The Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) is an association of member golf clubs, governed by amateur golfers, dedicated to serving the best interests of golf in the Pacific Northwest. Since 1899, the PNGA, through its many volunteers, has made a difference in the game, by preserving its history and traditions, by investing in its future, and by offering high-quality membership services.
Historically, the PNGA has served as the regional representative of the United States Golf Association and as the trans-regional organization for state and provincial amateur golf associations in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Alberta, and British Columbia.

Over 500 golf clubs and 175,000 golfers – both men and women – currently enjoy the many benefits derived from membership in the PNGA.

As a member club of the PNGA, all of your members are eligible to compete in PNGA championships.
Each year, the PNGA conducts 13, major, regional, amateur championships for men, women, juniors, and seniors throughout the Northwest. PNGA championships are recognized as among the finest amateur events in North America. Each has a long and unique history with some of the greatest names in golf as past champions, including JoAnne (Gunderson) Carner, Mary Budke, Fred Couples, and Tiger Woods, to name just a few.
As a member, your club will automatically be sent a supply of entry forms for each championship in the spring of each year. PNGA members may also enter on-line through this web site by clicking here.

Men’s Amateur Championship (1899)
Women’s Amateur Championship (1899)
Junior Boys’ Championship (1955)
Junior Girls’ Championship (1956)
Senior Men’s Amateur Championship (1965)
Men’s Master-40 Amateur Championship (1976)
Senior Men’s Team Championship (1983)
Senior Women’s Team Championship (1983)
Men’s Amateur Public Links Championship (1984)
Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship (1985)
Senior Women’s Amateur Championship (1986)
Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship (1998)
Senior Men’s Amateur Public Links Championship (1998)

As a member club, each of your members have the opportunity to receive a copy of the PNGA’s upscale, glossy magazine, entitled Pacific Northwest Golfer, as a membership benefit. Four issues (quarterly) will be mailed directly to the homes or offices of your individual members each year.
To receive this outstanding publication chronicling golf activities throughout the Northwest, all your club would have to do is supply the PNGA office with a copy of a list or roster of your regular golfing members’ addresses. If your club is part of GHIN, a USGA Service, all that has to be done is to maintain your members’ addresses directly through your club’s computer. The PNGA pledges to only use these addresses for the specific purpose of mailing our magazine and will not sell or distribute them for any other purpose. A written guarantee of this can be provided upon request.

You will also receive a copy of our popular and comprehensive Pacific Northwest Golf Association Tournament Poster Schedule. It lists all major amateur and professional events of interest to Northwest golfers as well as various club events in which your members may be interested in participating.

The PNGA maintains this state-of-the-art web site, which contains information and news about the activities of the PNGA. Through the PNGA Web site, members can instantaneously enter PNGA championships and take advantage of numerous membership benefits and golf related discounts.

The PNGA partners each year with the Pacific Northwest Section of the PGA to conduct the region’s finest consumer golf show with more than 10,000 golfers attending each spring to try the latest equipment, purchase the finest in golf merchandise at discount prices, get tips from local teaching professionals, participate in interactive games and contests, as well as learn about world-class resorts and destination spots.

Working closely with the Idaho, Oregon, and Washington golf associations, the PNGA serves as the administrative headquarters for the Evans Caddie Scholarship Program in the Northwest. Since the PNGA established the program in the region in 1948, more than 600 young men and women caddies from Northwest clubs, who have had excellent grades and a financial need, have attended major Northwest universities on a four-year, full tuition and housing scholarship, which is currently valued between $25,000-$30,000, depending on the university. Presently, there are approximately 75 Evans Scholars attending Northwest universities.
The PNGA also coordinates a significant fundraising initiative throughout the region to support our Scholars. Along with Par Club, Bag Tag, and other special contributions, the PNGA works closely with the state associations to conduct three “Evans Cup” fundraising tournaments each year. In 2000, these three events raised almost $250,000 for Northwest Evans Scholars.

