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Volunteers of the Year
TOURNAMENT VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR - KEVIN JONES
Kevin Jones has been volunteering with the FSGA for over 10 years, beginning in 2008. His dedication to the game is evident, volunteering at over 15 events in just the last year. Jones is well versed in the Rules of Golf, as a Certified Rules Official, and began serving as a tournament chairman in 2019.
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Jones wanted to give back to the game that has given him so much. A few years after his first Rules of Golf workshop, he began volunteering with the FSGA. His devotion to the game is apparent, having worked 30 tournament days in 2021.
Originally from Buffalo, New York, Patrick Capozzi began volunteering with the FSGA in 2015. He and his wife, Ann, retired to Florida in 2014 and he learned about the FSGA and course rating. It sounded interesting to Capozzi and he began volunteering with the FSGA shortly after. He is currently a co-captain for the Section 12 Course Rating team with Jatlow.
Capozzi worked as an accountant and began playing golf about 37 years ago, when he got talked into going out to play with his coworkers. He recalls giving it a try and immediately falling in love with the game.
Jatlow began volunteering with the FSGA in 2018, he had always had an interest in handicapping and course rating and wanted to give back to the game. The New Jersey native spent most of his life working as a lawyer in Washington, D.C. before moving to Florida with his wife, Jet, in 2005. He is currently a co-captain for the Section 12 Course Rating team with Capozzi.
It was Jet who first got Jatlow interested in golf. Although he grew up in a golf family, he didn’t pick up the game until 2005 when Jet wanted to learn. It has become something that the couple can go out and do together.
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