A Year in Review - Our Accomplishments for 2020: |
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This year was a trying year for this country and the world due to the COVID-19 virus, so we had to make adjustments to our operation |
We have 70 members |
17 new members joined UBGA in 2020 |
Our membership reaches across the following locations: NYC, NJ, MO, NV, VA, CT |
Held our Sixth Annual Scholarship Golf Classic at Harbor Links Golf Course, Port Washington NY |
From 2016 to 2020, we awarded 36 scholarships to students, with the total cash disbursement of $24,800.00 to date |
Awarded six (6) $800.00 scholarships to the winners of our scholarship program, totaling $4,800.00 for 2020 |
Established a $6,400 scholarship fund for 8 students at $800.00 each to be awarded in 2021 |
Played golf at the following courses: Wind Watch, North Woodmere, Peninsula, Darlington NJ, Harbor Links, Harbor Links Exec Course, Kissena, Douglaston, Marine Park, Dyker Beach, Forest Park, Clearview, Bergen Point, Van Courtland Park, Middle Bay, & Mill Pond G C (15 courses) |
Played 24 rounds of golf this season |
Held six (6) free golf clinics for our members and the community |
Sixty (60) golfers played with us this season |
Designed a new website that was launched in 2020 |
Setup our annual weekend golf trip to Ocean City Maryland for 2021 (Pending the virus status) |
Had a Zoom interview with the BBC World Sport News about Blacks in golf |
Had a Zoom podcast interview with the ALL MEN ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL, about Golfing While Black |
African American Golfers Digest, published a story about the podcast we did about Golfing While Black |
Revised and modified our Bylaws |