STEP 1 – Join the Club

CLICK HERE to go to the JOIN THE CLUB page

Once you have completed the 2-step process, the following will take place to complete your membership:

• You will be added to the Punchbowl invitation list for Casual Play Days

• You will be added to Mailchimp so that you will receive the monthly Newsletter, Invitations to our Events, and other club announcements.

• The Board Membership Director will do the following:

  1. Verify that the information in MemberPlanet and GHIN is correct.

  2. Confirm that the new member completed the New Member Questionnaire.

  3. Include an announcement in the next members-only Newsletter with profile information (name, email, phone) for members to manually add to their FWGA Member Directory.

STEP 2 – Stay Informed

	FWGA communicates with its members using an email platform called Mailchimp. We send out a Monthly Newsletter, as well as Event Invitations and the Member Directory.
	Sign Up Genius is used to organize Casual Play Hostess sign ups (instead of back and forth emails).
	Member Planet is a membership management program provided by NCGA for Member clubs. Members will join and renew membership through this program. FWGA uses the Member Planet credit card service to process renewals, registration for social events and tournaments.  It is important that all members are able to access their Member Planet accounts with a workable password.
	Casual Play invitations are emailed using Punchbowl. Punchbowl is an RSVP online party invitation program.

All four of these programs have strong anti-spam protections for you.  If you unsubscribe, you will no longer receive communications from FWGA.  Because of the anti-spam feature, we are unable to add you back to the lists.  Please do not unsubscribe from any of these platforms.

STEP 3 – Learn How to Use Punchbowl for Casual Play

Punchbowl is an online Invitation-and-RSVP program we use to send members the CASUAL PLAY Tee Time Invitations. You can respond to this email either YES (you will participate in that event) or NO.

The phone app and the desktop program provide the user a “Dashboard” that shows all the Casual Play invitations on one screen.

Set up your Punchbowl account using the same email address you used for your FWGA membership.  The punchbowl invitations are emailed and will show up in the punchbowl app.

Please Click Here to Email the Casual Play Director if you wish to add more days of golf than what you indicated in your New Member Questionnaire.

Click the buttons below to view videos

from a 3rd-party YouTube site

that help to delineate the

Punchbowl interface in great detail.

“Punchbowl Account Set Up” Video

“How To Use Punchbowl” Video

“How to Change RSVP” Video

STEP 4 – Golf Etiquette and Pace of Play

Golf etiquette and pace of play are important to know in order to keep the golf game moving along and to prevent delays for your foursome and the other players on the course.

STEP 5 – Learn the Rules of Golf

The rules of golf can be overwhelming. As you play golf you will learn them.

Watch this video to learn SITUATIONS & PENALTIES

Watch this video for CHANGES to the RULES OF GOLF.

Carry your Situations and Options card in your golf bag for reference.

STEP 6 – Learn About Handicap Index and Posting Guidelines

The handicap index represents your potential (demonstrated) scoring ability.  It is an average number of strokes above par.   Learn more about handicap index and posting scores.

STEP 7 – Dress the Part

Some golf courses are stricter about dress code than other golf courses.  

Please refer to the Golf Attire Guide for guidance.  

Below the guide is online shopping for clothes & equipment.