IESGA 2024 President's Message

Fifty years is a big deal! Just as Expo ’74 is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, so too is the IESGA. Back in 1974 a few obviously dedicated golfers had the vision to organize a series of golf tournaments for senior golfers. Although we have tried, we haven’t found records that tell us who those people were. What we have discovered in the “Red Book”, which is a registry listing members who joined from 1974 through 1997, are seven men were given the status “Honorary Members” and as such didn’t have to pay membership dues. These men, Andy Casper, Bob Baldwin, Marsh Duggan, Joe Durgan, Roy Marshall, Ed Obde and Al Soberg must have been critical to IESGA’s beginnings. We also don’t know how many tournaments were held that initial year or how players competed. But we certainly can celebrate the fact that they laid the foundation to what the IESGA is today…where you have the chance to enjoy 15 tournaments while sharing the myriad of courses we’ll be playing on with over 200 fellow golfers. 

To properly commemorate our 50th anniversary, there will be a random drawing after each of our tournaments with the winning player receiving $50.00. So good luck to you all and see you on the course.