Where does the club get the scorecard yardage

Every round of golf you play more than likely you pick up a scorecard in the golf shop at the club you are playing. Well where does the club get the yardage for each hole and total yardage of the front, back and overall? It is a real good bet that the ASGA measured it and in fact it is required by the USGA that the ASGA measures every course that it rates before it is rated. All courses in the state of Arkansas has a course and slope rating therefore the ASGA has been at work behind the scenes attaining that yardage for our clubs and you.

I just returned from a trip to North Arkansas where I measured the course at Holiday Island just north of Eureka Springs, some how I forget what a quaint little city Eureka Springs is, lovely. A great getaway course and city and should be marked on your calendar as a place to visit and play around of golf.

Anyway the next time you pick up that scorecard remember that the yardage on the card more than likely was the work of the ASGA and that is part of the benefits you receive from your annual $15 ASGA dues.

Hit it down the middle!

What is a Scratch & Bogey Golfer

A scratch golfer as defined by the USGA as a pleayer who can play to a course handicap of zero on any and all rated golf courses. A male scratch golfer, for rating purposes, can hit tee shots an average of 250 and can reach a 470 yard hole in two shots. A female scratch golfer, for rating purposes, can hit tee shots an average of 210 yards and can reach a 400 yard hole in two shots.

A bogey golfer is a player who has a course handicap of approximately 20 and can hit tee hhost an average of 200 yards and reach a 370 yard hole in two shots. A female bogey golfer has a course handicap of approximately 24 and can hit her tee shots and average of 150 yards and can reach a 280 yard hoe in two shots.

Where do you fall in the above?

ASGA Membership

To follow-up on my last blog, the Arkansas State Golf Association main source of income is it's individual membership so we are always looking for ways to increase our members. The way you become a member is by signing up for the USGA GHIN Handicap System at your local club or association. It costs very little and it does great things for the betterment of golf in Arkansas. I would ask each one of you who are present members to reach out to your regular playing group and get those who are not ASGA members to sign-up. If everyone got just one member, just one, then we would go from a small golf association to a medium sized association and could further our progress on achieving our goals to improve golf in Arkansas. Thanks in advance for your help. Remember, ask your regular group to join the ASGA.

Why I should belong to the ASGA

So many times I hear, "I don't need a handicap I don't play in any ASGA tournaments". Did you know that having a USGA/ASGA Handicap makes you an automatic member of the Arkansas State Golf Association? You not only get your USGA certified handicap but you help support golf in Arkansas. That very small annual fee, $15, provides many services that you receive directly and indirectly such as the Arkansas Golfer Magazine printed and mailed to you twice annually. Once in the spring, which just came out, and once in the fall. Did you get yours?
Other services your $15 annual membership provides are college scholarship for deserving young people, ASGA Junior Golf Program, course rating and measuring, an office with 3 full time staff that you can call 5 days a week and many, many other services I will talk about in the next blog. So come on support this wonderful game by getting online at http://www.asga.org/ and join today. Thanks!