In 1967, largely under the guidance of PNGA Past President, Carl Jonson, the PNGA played a key role in creating the Pacific Coast Golf Association (PCGA). Each year, the PCGA conducts one of North America’s premier amateur competitions, the Pacific Coast Amateur Championship. The PNGA and it Trustees to the PCGA annually selects a team of three players who compete in the Championship.
The PCGA’s original mission was to conduct a golf championship of excellence where amateurs from the western United States could showcase their skills to facilitate their selection to America’s prestigious Walker Cup team. The first Pacific Coast Amateur Championship in 1967 was sponsored by the PNGA and was held at the historic Seattle Golf Club, in Seattle, Washington. Today, the PCGA is comprised of Trustees and Executive Directors from 17 member amateur golf associations from North America and the Pacific Rim. The administrative headquarters for the PCGA is housed within the Seattle offices of the PNGA and Washington State Golf Association.

Every other year, the PNGA hosts representatives from each state and provincial amateur golf association in the Northwest and conducts a Course and Slope Rating calibration seminar to assist in ensuring standardized ratings throughout the region.
The PNGA is fortunate to have one individual on staff, among only a handful in North America, who are recognized by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as “Master Course Raters.”

The PNGA administers the Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame and conducts induction ceremonies every other year recognizing outstanding Northwest golfers who have made extraordinary contributions to the game. Memorabilia from the PNGA’s past is displayed at Association headquarters and information about golf’s past in the Northwest can be accessed by PNGA members through Association resources.

Every year, the PNGA Championship Committee reviews the competitive records of players from throughout the region and recognizes the individuals who have compiled the most outstanding accomplishments and awards them the Pacific Northwest Player of the Year Award. One individual in each of the following categories is recognized: Men, Women, Senior men, Senior Women, Junior Boys, Junior Girls.

Every year, a Committee comprised of all living PNGA Past Presidents selects a recipient(s) of the PNGA Distinguished Service Award in recognition of meritorious service to amateur golf, not necessarily as a competitive player. Along with induction into the PNGA Hall of Fame, this prestigious award is considered the Association’s highest honor.

In an effort to foster goodwill with the various media representatives and outlets in the Northwest, the PNGA houses the administrative affairs of the Northwest Golf Media Association (NWGMA).
The NWGMA disseminates pertinent and timely golf related information and stories to media throughout the region. The Association holds quarterly Board of Director meetings and an annual championship. It also presents an annual Distinguished Service Award to members of the media who have made significant contributions in reporting and promoting game.

Through unique partnerships and “co-branding opportunities,” the PNGA will, from time to time, make available to its members, various golf related discounts and benefits. This may include such things as travel discounts to the opportunity to purchase a product or service at a special price. These discounts and benefits will be promoted in Pacific Northwest Golfer magazine, on the PNGA’s Web site, and through various notices and announcements.

By making a contribution to the PNGA Patrons of Golf program, you can make an investment in the future of the association and it's many worthwhile programs, including the PNGA championships, Pacific Northwest Golfer magazine, the PNGA Hall of Fame, and the development of a building fund for Northwest Golf House, the future home of the PNGA. Your contribution will also benefit the PNGA's golf-related charities such as the Evans Scholarship program, junior golf, and turfgrass research. At the same time, you will also receive some great benefits, and a tax deduction!

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As a member of the PNGA, your club is entitled to 3 Club Representatives, one (1) of which must be a woman. Your Club Representatives have full voting rights and elect the Association’s 20 member Board of Directors. Club Representatives have the opportunity to formulate Association policy and attend PNGA meetings and seminars. Most importantly, they serve as your club’s liaison to the PNGA, making sure important information is disseminated and posted at your club, while also ensuring that the PNGA is aware of your club’s stand on important issues and how the PNGA might provide better service.
As a 501(c)3 charitable amateur golf association, unreimbursed contributions made by the volunteer PNGA Club Representatives to assist the Association with its activities, may be deductible for federal income tax purposes (U.S. residents only).

Through membership in the PNGA, your club, and its members have the satisfaction of knowing they are assisting the PNGA administer and support important programs and charities, which benefit the game of golf throughout the region such as:

* Support of Turfgrass Research efforts at Northwest universities
* Support of Junior Golf Development
* Support of the Evans Scholarship Program at Northwest universities
* The creation of Northwest Golf House, a permanent home for the PNGA and it history