THE ROG
THE ROG MEMORIAL AT RICH HAR
The Rog Memorial at Rich Harvest Farms is a
premiere event which features two 12-person
teams that are made up of the players a top
the four divisional Player of the Year Points
Standings. The top six players from each
division qualify for the event.
The Rog is named after the IJGA’s first paid
Executive Director, Roger Ulseth. Mr. Jerry
Rich, the Founder and Architect of Rich Harvest
Farms, and Mr. Roger Ulseth had become
friends and teammates while playing on the
York High School Golf Team. In 1994, Jerry
Rich and Rich Harvest Farms started to host
the “Regional Round-Up,” an event created to
promote the game of golf and give the most
dedicated girls and boys a chance to play Rich
Harvest Farms at the end of the season.
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Illinois Junior Golf Association
Roger Ulseth passed away in the midst of
the 1997 season. Ulseth’s memory still lives
on in the IJGA and was immortalized in the
dedication of the IJGA’s premiere season-
ending event “The Rog.”
IJGA players are paired with a college player
and the event is scored as a Team Stableford.
In a Stableford, points are awarded per hole-
by-hole score per player, and the number
of points that are awarded on each hole is
determined based on comparison of the
number of strokes taken to par.
Rich Harvest Farms has hosted a number of
noteable events including the 2017 NCAA
Division I Golf Championships and is expected
to host the 2019 Centennial Western Junior
and the 2020 Big Ten Men’s Championships.