What your NBGA and Golf Canada dues are used for:
- On-going costs of the two non-profit organizations that are run by golfers, for golfers
- Development of the game, including the National Golf in Schools Program (Centennial Elementary is a participating school)
- Golf Fore the Cure, which encourages women to start playing golf, while also fundraising for the Canadian Cancer Society
- Maintenance of the rules system, handicapping system, course rating system and amateur status system
- CN Future Links (Canada’s national junior golf program) – our club will be using some of their programs for our juniors this year (Junior League and Junior Skills Challenge)
- Provincial and National Championships (Junior, Amateur, Senior and Professional)
- Lobbying the government on behalf of golfers across the county for things like tax credits, changes to tax laws and government funding
- Junior Player Development Program – In 2011, 2 local juniors were selected for this program
Benefits that you can receive for being a Golf Canada member:
- Exclusive RBC Canadian Open and CN Canadian Women’s Open ticket offers
- Chance at prizes that are awarded during the Golf Canada card activation contest
- Golf travel offers and discounts
- Preferred home and auto insurance rates through RBC insurance
- Complimentary subscription and delivery of Golf Canada magazine
- Access to the member area of golfcanada.ca to maintain your handicap and track your scores
Benefits that you can receive for being an NBGA member:
- Eligible to participate in any of the Provincial NBGA tournaments.
- Juniors – Access to junior golf programs and scholarships
- Handicap services (clubs are to require all tournament participants to have a valid handicap, even for best ball and mixed tournaments)
- Eligible to gain points towards the Player of the Year challenges
- Eligible to compete for the provincial teams
- Marketing of NB Golf courses