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Volume 5, Issue 3 March 2013It seems hard to imagine that the grass was turning green by this point lastyear. We are only three weeks out from the kick-off of the 2013 GatewayPGA season at the Quad Pro Event presented by Cutter & Buck. Now goingon my fifth year in St. Louis, I’ve become accustom to how fast the weathercan change. For all of us, I am hopeful for sunny skies and green fairwaysin the near future.This month’s e-newsletter has a lot of great content and opportunities toget involved with the section. We are well inside 100 days until the 74thplaying of the Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid. With that in mind, we havea nice article from Jason Mengel, 74th Sr. PGA Championship Director, and he will continue toupdate us through June. Along those same lines, we have an update on the PGA volunteersituation. We are so thankful to all of our PGA Professionals who have put their hands up tovolunteer. We still have some spots open but we are making great progress. Michael Bechert ofNike Golf has really stepped up to sponsor our volunteer uniform. We will also take care oflunch for each of our Gateway PGA volunteers. There will be additional consumer volunteeropportunities that lead up to the week of the Championship. We are currently securing theseopportunities but are looking at Busch Stadium and similar locations to host these events.I wanted to also give a quick update on PGA REACH (Recreation, Awareness, Community, andHealth). The Gateway PGA and Bellerive Country Club challenged the idea that the PGA ofAmerica could create greater community impact by leveraging their championships. Acollaboration between the Gateway PGA, Bellerive, and the PGA of America looks toaccomplish just that. The creation of this initiative is a major reason why the PGA of Americachoice St. Louis two of our upcoming championships. Further, the PGA of America will betaking this initiative national at all of their future championships. The goal of our local PGAREACH initiative is to keep kids in school and to graduate young productive citizens intosociety. We have partnered with St. Louis public schools, Urban K-Life, Big Brothers/BigSisters of Eastern Missouri, and the Boys & Girls Club of Greater St. Louis. To be successful,we must utilize the game of golf by involving our PGA Professionals and our local amateurplayers/facilities. Programs are underway that incentivize at risk St Louis youth for being partof PGA REACH. Successful youth participants will gain summer internships, mentors, golfopportunities, and most importantly, a clearer vision of what it takes to be successful in life.Through PGA REACH, we also look to create an inner-city golf park that can be the breedinggrounds for St. Louis public school golf teams – something that is unfortunately absent at thistime. A lot more information is to come but I encourage you to get involved with this growingoutreach. Feel free to contact Ali Wells or myself for more information or ways that you canhelp make a difference.All the best,Spring Meeting &ActivitiesThis IssueP2Growth of the Game P 3Assistant’s Corner P 4Rules Corner P 4Education Corner P 5Membership Notes P 5Tournament News P 6Gateway PGA Golf Day P 7Employment Corner P 8Senior PGA Champ P 9Fitness P 10Upcoming Tournaments P 11Member Updates P 12Scholarship P 13Section OfficersJoe Schwent, PGAPresidentNathan Charnes, PGAVice-PresidentBenjiman Kent, PGASecretaryGateway PGA StaffJosh Riley, PGAExecutive DirectorSteve Finn, PGAAssistant Executive DirectorAlex AndersonDirector or Junior GolfAli Jean Wells, PGAGrowth of the Game andProgram DirectorLindsay RileyFoundation Admin AssistantSusan BenderMembership1

2013 Gateway PGA Spring Membership Meeting,Quad Pro Event & Education SummitSpring Membership Meetingpresented by Fifth Third Processing SolutionsMonday, March 25, 2013Norwood Hills CCRegister HERE7:30 AM - Registration8:00 AM - Call to Meeting9:40 AM - Using Technology to impact your brand and facility, Doug Reichel10:40 AM - Updates & Reports12:00 PM - Lunch presented by All Star Pro Golf1:00 PM - Quad Pro Event presented by Cutter & Buck – Register HEREGateway PGA Hospitality NightAmeristar CasinoSports BarMonday, March 25Let us know you are coming HERE6:30 PM - Join the officers, board, staff, and fellow professionals of the Gateway PGA for a casual social evening.This is a great