About the SCGA

The Southern California Golf Association is one of the oldest and largest regional golf associations in the United States with more than 160,000 members throughout Southern California.

As the principal ruling body for the game of amateur golf in Southern California, the SCGA:

• administers a computerized, United States Golf Association-approved handicapping system for more than 170,000 men and women at the SCGA's member clubs;
• has implemented an all-electronic handicapping system in use at all Southern California Golf Courses;
• measures and provides USGA-approved course and Slope ratings at over 400 golf courses in its region;
• conducts Southern California's major amateur golf championships; conducts regional qualifying for USGA championships;
• conducts jointly with the Northern California Golf Association the annual California Amateur Championship each June on the Monterey Peninsula;
• owns and operates The SCGA Golf Course in Murrieta;
• provides a wide variety of services to member clubs and individuals;
• works tirelessly to promote the game of golf throughout its region and the state.

Currently the SCGA has more than 1200 member clubs throughout Southern California and extending south into Baja California (the SCGA's northern boundary is San Luis Obispo and Kern County). Nearly half of those clubs are connected with golf courses, including all private clubs in the region, and nearly all of the semiprivate, resort, and public golf courses in Southern California.

The balance of the SCGA clubs are affiliate clubs: organizations not connected with a golf course but, instead, groups of people who band together out of a mutual love for the game of golf.

Size alone doesn't assure a successful association. The SCGA uses volunteer directors representing all regions of Southern California; hundreds of volunteer committeemen; and a professional office staff of 25 to carry on a wide spectrum of activities, each designed to serve member clubs and the people who belong to those clubs, and to promote the game of golf.

For detailed information on the many benefits and services of membership, as well as to find out how you can become a part of this exciting, vital organization, make sure to visit the membership section of our internet site.