As some of our Rotarians will be aware a number of our members play in the AGFR golf tournament each year. The tournament is in a different State each year and is run by a Rotary Club in that State.
One of the original instigators of the tournament was Murray Guille a member of the Dandenong Rotary Club. Our involvement started when Murray convinced John Heathcote and me to play in the tournament in Brisbane in 2000.
Since then a number of Rotarians have joined us in addition to our partners some of whom play in the partners tournament while others enjoy the non-golfer’s programme of tours in the area.
Money raised from the tournament supports a charity selected by the host club in addition to providing money for the John Hood Memorial Scholarship to send a young golf greenkeeper to America to study at the Ohio State University in the Agricultural and Horticultural intern program. The program combines theoretical studies with nine months of paid practical work at some of America’s most prestigious golf courses.
This year the 46th. annual tournament is in Busselton WA from the 14th. to the 19th. of April and is to be hosted by the Ascot Satellite Rotary Club and the
Busselton Geographe Bay Rotary Club.
A number of our Rotarians have already registered and we all recommend the tournament as a friendly, social event. Talk to John Heathcote, John Angwin, Gus DeHoogd or me if you want to hear more about the AGFR. For further
information visit https://agfr.org or to register visit
http://agfrtournament.wixsite.com/2024
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