opportunity to network, catch up, and grow the collegial aspect of our association.Gateway PGA Education SummitTuesday, March 26, 2012Norwood Hills Country ClubRegister HEREPurpose:Bring together professionals, both internal and external to the PGA, to discuss and provide perspective on the responsibilitiesand opportunities that face our PGA Professionals.Topics:Teaching and Coaching, Tournaments -Events and Outings, Career Development & Advancement.Structure:Three (3), Two (2) hour open forum topics. Each forum will have unique presenters who will consist of both GatewayPGA Professionals and non-PGA Professional experts. The format will encourage open discussion but will be guided bythe experience of the subject experts.Agenda: 7:30 AM - COFFEE & REFRESHMENTS8:00 AM - TEACH & COACHING SUMMIT10:00 AM - BREAK10:30 AM - TOURNAMENTS, EVENTS, & OUTINGS12:30 PM - LUNCH1:15 PM - CAREER DEVELOPMENT & ADVANCEMENT3:15 PM - DEPARTURE2

GROWTH OF THE GAMEIt’s been a busy winter for the Foundation and Growth of the Game Committee… even with somuch snow on the ground! With quite a few updates and announcements, I’ll get right to it:Another successful Pros In Schools Program is in the books with Alton Middle School. BarbaraBlanchar, Jon DePriest, and Todd Meyer spent four weeks continuing the GatewayFoundation’s yearly winter golf unit. Thank you three for another successful program!Since last month’s update, I am pleased to announce the completion of the JuniorDevelopment Tour’s Summer Schedule. Thirteen events are offered for juniors age 5-12registered as a Mini or Novice 9 Member. As previously mentioned, some of these events are still in need of aPGA Professional instructor to lead a youth clinic and short PGA Sports Academy session before each 9 holecompetition. Be on the look-out for additional details and opportunities to sign up for one of these events.In the menu of Growth of the Game events the GPGA will be hosting this year, we have two dates to officiallyannounce!Women’s Golf Day will be Saturday June 22nd at The Quarry at Crystal Springs. The growing success ofthis event will be evident this year with all the great activities planned. Mark your calendars – multipleopportunities to participate will be available!The Second Annual College Skills Combine will be Saturday, June 29th at Old Hickory Golf Club. Moreinformation will be coming soon.Don’t forget to submit your equipment rental requests. All Foundation-owned equipment is available for rent toany PGA Facility. Golfzilla, Golfopotomus, and SNAG are great additions to any junior program, family night, orclub event. You can find a full inventory list and rental request form by clicking here. Dates are filling up fast socontact me today to make your reservation! For questions and details about the Equipment Rental Program, giveme a call!Ali Wells, PGADirector of Foundation Programs3

Assistants CornerAs we get closer and closer to the start of the season we are beginning to finalize our eventschedule.The committee has been discussing bringing back the Assistants 2 Man Match Play this year.Sign up will be as an individual and teams will be designated to make the event fun for all involved.More details to come on this event at the spring meeting this year.We would like to welcome two new members to our committee. Rich Niedergerke andAustin Waibel from Old Hawthorn. We are very excited to have both of them on our committee going forward.As we continue to prepare for 2013 feel free to send let us know what you would like to see done for the Pro-Amand/or Championship. Send us an e-mail or give us a call because we want to provide you the best possible experiencewe can each and every year.We always have a need for more ideas and more volunteers for your committee. If anyone would like to volunteerplease let one the members know.Feel free to contact any one of yourcommittee members with any questions orconcerns you might have. Your 2013Assistant Committee Members are:Michael Leotta, PGA ChairmanBrandon Coffey, PGA Vice-ChairmanGeorge Schrage, SecretaryGideon Smith, PGA Board LiaisonTy Zimmerman, PGA Past-ChairmanAndrew JuryRJ Villafuerte, PGARichard Niedergerke, PGAAustin WaibelRULES CORNERIllini Country ClubForest Hills Country ClubQuincy Country ClubQuincy Country ClubWestwood Country ClubWinghaven Country ClubMeadowbrook Country ClubClub at Old HawthroneClub at Old HawthroneThere are four rules that