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EWGA AT A GLANCE

• The EWGA is a Florida not-for-profit 501(c)(6) corporation serving an international membership. The EWGA exists to provide opportunities for women to learn, play and enjoy the game of golf for business and for life.

• Since 1991, the EWGA has touched the lives of over 85,000 women. This not-for-profit membership association currently has nearly 20,000 members in over 120 chapters throughout the United States, along with international Chapters in Canada and France, offering a wide range of organized golf activities, player development and education programs, volunteer, social and networking opportunities for both novice and experienced golfers.

• The EWGA is dedicated to inclusiveness and diversity in its membership and seeks to provide timely, valued benefits and services to EWGA members to promote the growth of women's golf. The EWGA also serves as an advocate for positive change on issues of importance to women golfers.

• EWGA members love their organization. In the 2007 member satisfaction survey, members gave the EWGA an 84% satisfaction rating.

• Benefits that have great value to EWGA members include: access to organized, convenient golf; the ability to simply show up and play every week during the season; and participation in a fun environment.

• EWGA members typically belong to a local Chapter, in addition to the Association. The average size of a local Chapter is 154 members.

• Chapters are governed by a Board of Directors that consists of five officers and appointed Chairs of standing committees. Chapters are organized into 12 sections, with each section represented by a Section Director. Section Directors are key volunteer leaders who serve as liaisons between the Association and the individual Chapters of EWGA.

• EWGA Chapter activities typically include: an annual "kick off" event; 2 to 3 major tournaments; weekly ‘after work' 9-hole league play; business networking and social functions; weekend golf outings; golf rules and etiquette seminars; education programs; a Chapter Championship (the qualifying event in the EWGA Championship); charity fundraising events; and volunteer installation and recognition events.

• The EWGA Championship is the largest women's amateur golf tournament in the United States and the only one that has flights designed for players of all skill levels.  The EWGA Championship is held annually in the Fall. Participants are required to have a USGA approved handicap index. Two separate competitions are held: for individual stroke play in five flights based on handicap at time of entry and a 4-woman scramble team competition based on a team handicap. Participants begin competition at their local Chapter Championships, with the winners of each of 15 Districts advancing to the Championship Finals. In 2007, over 2,400 women participated in the EWGA Championship tournament.

• An all-volunteer Board of Directors, comprised of experienced Chapter/Section leaders, golf industry representatives from the LPGA, USGA, PGA of America, as well as golf professionals, governs the Association. All are members of the EWGA. Chief Executive Officer Pam Swensen, serves as an ex-oficio member of the Board of Directors and manages EWGA operations from its headquarters in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.