Let’s Grow Together.
How to Join as a Club
Your path to club membership begins here. Select the option below that best describes how you want to join the CGA.
Select an option below:
- My Course:
I represent a facility with a physical golf course. - My Group:
I’m organizing golfers not associated with a golf course.
Traditional Club Membership
Your golfers deserve the best experience on and off the course. CGA membership gives your course the resources and expertise to serve them at the highest level.
We offer two types of memberships for green-grass facilities to best fit your needs:
Regular CGA Club Membership:
Available at green grass facilities in the Carolinas, with groups composed of at least 10 individual members enrolling to use GHIN® services and receive a Handicap Index® issued by the USGA®.
- Your members’ Handicap Index® under the World Handicap System™ (WHS™), administered by the United States Golf Association® (USGA®) through the Golf Handicap Information Network® (GHIN®)
- Golf Genius Tournament Management™ Club software and support for clubs to manage all levels of play
- Rating services, handicap education, and Handicap Committee support
- Rules of Golf education and support
- Agronomy services, supported by decades of experience in turfgrass management, research, and golf course operations
Associate CGA Club Membership:
Designed for green grass courses that don't have a formal membership program and don't already have a handicap service in place. Main benefits include official World Handicap System Course and Slope Slope Rating™.
Create Your Own Club
One of our favorite things about the game is how it brings people together. Every group deserves a place to call home. With 10 or more golfers, your group can create a CGA Affiliate Club for use of GHIN® services and tournament management software.
An individual can start a club with groups of friends, co-workers, family members, or even strangers, as long as the club provides a regular opportunity for members to play together and offers at least one club-sponsored event for members to participate in.
Our Affiliate Club membership option covers clubs that aren’t directly connected to a traditional physical golf course, country club, or practice facility.
Affiliate CGA Club Membership:
Available to clubs without a green grass facility, composed of at least 10 individual members enrolling to use GHIN® services and receive a Handicap Index® issued by the USGA®.
- Affiliate clubs can be formed through other organizations, such as businesses, fraternal groups, clubs, etc. They can also be formed as new organizations through advertising, recruitment, etc.
- An individual can start a club with friends, co-workers, family members, or even strangers, as long as the club provides a regular opportunity for members to play and offers at least one club-sponsored event for members to participate in.
- You’ll need to establish a volunteer Handicap Committee and provide some basic information about the group.
A CGA Member Club gives your golfers a Handicap Index®, a foundation for fair competition, and a stronger connection to the Carolinas golf community. You keep your tee times, traditions, and group dynamics entirely your own. Your club also benefits from access to Golf Genius™ Club to manage all levels of play.
Still Have Questions?
NOTE: Regular and Affiliate Clubs must meet the definition of a Golf Club. A Golf Club, which may or may not be associated with a golf course or facility, is a group of at least ten active individual members on the handicap roster. A Golf Club must have a Handicap Committee to supervise golf activities, provide peer review, and apply and maintain the integrity of the Rules of Handicapping. Members of a Golf Club should have a reasonable and regular opportunity to play golf with each other and reside in geographic proximity to facilitate this, with members generally within a 100-mile radius of the principal location of the Golf Club.