Published: April 15, 2008 06:36 pm            

Join the Georgia State Golf Association

It’s easy to “Get Linked” at www.gsga.org

Now that the spring season has arrived, it’s an opportune time to revitalize one’s golf game and join the Georgia State Golf Association. Through its website, www.gsga.org, GSGA makes it easy for golfers of all ages and skill levels to “get linked” and enjoy all the benefits of membership.

GSGA membership is open to any resident of Georgia and provides valuable services for anyone interested in the game of golf. The key benefit of GSGA membership is the USGA Handicap Index, an excellent tool for tracking and improving one’s game. As an additional benefit of the handicap service, members who join GSGA online will automatically receive their handicap revisions by e-mail every four weeks, a service called eRevisions. In addition to the updated Handicap Index, eRevisions contain other valuable information such as scoring record, Index history and GSGA news. It also includes a convenient printable handicap card to cut out and use as proof of one’s Handicap Index.

GSGA members also have the option of posting their scores via the Internet. The vast majority of GSGA Member Clubs now allow this service, offering a convenient method to make sure one’s scores get posted.

Membership in GSGA also provides other valuable benefits, including:

• A subscription to Golf Georgia magazine, delivered to the member’s home six times a year

• Eligibility for some of GSGA’s 20 statewide competitions

• Special recognition for Club Champions, Most Improved Golfers, holes-in-one and unique feats on the course

• Access to GSGA RewardLinks, a rewards program featuring exclusive discounts and opportunities for golf-related events and items as well as other sporting events across Georgia

• Access to GSGA Birdies & Bargains, an online shopping and entertainment discount program tailored specifically for GSGA members

Additionally, GSGA membership helps support programs that benefit all golfers in Georgia, including course rating and measuring, scholarships for club employees and future superintendents, tournament and rules assistance to clubs, and industry advocacy efforts to protect the game.

An individual’s GSGA membership is maintained at one of over 360 GSGA Member Clubs across the state of Georgia. Previously, interested individuals could join GSGA by signing up through a Member Club in his/her area. While that option remains available, individuals can now make application to one of over 70 Member Clubs currently participating in the online membership initiative. A complete list of those clubs is below.

The three-step application process for joining GSGA online is streamlined, simple and secure. Interested individuals should log on to www.gsga.org and click the “Join GSGA Now!” button. The first step provides information and instructions which should answer any initial questions. In the second step, applicants can view a map of Georgia showing the locations of participating Member Clubs, along with contact information and web site links to those clubs. After selecting a “home” club, applicants complete the third and final step – a brief application and credit card payment (VISA, Mastercard or American Express accepted). Dues for 2008 calendar-year memberships are just $35.

Once the process is complete, applicants will receive a confirmation e-mail with information detailing when they can start posting scores and expect to receive their USGA Handicap Index.

The online membership option is for new GSGA members only. Current members wanting to renew their membership for 2008 must do so through their current home club, or transfer to another club with their active membership (GHIN) number.

GSGA gift memberships are also available. The online application features an option to purchase a membership on someone’s behalf and send a gift card to the recipient at no additional cost.

For more information or questions regarding GSGA membership, please contact the Member Services department at 770-955-4272 or 800-949-4742 or e-mail info@gsga.org.

Founded in 1916, the Georgia State Golf Association (GSGA) received its official charter on June 24, 1924. Since that date, the GSGA has grown to one of the largest state amateur golf associations in the country, with over 365 member clubs and 85,000 individual members. With a mission to promote and preserve amateur golf in the state of Georgia, GSGA offers a computerized handicapping service, course rating and measuring, and annually conducts a full schedule of statewide competitions for men and women of all age groups. Other services include a summer-long junior sectional program, award-winning Golf Georgia magazine, membership recognition and rewards programs and a charitable foundation administering two college scholarship programs.



