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Devastating loss of long-time NENY PGA Section Staff Member, Doug Evans. Tentative plans to honor Doug will be calling hours and a service here in New York on Thursday/Friday or Friday/Saturday of this week and will take place at Dufresne & Cavanaugh Funeral Home in Latham, NY. Followed by a memorial in Michigan at a later date.

An official obituary and details will be confirmed in the next few days and will be shared immediately once known.

Brad Gardner, PGA Head Professional at The Edison Club made a goal of increasing the funds his golf marathon raised and was shooting for $50,000! This is the 3rd year Brad has done the marathon in the name of the Folds of Honor at The Edison Club and bested his first year of $20,000, second year of $30,000 to a staggering $60,000 in proceeds raised which will benefit the charity to help provide scholarships to the spouses and children of fallen and disabled service members

Patriot Golf Day & PGA HOPE Join Forces Over Holiday Weekend
Throughout Labor Day Weekend, we will honor the sacrifice of America’s heroes, by shaping, changing, and saving lives through golf.

John Durcan claims OMEGA Legends Player of the Year title for 2020. The last points event for the Legends Division POY was the Senior Stroke Play Championship contested this week during a wet day at Hiland Golf Course.

Please be advised that a change is coming for those members who utilize the PGA.com email address for your primary communication. In order to provide members with a more secure and modern email solution, the PGA of America is moving pga dot com email accounts to Gmail.

PGA CAREER LINKS WILL BE ENDING AUGUST 31st!

All NENY PGA Members and Associates MUST Update your “Job Preferences” on pga.org, and you’ll start to see open positions similar to your preferences.

NENY PGA Section Fall PGA Jr. League Coming

With limited sports opportunities due to COVID, the NENY PGA Player Development Committee and staff are working on a section-wide PGA Junior League to be run this fall for 4-5 weeks.

Local Albany News Story on Growth of NENY Junior Golf

In case you missed it, we’re happy to report that the NENY PGA Section’s junior golf efforts got some great press earlier this week in the Times Union golf column written by Joyce Bassett.

NENY PGA HOPE CHAPTER TO BEGIN IN AUGUST @ Town of Colonie GC

Mid-Season OMEGA Player of the Year Standings – Check them out!