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Charlie
Bedford |
Charlie Bedford Award
The volunteer-of-the-year award is named after Charlie Bedford who was
an outstanding FSGA Committee Member and volunteered his time as both a
Tournament Chairman and Course Rater. Charlie was an expert on the Rules of
Golf and a USGA Master Course Rater. He spent countless days of service to
the game he loved and cherished.
Charlie was
recognized as the 2000 Volunteer-of-the-Year, received the Lifetime
Achievement Award in 2004 and was inducted into the Florida Golf Hall of
Fame in 2005. He was a USGA Committee Member for ten years and officiated
four US Opens, six US Amateurs, seven US Senior Opens and ten US Amateur
Public Links Championships.
Current Recipients
Rick Greenleaf and
Pat Finfrock have been awarded the
2008 Charlie Bedford Award for
their hard work and dedication to amateur golf in the state. These fine
gentlemen will be recognized at the FSGA Annual Dinner in November.
Rick Greenleaf, of Jupiter, was selected as
the Tournament Volunteer-of-the-Year.
Greenleaf has been involved with
the FSGA since 2002 and was previously a 15 year member of the Philadelphia
PGA tournament staff, a 5 year Rules Official veteran of the Golf
Association of Philadelphia, and a Rules Official for the Pennsylvania Golf
Association. Since his time with the FSGA,
Rick Greenleaf has volunteered more than 60 events, ranging from
the Florida Junior Tour, the FSGA Winter Series, USGA qualifiers, and the
FHSAA High School Championship. Mr.
Greenleaf is also involved with
the Palm Beach Country Golf Association.
In the Course Rating
department, Pat Finfrock, of Port St. Lucie, was awarded
the Volunteer-of-the-Year.
Pat joined the
Section 12 Course Rating Team in
1994 and became Captain in 2000. With four counties and over 100 courses to
rate, Pat’s team keeps busy rating
10-12 courses per year. Mr.
Finfrock continues his course
rating education by attending seminars and sharing his experiences with his
team.
Past Volunteers-of-the-Year
Rick Greenleaf
2008 |
Pat Finfrock
2008 |
Mike Lonergan
2007 |
Scrib Kelly
2007 |
Ron Audi
2007 |
Steven Jones
2006 |
Collier
County
Rating Team
2006 |
Pete Sneizko
2005 |
Brenda Davis
2004 |
Neil McGillicuddy
2004 |
Pep & Pat McPhillips
2003 |
Karen Korf
2003 |
Bob Forward
2002 |
Brian Robideau
2002 |
Jim Marshall
2001 |
Ed Boyer
2001 |
Jim Sweet
2000 |
Charlie Bedford
2000 & 1995 |
Johnny Williams
1999 |
Clyde Hobby
1999 |
Mallory Privett
1998 & 1995 |
Bruce Flower
1994 |
Don Williams
1993 |
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