Mission Statement
MISSION STATEMENT
PACIFIC WOMEN’ S GOLF ASSOCIATION, INC. Pacific Women’ s Golf Association, we are not just playing a-round!
Mission Statement
PWGA supports women amateur golfers on the public courses in Northern California. In addition to supporting several benevolent projects, we provide educational, competitive, and social opportunities for our members.
The Pacific Women’ s Golf Association was organized in 1947 by Founder and Honorary President, Helen Lengfeld, to promote the best interest of amateur golf for women.
The Pacific Women’ s Golf Association( PWGA) is authorized by the USGA to provide handicaps for members and course ratings according to the Obstacle Rating Method. All PWGA clubs and members are required to follow the USGA Rules of Golf.
The PWGA membership is divided into 7 geographical areas in Northern California. Each area has an elected Director and Board. Each individual club in the membership has a minimum of 10 members, a Captain / President, a Handicap Chairperson and a PWGA Representative.
There are approximately 6 Executive Board meetings a year. The minutes may be accessed on the PWGA Website at www. golfpwga. org.
Any questions or concerns you have should be directed first to the appropriate person in your club, then to your Area Director or the Board member handling that particular matter. A complete roster of the Executive Board members( pages 7-8) and the Seven Area Boards( pages 23-28) is included in this handbook.
Five Major Tournaments for 18 hole clubs and two Major Tournaments for 9 hole clubs are sponsored by PWGA each year as well as the Area Team Play Qualifying and the Team Play Championship. Tournaments / member playdays are also held in each of the seven Areas where Winners Circle medals are presented for accumulated low gross and low net points.
The services of PWGA will be discussed on the following pages. Please retain this handbook as a reference tool and directory of member clubs for the year 2017.
The Board of Directors wishes all our members a great golfing year and pledges to make service to the game of golf our primary goal. We look forward to seeing you at our workshops, playdays and tournaments. www. GOLFPWGA. org 5 2017 PWGA Member Handbook