Serving Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Southern Tier, Erie, PA & Southern Ontario
About Us
Upstate New York Junior Golf, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to support programs that provide affordable and accessible junior golf opportunities to all boys and girls residing in the Upstate New York region.
Upstate New York Junior
Golf, Inc. was founded by Betsy Ulmer. She
currently volunteers her time as acting Executive Director.
Betsy
Ulmer’s name has been synonymous with Junior Golf in the Western New York area since
1989. She has collaborated with Brookfield
Country Club’s Head Golf Professional, Chip Clover, to create one of the most highly
regarded and successful junior golf programs in the area.
She
is at the forefront of competitive golf in WNY as an advocate intent on increasing
awareness and opportunities for boys and girls interested in golf.
Betsy
Ulmer is the founder of the WNYPGA Junior Girls Golf Tour and volunteers her time to
oversee administration, expansion and fundraising. She
was instrumental in organizing and promoting the BDGA Friday Interclub Individual Girls
Division. As a member of the BDGA Board of
Directors she oversees the administration of the entire Friday league program that serves
33 golf courses.
In
2001 Betsy resurrected the dormant WBDGA Junior Girls Championship. She continues to serve as liaison and tournament
director.
Upstate
New York Junior Golf Inc. was proud to welcome LPGA Hall of Fame Member, Kathy Whitworth,
and LPGA Teaching Professional and BIG BREAK III Contestant, Cindy Miller, at its first
golf event in August 2005.
As a member of the Board of Directors for the Buffalo Inner City Youth Fan Club for Golfing, Betsy has succeeded in providing competitive golf opportunities to the boys and girls who participate in their yearlong junior golf program.
In
2006 Betsy initiated the addition of Girls Varsity Golf in Section, VI of the
New York State Public High School Athletic Association. She volunteers her
time as one of 3 coaches for the Williamsville Girls Varsity Golf Team and acts
as consultant to Section, VI regarding Girls Golf.
Betsy remains active in the competitive women’s golf circuit as a member of the Women’s Buffalo District Golf Association, The Women’s Golf Association of Western New York and as captain of the Brookfield Country Club Women’s Interclub Golf Team which captured the Championship title in 2004 for the first time in it’s 67 year history. They have retained the title in 2005.