Description: Rotary Club of Akron, Ohio owns and oversees operations of the Rotary Camp for Special Needs Children at Rex Lake. Our Rotarians proudly support our Camp and many other community and internationally based projects to enhance the lives of those around us.
Don Padgett III is the Executive Director of the Kaulig Companies Championship, a major on the PGA TOUR Champions. Padgett began his PGA TOUR career at TOUR headquarters near Jacksonville, Florida in 2000. In 2007, Padgett returned to his hometown of Akron, Ohio and has led the last sixteen professional golf tournaments at Firestone Country Club.
Since Padgett took over as executive director, over $15 million has been raised for worthy charitable causes throughout Northeast Ohio from proceeds from the golf tournament. Padgett has received numerous accolades recognizing his outstanding execution of the tournament, including being named to the Crain’s Cleveland Business “Forty under Forty” list, the Greater Akron Chamber’s “Thirty for the Future” and graduating from the Leadership Akron “Class 29.” In addition, the 2014 World Golf Championships – Br
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