The LGA’s Distinguished Service Award
is just the latest in a long list of accolades
Rodrigue has received from the New Orleans
community and the golf community at large,
including: the
1993 and 2014 Barbato/Thomas
Lifetime Achievement Award, given by the
Gulf States Section of the PGA of America;
the 2007 F. Edward Hebert Award, given
by the Jesuit High School to honor their
Outstanding Alumnus of the Year; the 2009
Restauranteur of the Year of Greater New
Orleans, in recognition of contributions to
the advancement of the restaurant industry
through the years; the 2012 Homines
Pro Aliis Award, “People for Others” by
the Jesuits of the New Orleans Province;
induction into the Junior Achievement Hall
of Fame in 2013; and the 2014 Association
of Fundraising Professional Award for
Leadership in Corporate Philanthropy.
It is particularly fitting that Mike will
be honored with this award as the LGA
conducts its 26th annual Mid-Amateur
Championship at the recently-opened
Bayou Oaks at City Park’s South Course,
a venue that owes its very existence to his
dogged vision of what could rise from the
unspeakable tragedy of Hurricane Katrina.
The award presentation took place at the
Pre-Championship Banquet at Bayou Oaks
at City Park on the eve of the Louisiana Golf
Association Mid-Amateur Championship,
Thursday night, August 3, 2017.
1990 Tommy Wulff
1991 Albert Hand
1992 Emile Zachariah
1993 Jim McGonagill
1993 Walter Fowler
1994 John Fister
1995 Bob DeMoss
1996 Luca Barbato
1997 Oree Marsalis
1998 Johnny Myers
1999 Frank Gumpert
2000 Frank Mackel
2001 John Pruitt
2002 Charles Dugas
2003 Jay Pierson
2003 Jim Pierson
2004 Lionel Hebert
2005 Mary Capouch
2006 Ronnie Melancon
2007 Joseph Bartholomew
2008 J. Michael Veron
2009 Stuart Braud
2011 Jimmy Headrick
2012 Debbie Rivers
2012 Jim Rivers
2014 John Luffey
2015 Kelly Gibson
Mike Rodrigue
Story submitted by the LGA.
Previous LGA Distinguished Service
Award recipients:
1984 W.E. “Winnie” Cole
1985 Mike Barbato
1986 Henry Thomas
1987 Bill Bass
1988 Freddie Haas, Jr.
1989 Frank Leach
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