Member Club Benefits with GHIN® Handicap Services
 
National Network Utilizing GHIN gives your club and its members access to more than 14,500 clubs with more than 2.5 million golfers. Your club can inquire at any time to obtain the most current USGA Handicap Index® for any golfer in the network.
Convenience Your members can post their scores at any GHIN® club in the nation and scores will be promptly routed back to their Carolinas home club. In addition, our associations subscribe to the International Golf Network (IGN). Through IGN, GHIN® is able to retrieve scores posted by non-GHIN® golf associations and route those scores back to their home Carolinas club(s).
Accurate The GHIN® service follows the rules of the USGA Handicap System, and the requirements for golf associations and licensed golf clubs to issue USGA Handicap Indexes®.
Consistency All Handicap Indexes® are calculated using exactly the same formulas, and handicap revisions occur simultaneously for all clubs throughout the state without separate club staff intervention.
Stability The GHIN® service is a product of the USGA, which was formed in 1894 as the centralizing body for golf. The USGA Handicap System celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2011. The CGA has been in existence since 1909; the SCGA since 1929 and the WSCGA was founded in 1949. There is no question that the USGA, GHIN® , and the Carolinas Associations will be around in the future.
Development The GHIN® service invests significant resources every year in creating new features and technology requested by participating clubs and golf associations. Participating golf associations nationwide meet annually at the GHIN® Users’ Meeting to provide recommendations and advice regarding the service.
Flexibility The three golf associations for the Carolinas (CGA, SCGA & WSCGA) work with your club to set up and configure GHIN® however it will work best for your club and its members. The GHP™ software offers custom member score posting – choose how you want to display information, scores, output data, and much more.
Management The Tournament Pairing Program (TPP®) is included FREE with GHIN® , and helps club staff to professionally manage club events and tournaments. Create pairings, flights, teams, print cart signs, scorecards and more.
Protection All of your member scores are saved on the GHIN® Server, acting as an automatic backup to the data on your club’s PC, so that none of your data will be lost.
Service Your golf association will help your club plan for GHIN® start-up and stand by your Handicap Committee through seminars and workshops on GHIN®, as well as on handicapping procedures in general.
Technical Support FREE for all software in the GHIN® suite of products. Remote access support via LogMeIn® Central software. Support is available by e-mail at ghinsupport or by phone at (910) 687-4040.
Upgrades All software upgrades are downloadable free of charge.
Control The GHP™ software provides reports and monitoring tools to oversee members’ posting and their resulting Handicap Indexes®. The golf association similarly assists in handicap oversight of their member clubs. As a result, GHIN® clubs can participate with confidence in interclub tournaments.
Revenue Member clubs are eligible to host CGA, SCGA and WSCGA events, which can generate additional revenue for the club.
If you have more questions about the services and opportunities that come with Association Membership and GHIN®, contact Tiffany Priest, Director of Member Services for the CGA at (910) 673-1000 or via e-mail and she will assist you!

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