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Rudy's Affiliations
- PGM Professional Golfers Association, South Florida Section
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PGA Island Chapter Member
- President, Puerto Rico Federation of Professional Golfers
- Founder and President
Puerto Rico Golf Federation
- President, Puerto Rico Golf Teachers Federation
- President, Dominican Republic
Golf Teachers Federation
- Member of the World Golf Teachers Federation
- Master Teaching Golf Professional
License #118
- Member, United States Golf Association (USGA)
- Member, Chi Chi Rodriguez Family of Golf
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Veteran of The United States Air Force
Rudy's Amateur Tournament Summary
- Co-lead 1975 Island Amateur Championship
1st Round with Hall-Of-Famer
Butch James
- 1980 Champion
Carlos Benitez Invitational Golf Tournament
- 1980 Champion
Amateur Of The Americas
Dorado Beach Golf Club
- 1980 Champion & Medalist
Chi Chi Rodriguez International Festival of Golf
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Runner-Up
Puerto Rico Island Amateur Championship
- Qualified for the Puerto Rico National Team
- Puerto Rico's 1980 Outstanding Amateur of The Year
by the PHI-ETA-MU Fraternity
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1980 Phi-Eta-Mu Tournament Champion - Rio Mar
Tournament held to recognize Rudy Martinez Rodriguez as the 1980 Outstanding
Amateur of the Year
Rudy's Professional Highlights
Total Worldwide Tournament Victories: 4
Played the Southeast Asian Tour "Philippines through Japan"
4 different years
Played
South American Tour 4 times "Mexico through Argentina"
Played in the Caribbean, Jamaica, Trinidad and
Tobago, Aruba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico"
Played the California Winter Tour
Played various
mini tours all over the United States
Played in England, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Germany
South
Africa, Australia and New Zealand
Winner of the Taiwan Open Pro-Am, Taiwan, Republic of China
Runner
up in 1987 qualifying for the Florida State Open Golf Championship, PGA National Golf Course, Palm Beach, Florida. The General
Course
Finished 2nd on the Florida Tour, 1984, Orange Lake CC
(Won by Mark Calcavecchia)
Finished
2nd at the Florida Tour, Cypress Creek Country Club (Won by Kenny Perry)
Missed US Open local qualifying by two
strokes, Hunter's Creek CC, Florida, 1987
First PGA Tour Qualifying: 1982
Wellington Golf and CC, West
Palm Beach, Florida
(Winner: Nick Price)
Qualified and played the Florida State Open Golf
Championship
Sandpiper Bay Golf & CC (1984)
Also: West Palm Beach Polo and CC (1987)
(Winner - Bruce Fleisher)
Made the money cuts in several events on the Florida Tours, Space Coast Mini Tours and the North Florida Winter Tour
Winner of the 1984 Puerto Rico World Cup Qualifying (1984)(scores 71 & 69)
Winner of the 1990
Casa de Campo Open Golf Championship
Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic.
Winner PRGA Series at Bahía
Beach Plantation Golf Course in 1992 by six strokes (scored 71)
Rudy's Awards
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- February 16, 1996 Chrysler VIP of The Day on Radio WOSO (Recognizing the contribution of Rudy Martinez Rodriguez as an outstanding
citizen to the progress of Puerto Rico)
- Founded the Puerto Rico Federation Of Golf
- Recognized by the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee and the Department of Sports and Recreation, Government of Puerto Rico
(July 12, 1995)
- Participated in the 1997 World Golf Teachers Federation's Cup and Conference, Naples, Florida. Gave conference on the
Holistic Teaching Method for Better Golf.
- Won the USGTF Golf Tournament, Certification Course, Kissimmee Florida (1997)
- Inducted to the Hall of Fame at the Meilá Cariari Hotel & CC - San Jose, Costa Rica (1996)
- Gave exhibition for BMW International at San Jose
Costa Rica Meliá Cariari Hotel (1996)
- Ex-President and Founder of the South American Golf Teachers Federation
- Writer for International GolfPro Magazine
- Achieved Level IV Master Teaching Golf Professional with the United States Golf Teachers Federation
(Highest Level of certification)
- On February 18, 2002 the World Golf Teachers Federation recognized Mr. Martinez as fully qualified to hold Golf Teaching
Certification Courses in the country of Puerto Rico
- President of the newly organized
Dominican Republic Golf Teachers Federation
- Actively participated in the 2004 PGA of America National Teaching and Coaching Summit (PGA Golf Learning Center)
- Volunteered for PlayGolfAmerica.com as an instructor at the PGA Golf Learning Center
- Volunteered for USA Today as a PGA Hotline Instruction Celebrity over the Phone at the PGA Media Center
(PGA Golf Learning Center, Port St. Lucie, Florida)
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Recognized by the Department of Sports and Recreation of the Government of Puerto Rico and Duly accredited as a non-profit
entity (Puerto Rico Federation of Golf) to promote the development of our Youth for the benefit of Puerto Rico.
- Federation of Golf recognized by the National Olympic Committee.
- Head Golf Professional of the Cuban-American Golf Association (Miami, Florida)
- Ex-President of the Latin-American Golf Confederations
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