2021 Iowa PGA Awards Patriot Award

2021 Iowa PGA Patriot Award David Roe, PGA

David Roe of City of Cedar Rapids has been named the 2021 Iowa PGA Patriot Award winner by the Iowa PGA Award’s Committee. The Patriot Awarded is presented to the Iowa PGA Professional who personified patriotism through the game of golf and demonstrated unwavering commitment and dedication to the men and women who valiantly served and protected the United States of America.

Roe continues to work with several GIVE graduates after they have completed the program. It has been an honor to continue to teach these individuals and develop their game even further. Many of these individuals require different teaching skills because of some of the things that they’ve dealt with in their time of service to the country. It has been rewarding for him to learn new skills and approaches to help these students of the game to achieve success. Not only has he been challenged to learn new skills of teaching, but he’s learned a lot from these individuals through the stories that they have to share. Not only are they learning from his teaching, but more importantly he’s learning from being around these great individuals who have an immense knowledge base to share.

The thing that brings him the most joy is the Patriot Golf Tournament that we host each year. This tournament is a fund-raising event for the “Folds of Honor”. The money we raise from the tournament goes to the “Folds of Honor” which provides educational scholarships to the children and spouses of our fallen and disabled service members. He also feels that the Patriot event that we host each year is an opportunity to give support to the families of fallen veterans. Being able to support these families through the Patriot Golf Tournament is something that makes what he does each year fulfilling. He can’t think of anything more fulfilling to the heart than contributing to the success of family members of fallen veterans.

Roe is also passionate about helping Veterans deal with Mental health issues during and after they are in the military. He is a supporter of the program Mission 22, which helps veterans deal with these issues. He thinks that it is an issue that goes unnoticed that people need to be aware of.

This is Roe’s first Iowa PGA Section Award.

Roe was quoted saying, “Winning the IPGA Patriot award is so humbling to me. It shows what we are doing within the City of Cedar Rapids golf department to improve the lives of military men, women, and their families is not going unnoticed.”

The Iowa PGA Congratulates David Roe as our 2021 Iowa PGA Patriot Award.

By: Stephanie Mason IAPGA Communications Coordinator