Clubs Participating in GSGA Online Membership Initiativ

(as of March 26, 2008 – check www.gsga.org for additions and updates)

Club City County Club Type

Achasta Golf Club Dahlonega Lumpkin Semi-private

Arbor Springs Golf & Resort Newnan Coweta Semi-private

Arrowhead Pointe at Richard B. Russell State Park Elberton Elbert Public

B.E.A.A. Lindale Floyd Semi-private

Bacon Park Golf Course Savannah Chatham Public

Barnsley Gardens Adairsville Bartow Public

Barrens Golf Course Doerun Colquitt Semi-private

Bartram Trail Golf Club Evans Columbia Public

Bear's Best Atlanta Suwanee Gwinnett Public

Belle Meade Country Club Thomson McDuffie Semi-private

Bentwater Golf Club Acworth Paulding Semi-private

Blueberry Plantation Country Club Alma Bacon Semi-private

Bobby Jones Golf Course Atlanta Fulton Public

Bowden Golf Course Macon Bibb Public

BridgeMill Athletic Club Canton Cherokee Semi-private

Chateau Elan Golf Club Braselton Gwinnett Public

Chattahoochee Golf Course Gainesville Hall Public

Chestatee Golf Club Dawsonville Dawson Semi-private

The Chimneys Winder Barrow Public

Chicopee Woods Golf Course Gainesville Hall Public

Coastal Pines Golf Club Brunswick Glynn Public

Cobblestone Golf Course Acworth Cobb Public

Collins Hill Golf Club Lawrenceville Gwinnett Public

Country Club of Gwinnett Snellville Gwinnett Semi-private

Country Oaks Golf Course Thomasville Thomas Public

The Creek at Hard Labor Rutledge Morgan Public

Creekside Golf & Country Club Hiram Paulding Public

Durham Lakes Country Club Fairburn Fulton Semi-private

Fayetteville Golf Club Fayetteville Clayton Semi-private

The First Tee of Atlanta at John A. White Park Atlanta Fulton Public

Flint River Municipal Golf Course of Albany Albany Dougherty Public

The Frog Golf Club at The Georgian Villa Rica Paulding Semi-private

The Georgia Club Statham Barrow Semi-private

The Golf Club at Bradshaw Farm Woodstock Cherokee Semi-private

Golf Club of South Georgia Tifton Tift Public

Goshen Plantation Golf Club Augusta Richmond Semi-private

Green Acres Golf & Recreation Club Dexter Laurens Semi-private

Henderson Golf Club Savannah Chatham Public

Highland Walk at Victoria Bryant Royston Franklin Public

Honey Creek Country Club Conyers Rockdale Semi-private

The Hooch Golf Club Duluth Gwinnett Public

Houston Lake Country Club Perry Houston Semi-private

Kingwood Golf Club & Resort Clayton Rabun Public

Lakes at Laura S. Walker Waycross Ware Public

Landings Golf Club Warner Robins Houston Semi-private

Lane Creek Golf Club Bishop Oconee Public

Legacy Golf Links Smyrna Cobb Public

The Lion Golf Club Bremen Haralson Semi-private

Long Shadow Golf Club Madison Morgan Semi-private

Lost Plantation Golf Club Rincon Effingham Semi-private

Mystery Valley Golf Club Lithonia Dekalb Public

The Oaks Course Covington Newton Semi-private

Overlook Golf Links LaGrange Troup Semi-private

Pines Golf Course Toccoa Stephens Public

Plantation Golf Club Cartersville Bartow Semi-private

Pointe South Golf Club Hephzibah Richmond Semi-private

The Providence Club Monroe Walton Semi-private

Reunion Golf Club Hoschton Hall Semi-private

RiverPines Golf Alpharetta Fulton Public

Southland Stone Mountain DeKalb Public

Southwestern Links Americus Sumter Semi-private

Spring Lakes Golf Club Chatsworth Murray Semi-private

St. Marlo Country Club Duluth Forsyth Public

Stone Creek Golf Club Valdosta Lowndes Semi-private

Stone Mountain Golf Club Stone Mountain Dekalb Public

Three Oaks Golf Club Harlem Columbia Semi-private

Trophy Club of Apalachee Dacula Gwinnett Semi-private

Trophy Club of Atlanta Alpharetta Fulton Semi-private

University of Georgia Golf Course Athens Clarke Public

Waterford Landing Golf Club Richmond Hill Bryan Semi-private

West Pines Golf Club Douglasville Douglas Public

Whitepath Golf Club Ellijay Gilmer Public

Wolf Creek Golf Club Atlanta Fulton Public

        

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