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Although the AGA is managed by staff, we are heavily dependent on volunteers. The success of our member programs is dependent upon individuals willing to volunteer their time to help make them happen. The common denominator of all AGA volunteers is the simple desire to give something back to the game that they love. Whether you have a lot of time to give or just a few hours a month, we would love to have you involved.
Club Delegates
The AGA Club Delegate Program is an on-going effort to improve communication between the AGA and its members.
- Responsibilities
- Delegates are asked to:
- Serve as the communication link between the AGA and the club.
- Notify AGA of club officer changes via the club officer form or email.
- Access the latest information via the AGA website by logging in and clicking on the "delegates" link under "my committees" on their membership home page.
- Disseminate AGA information to club members.
- Elect executive committee members at the fall meeting.
- Appoint new governors at the spring meeting.
- Contact AGA if course computers are in disrepair or aren't functioning properly.
- Contact AGA with any questions, ideas or concerns.
- Requirements
- Delegates should:
- Be a year-round resident.
- Be well connected at their club.
- Be attuned to club programs and goals.
- Have a genuine desire to serve the game of golf.
- Have a committed interest in the well-being of their club.
- Be willing to attend the spring and fall meetings, as well as one delegate meeting each year.
- Term
- Preferably 2 years - Clubs are free to select another delegate if the original choice cannot fulfill the complete term. Delegates are also welcome to serve longer than two years.
Volunteer Opportunities Available
The majority of opportunities to volunteer can be found in Tournament Operations, Course Rating and Measuring, and Handicapping. A basic outline of each department is shown here.
- Tournament Operations
- The AGA tournament schedule consists of approximately 50 tournaments, including AGA open and divisional events, USGA Qualifying Rounds, Collegiate and NCAA events. Although an AGA staff member is in charge of the events, the successful and professional conduct of AGA tournaments is largely the result of a strong core of tournament volunteers. Areas of volunteer opportunities include:
- Site Captain - Volunteers are supervised on each Tournament day by a volunteer site captain. Site Captains assist the AGA Staff with various responsibilities including on-course assignments, radio and golf cart checkout, distribution of all event paper work and coordination of the food and beverage account.
- Starters - Volunteers who are responsible for starting players on the course and providing player information at the beginning of play.
- Scorers - Volunteers who take scorecards, compile results, assist in posting scores on the scoreboard and to the tournament software.
- Rules Officials - Individuals who have demonstrated a working knowledge of the Rules of Golf are encouraged to share that special expertise in assisting with officiating at AGA and USGA events.
- Pace of Play Timers - Volunteers who monitor the pace of play at various checkpoints on the golf course.
- Spotters/Fore Caddies - Volunteers who assist players in locating their golf ball and who call officials when a group is in need of a ruling.
Individuals interested in volunteering to assist at AGA tournaments should contact Courtney Gierach via email or call the AGA office at 800-458-8484.
- Course Rating
- The AGA course rating teams visit 60 - 75 golf courses per year. This program is vitally important to the integrity of the handicap system since the entire system revolves around accurate USGA Course and Slope ratings. Individuals who would like to serve as a course rater receive training before becoming part of a rating team.
Volunteer raters work one to four days monthly, usually mid-week to avoid crowded courses, in groups of four or more. Course rating consists of quantifying the difficulty of each hole on fourteen different factors for both Scratch (0 handicap) and Bogey (18 handicap for men) players. The team is attempting to predict the scoring of a scratch player and a bogey player. The difference between the two creates the Slope rating--the larger that difference, the higher the Slope.
Rating requires the ability to recognize how various golf course design features affect the play of both good and average players, all the while following the directives of the system without allowing personal inclinations to interfere with judgments. The successful course raters are analytical by nature and enjoy working with numbers.
Anyone interested in learning more about rating golf courses should contact Derek McKenzie via email or by call the AGA office at 800-458-8484.
- Course Measuring
- Course Measuring Volunteers assist in measuring golf courses from teeing grounds to green surfaces in preparation for the course rating team to accurately determine the USGA Course and Slope Ratings. Upon the request of members clubs, we also measure for yardage markers, such as sprinkler heads, 100, 150 and 200 yardage markers, and from other prominent course features. For the past several years, the AGA has been using a Global Positioning System (GPS) to measure golf courses. The AGA was the first association in the world to utilize this latest technology!
Anyone interested in volunteering to assist with course measuring should contact Derek McKenzie via email or call the AGA office at 800-458-8484.
- Handicapping
- The AGA and the AWGA have entered into a joint venture to provide our members with a state of the art handicap service referred to as the Arizona Handicap Network. The Handicap Committee is made up of current or past Handicap Chairmen of member clubs. The role of the Handicap Committee is to--
- Review the activities of member clubs to be sure the integrity of the USGA Handicap System is being maintained and the USGA Handicap System licensing requirements are being met.
- Monitor the software provided to member clubs and suggest and review recommendations for improvements and additional supplementary service offerings. The Handicap Committee is made up of selected current or past Handicap Chairs of AGA member clubs.
Anyone interested in volunteering to sit on the Handicap Committee should contact Diane Coolidge via email or call the AGA office at 800-458-8484.
- Media and Website
- The AGA communicates with members and other interested golfers through a variety of methods. Among them are the AGA's magazine, Arizona The State of Golf; an annual directory of golf courses sent to members and available through the AGA Office; the Association's website, azgolf.org; and a variety of e-newsletters and mailings targeting various committee and member activities. Volunteer opportunities include --
- Editor/Reporter - Individuals are sought who are willing to work with staff to create and critique media efforts
- Governmental Affairs - Volunteers follow developments in legislative and regulatory proposals, preparing documents and articles to share with members and the public through the various Association communiqués.
- Club Activities - Members are encouraged to report club activities from holes-in-one and champions, as well as honors, awards and other club news of interest to the general public for inclusion in "Arizona, The State of Golf", and other media outlets.
- General Office
- The AGA occasionally requests volunteer assistance at the office for administrative help with large projects. Assistance of this nature may include database input, filing, large mailings, contacting clubs to update information, and other duties associated with the services and benefits of the AGA.
Anyone interested in volunteering to assist in the AGA office should contact Ginger Monroy via email or call the AGA office at 800-458-8484.
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