The MGA was a network to relay important information and provide unique services to MGA member clubs. Today, while golf is experiencing tremendous growth in Minnesota, the MGA continues to assist its more than 380 member clubs. And as golf advances, the MGA's services reflect the complex and expansive needs of its member clubs. The most extensively used of these MGA services is the course rating program. Course rating ensures that each golf course is fairly evaluated within U.S. Golf Association course and slope rating guidelines.
Proper evaluation guarantees that every MGA handicap is accurately and consistently calculated.
The MGA course rating team re-rates and measures every MGA member club on a regular basis. For each club's golfers, the MGA offers Associate Memberships. MGA Associate Members use the MGA's handicapping service, receive MGA publications and have the opportunity to compete in MGA championships. The Associate Membership Program is essential because those dues finance most of the MGA's services. Currently 1.6 million golfers nationwide use the GHIN system.