
 
The 2015 RDGA Women’s Championship Danielle E. Downey Memorial gets under way on Friday, July 10, with the first of two rounds to decide the champion. The 2015 RDGA Women’s Champion will be crowned on Saturday afternoon, July 11.
 
Spectators are welcome to attend the 2015 RDGA Championships at Midvale Country Club all week long, free of charge. The RDGA website will also offer LIVE scoring throughout the Championships – click HERE for live scoring updates each day.
 
For more information about the 2015 RDGA District Championship Ryan Memorial at Midvale Country Club – including pairings and tee times each day – click HERE.
 
For more informatoion about the 2015 RDGA Women’s Championship Danielle Downey Memorial – including each day’s pairing information – click HERE. Follow LIVE scoring from the Women’s Championship HERE.