Benefits of IGA Membership Booklet

Distinct from the Handicap System administration, the IGA also provides the best in Handicap Computation Services to its member clubs. This computation service is how the IGA tracks individual membership in the association. Anyone who is signed up through the GHIN roster is an individual member of the IGA. GHIN® Through our vendor the Golf Handicap Information Network (GHIN, a USGA Service) the IGA provides the finest computation software available. GHIN is the world’s largest computer handicap provider with over 13,000 clubs and 2.3 million golfers on the network. GHP TM The GHIN Handicap Program is the most widely used handicapping program in the world and is fully integrated with USGA Tournament Management TM . A customizable and integrated score entry screen delivers flexibility to make the process of posting scores easy and informative. An extremely powerful and versatile report generator gives the user control over Handicap Reports, Handicap Index stickers and much more, even allowing the insertion of the club logo on the reports! USGA TOURNAMENT MANAGEMENT TM USGA Tournament Management (TM) is in use at over 7,500 golf clubs nationwide. The software provides all the tools needed by the golf shop at a private club or public facility to set up and run member events, leagues and outings. It substantially reduces the workload in the golf shop and provides best-in-class printed materials including fully customizable scorecards, cart signs, bag tags, locker labels, tee sheets, alpha lists, etc. This valuable program is provided free of charge to IGAMember Clubs. SEMINARS The IGA conducts seminars to assist club officials and representatives in the use of the GHIN Handicap Program (GHP TM ) and its affiliated software, the USGA Tournament Management (TM). GHIN.COM & eREVISIONS Players can receive a report of their handicap revision via email by signing up at the IGAwebsite or at GHIN. com. More than just a number, an eRevision is a detailed representation of all of the scores that were part of the new evaluation. eRevisions also include a brief summary of recent news items from the IGA. eGOLFER TM eGolfer is an application at GHIN.com that enables individuals to not only track scoring history, but statistics such as fairways hit, number of putts, penalty shots and driving distance. Once statistics are entered you can run a variety of reports showing you how you score on par 4’s versus par 3’s or how many putts you average per green in regulation. HANDICAP INDEX COMPUTATION & USGA SOFTWARE 10 | BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP