A committee of interested golfers from around the state formed the Georgia State Golf Association in 1916 following the first Georgia Amateur Championship. According to early records, the primary purpose of founding the Association was to conduct a state amateur championship. A 14-year-old Atlantan named Bobby Jones captured that first Georgia Amateur at Capital City Club in Atlanta. The GSGA was incorporated in 1924 and was managed solely by volunteers over the next five decades. Among its milestones, the GSGA began supporting turfgrass research in 1959, rating courses in 1961, added the Junior Championship in 1966 and began administering the handicap system in 1972 before adding its first full-time staff director in 1973. The following decades saw extensive growth in members, volunteers, staff and services as the GSGA expanded its competitions program to include 18 statewide events and four interstate matches, computerized the handicap system, formalized the course rating program, established a charitable foundation, started publishing Golf Georgia magazine and began managing the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame.
Hannah Mae Deems
Hannah Mae Deems completed a 3-month Summer Interhnship with the GSGA. She is currently a senior at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia and will graduate with a BBA in Sports Marketing and Analytics with minors in Psychology and Marketing. Deems is the President of the Sports Marketing and Analytics Club and an active member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Deems will leave as one of the most dominant players in the history of Mercer Women’s Golf. She made the 2017 All-Southern Conference Team and won the 2017 GSGA Women’s Match Play Championship.
Miller McCachern
Miller McCachern is currently a 6-month P.J. Boatwright Intern with the GSGA. He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.S. in Sport and Entertainment Management and a minor in Business Administration. While at USC, he served as Vice President of Club Golf. McCachern previosuly completed a P.J. Boatwright Internship with the Texas Golf Association. His favortie part of golf administration is being able to travel across the state and see all of the amazing courses the state has to offer while meeting different players, staff and volunteers.
Ket Preamchuen
Ket Preamchuen is currently a 6-month P.J. Boatwright Intern with the GSGA. She was a four-year standout for the Owls Women's Golf Team and established herself as one of the top players in program history. After graduating, Preamchuen spent two years as the women's golf assistant coach at Kennesaw State. She has previously completed an internship with the American Junior Golf Association. Preamchuen enjoys interacting with GSGA members and has a tremendous passion for growing the game.
The following clubs will allow members to renew online through the GSGA's Join Online application:
Important Note: When you are renewing your GHIN number, be sure to answer "yes" to the question on the form that asks "Have you had a GHIN number during the past two years?" You will then have an opportunity to enter your existing GHIN number, so you are not assigned a new one.
GSGA eClub Albany
GSGA eClub Alpharetta
GSGA eClub Athens
GSGA eClub Atlanta
GSGA eClub Augusta
GSGA eClub Blairsville
GSGA eClub Canton
GSGA eClub Carrollton
GSGA eClub Columbus
GSGA eClub Dalton
GSGA eClub Duluth
GSGA eClub Macon
GSGA eClub Perry
GSGA eClub Savannah
GSGA eClub Valdosta
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to experience The Open Championship in person? Here's your opportunity to check it out!
As an exclusive GSGA benefit, members and guests can experience the 2018 Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links.
This weeklong trip (July 18-26, 2018) includes tickets to the second round and final round of The Open Championship, six rounds of golf at some of Scotland's best courses and five-star accommodations at the Fairmont St. Andrews and Gleneagles Resort.
Golfers will enjoy playing Kingsbarns Golf Links, Castle Course, the PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles (host of the 2014 Ryder Cup) as well as the opportunity to play the most famous course in the world, the Old Course.
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What is Play9?
Host Club | Date/Time | Register |
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Any questions?
678-324-5973 or membership@gsga.org
Charlie Barton Robert J. Flynn Endowed Georgia Southern Univ.; Pinetree Country Club |
Madeline Black J. Lawrence Connolly Endowed Loyola Univ. Chicago; Cherokee T&CC |
William Bradley Clemson Univ.; Wilmington Island Club |
Meghan Bramblett Pete Cox Endowed Coastal Carolina Univ.; Hamilton Mill GC |
Julianna Collett Georgia Southern Univ.; Sea Island Golf Club |
Caleb Cox Barnsley Resort Named Georgia NW Tech College; Coosa Country Club |
Hannah Gasaway Morris & Carol Boyer Endowed Dalton State Univ.; Eagle's Brooke CC |
Parker Gordy Billy Peters Endowed Georgia Tech; Lost Plantation GC |
Landon Kell Georgia Southern Univ.; The Chimneys Golf Course |
Cyril Longmene Boone Aiken Knox Endowed Georgia College & State Univ.; Augusta National GC |
Jacob McWhorter Reinhardt College; City Club Marietta |
Emily Olsson Georgia Southern Univ.; GSU Golf Course |
Diane Orabueze Caryl Paller Endowed Georgia State Univ.; Cherokee T&CC |
Elizabeth Swett Univ. of Georgia; TPC Sugarloaf |
Hollis Veal Auburn Univ.; Sea Island Golf Club |
Holly Vlach Samford Univ.; TPC Sugarloaf |
Briana Walton Young Harris College; Hamilton Mill Golf Club |
Casey Wofford P. Dan Yates, Jr., Endowed Univ. of Georgia; Country Club of Roswell |