The RDGA Foundation Society: Investing in Golf's Future
I wanted to take a minute to tell you a little bit about a special group of people – a group called the RDGA Foundation Society. These are people who donate $1,000 or more to our RDGA Foundation – which supports many Junior Golf and Grow the Game programs we offer, administer or partner with here in our Rochester community.
Some of these great programs include:
– The Youth on Course Program
– The First Tee of WNY
– The Jerry Stahl Junior Golf Academy
– LPGA USGA Girls Golf
– The Caddie and Leadership Program at Oak Hill
– Adaptive Golf at Challenger Miracle Field
– US Kids Golf Tournaments
– NYS Special Olympics annual tournament
– RDGA Annual College Scholarships
– Section V Boys and Girls Golf
– NYS Boys and Girls Golf Championships
– and much more…
A quick look at the numbers shows that we have seen some remarkable growth in our registered junior golfers in our community in the last several years:
2020 – 384
2021 – 765
2022 – 1171
2023 – 1794
2024 – 1873
2025 – 2475
Growing the game this way in our Rochester community is very important to the entire golf ecosystem here and is a role we take seriously as an important responsibility. And we are proud of these results.
The RDGA Foundation Society is a group which deeply loves the game of golf and believes in what the RDGA and its Foundation do. Their financial support goes directly back into our programming, and helps us continue to grow what we can do for our member golf clubs and golfers.
I would like to thank the following individuals who were members of the RDGA Foundation Society in 2025:
– Dana Consler
– LPGA Amateurs – Rochester Chapter
– David & Lori Uhazie
– Bob Sansone
– Rob Chapman – Compass Wealth
– Mark & Charlene Battle
– Kevin & Maggie Flynn
– Anthony and Judith Malone
– Doug & Kate Lyons
– Gerald A. & Susan H. Stahl
– Chuck & Jennie Ryan
– Sheila Ryan
– Lake Beverage
– Kathy & Dennis Olbrich
– Thaney & Associates
– Bill & Sari Middlebrook
– Dr. James Mason
We are so thankful to these special supporters for being members of our Foundation Society in 2025. And several have already reached out to us to renew their contribution in 2026. If you would like to become a member of the RDGA Foundation Society and be a part of our inner circle please email me anytime at: timvangellow@rdga.org
Or you can find information about the RDGA Foundation Society under the Foundation
Tab.
Check out the video at the top of this page to see some of the things we do!
Thank you for considering this.
Sincerely,
Tim Vangellow
Executive Director, RDGA