Membership Requirements
- Must be age 50 by date of final tournament of the year
- Must have a love of golf
- Must have amateur status
- Must enjoy playing on premium golf courses
- Must enjoy playing competitive tournament golf under USGA rules
- Must enjoy camaraderie with friends on the golf course
- Must have World Handicap System (WHS)
handicap to play in MSGA Tournaments *
* WHS service available from MSGA (See Cost of Membership section below)
Event Information
- Ten (10) tournaments per season played at top-rated public, private and resort golf courses
- GPS distance measuring devices are allowed for all tournaments.
- GPS distance measuring devices are allowed for all tournaments.
- Nine (9) tournaments played as Individual Medal Play tournaments
- All flights handicapped
- Three (3) sets of tees at approximately 5100, 5600 and 6100 yards are available for players to choose
- To play 5100 tees, players must have a handicap index plus age of 85+
- Each set of tees has two (2) flights
- Entry fee for each event varies based on contracted costs
- Entry fee includes:
- 18 Holes of golf with cart (GPS if available)
- Use of practice range/green
- Lunch (unless noted) or lunch and dinner for final event
- Awards fund
- Awards for Low Gross (1) and Low Net (3-6) for each flight depending on number of players
- Net Skins game for each flight
- Closest-to-the-Pin contests (separate awards for each tee set)
- Hole-in-One contest (all flights combined)
- Start times:
- Shotgun Start: 12:00 noon (CT) / 1:00 pm (ET) – (Unless noted)
- Lunch: 10:30 am (CT) / 11:30 am (ET) – (Unless noted)
- One (1) event played as Two-Man Best Ball Match-Play Championship played over two days
- Flights determined by team handicap
- Handicaps set by tees played – Players play their regular tees
- Flight winners compete in shootout to determine MSGA Championship
- See MSGA Championship tab for details
Cost of Membership
Application Fee – $25 (waived for new members for 2025 season)
Annual Dues – $75 (payable with your application)
Annual Handicap Fee – $40 (only for players using the MSGA/Blue Golf system which is compliant with USGA and WHS handicap requirements)
- The MSGA requires a World Handicap System (WHS) handicap to play in MSGA Tournaments.
- If your handicap is with a Golf Club/Country Club that is a member of the WHS, you may use that handicap.
- If you do not have a WHS handicap, the MSGA provides a handicap service as an Associate Member of the Blue Golf System known as the MSGA/Blue Golf system.
- The cost of MSGA/Blue Golf membership is $40 per year (payable to the MSGA).
