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“Join the IGA Online” Homepage (for golfers): iowagolf.org/onlinemembership
“Join the IGA Online” button – generic: click here
IMPORTANT – PLEASE DON’T INACTIVATE ONLINE MEMBERS. The IGA manages these golfers. Instruction for inactivating golfers: click here

Benefits of IGA Individual Membership

World Handicap Index® from GHIN®
Eligibility to participate in IGA Championships and Player of the Year races
Eligible to participate in “IGA Member Play Days”. The IGA is pleased to organize the opportunity for our members to play these courses which are not normally available to the public. The fee varies for each day but each time is less than the normal guest fee. These play days are not formal competitions and are open exclusively to IGA Members.
eNewsletter – Your World Handicap Index™ and amateur golf news emailed to you twice a month
Online Score Posting
Free IGA/GHIN mobile app for easy score posting and stat tracking
A digital copy of the IGA’s annual Yearbook
Hole-in-one recognition and certificates
Discounted travel perks – Save up to 70% on hotels, concert, sporting event, theatre tickets through Affinity Travel Benefits (click here)
Exclusive member discounts
Satisfaction of supporting the game of golf in Iowa

How the Program Works

Golfers register and pay the IGA online: Golfers will pay $42 to the IGA using a credit card when they register online. We will retain an $8 administration fee per transaction and your course will receive a $12 rebate for each golfer that registers. This rebate comes in the form of a check at the end of the year (November 2023).
IGA adds golfers to GHIN: The IGA will add the registered golfers to your GHIN roster in the O-Online Membership Code (MC) category. This code will be added to your course by the IGA to keep it separate from your other golfers. These golfers will be fully managed by the IGA – courses should not make changes to this service.
IGA inactivates golfer: The IGA will inactivate all golfers in MC O-Online on March 15, 2024. Courses will not be responsible for maintaining these golfers.
Club will pick up the new golfer’s information: Added golfers show up in your GHIN roster. You will be able to use their contact information to introduce them to different events and leagues at your club.

Benefits for Participating Member Clubs

The course receives $12 per golfer that joins the IGA online and selects your course as their home course. This will come in the form of a check paid out in November of 2023. For example, if 25 golfers join through your course, you will receive a check for $300 (25 x $12).
Statistics prove that golfers that associate themselves with a particular course become loyal customers and spend their money at that course. The course will pick up new and loyal customers.
The course will have access to address and email address information of these golfers to use for any discount or promotional programs that you offer.
All maintenance is done by the IGA. Golf course staff is not responsible or asked to do anything, except accept a rebate check at the end of the year.

At the end of the 2023 season we distributed over $11,000 in the form of rebates to our participating member clubs.

“A few years ago we decided to solely utilize the online registration offering from IGA. It has simplified the process as we have trained our customers to go online and complete their annual GHIN handicap.” – Trevis Manning, The Legacy GC

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