require "knowledge or virtualcertainty" before a player can properly proceed under thoserules. Rule 26-1 is the water hazard rule. If a player does nothave knowledge or virtual certainty that a ball not found is in awater hazard the player cannot assume the ball is in the hazard.The ball must be considered lost somewhere other thanthe water hazard and the player must proceed under Rule 27-1.The same is true if a ball has not been found and the playerwants to proceed under Rule18-1 (ball moved by an outsideagency), Rule 24-3 (ball lost in an obstruction), or Rule 25-1c(ball lost in an abnormal ground condition).On many occasions I have been in situations when players aresearching for ball. They look in the lateral water hazard butalso in tall grass or wooded areas outside the hazard.Obviously if they are searching in these other areas there is notknowledge or virtual certainty the ball is in the water hazard.At the end of five minutes the player then wants to drop a balltwo club lengths from the point where the ball last crossed themargin of the lateral water hazard. I have to tell the player he/she has to proceed under Rule 27-1and incur the penalty of stroke anddistance.If a player were to proceed underRule 26-1 he/she would be playingfrom a wrong place and incur a twostroke penalty in stroke play or aloss of hole penalty in match playunder Rule 20-7. Since the correctprocedure required a stroke anddistance penalty in most cases this would be a serious breachof Rule 20-7c in stroke play and the player would bedisqualified if the error was not corrected as prescribed inRule 20-7c.To learn more about "known or virtually certain" readDecisions 26-1/1 and 26-1/1.34

Education CornerGolf season is almost here!! With thatbeing said our education schedule forthis winter is wrapping up and we havesome great events In March for ourmembership to take advantage of! Iwant to take a moment to thank DavidKohlberg who put on a great businessseminar at Bogey Hills CC this pastmonth. We welcomed Fred Harrefrom Northwestern Mutual to comeand discuss financial opportunitiesto those that attended. It was a great seminar and we thankDavid for making that happen.This winter we have had great attendance for all of our seminars so I want to thank all of our membership for makingthat happen. The education of our golf professionals is a veryimportant part of the Gateway PGA and that is why I am veryexcited about the attendance thus far! We have a few morebeneficial events in March so please mark your calendarsnow!!March 12Being the Most Effective with Demo Days Seminar The Falls Golf ClubMarch 14 USGA Rules of Golf Seminar Annbriar Golf ClubMarch 18 GHIN Handicap Seminar Old Hickory—visit METGA.org formore informationMembership NotesThe 2013 Tournament Calendar and Directory is at the printer and will be available to pick up at the Spring Business Meeting on March25. The PGA of America assists us in organizing and populating the facility and member sections based on the information they have intheir database. We hope that your information is listed correctly because it was taken directly from the updates done by members andapprentices when their employment and contact information is updated in PGA Links. If you have any problems getting it done in Linksyou can call the office and I will help.This year we are very excited to announce that the entire calendar will be available in digital form on the GPGA website. You will be ableto find it easily and use it as a resource along with the printed calendar. A big plus for adding the calendar to the website is that we will beable to update information throughout the year. We will be able to keep employment up to date, any facility additions or deletions, anychange in lines the sales reps carry, and so forth. The digital calendar is another important reason to keep your employment informationcurrent.We will have the MSR cycle and requirements posted on the website inside the calendar. You can also view it at www.pgalinks.com. Thecurrent cycle ends June 15, 2015 so there is time to make sure you get the credits required. As always there will be ample educationopportunities offered plus many ways to earn credits through participating in section and foundation activities.The PGA of America now processes all payments the section makes to facilities, vendors, members and apprentices. They require a W-9form from all facilities and vendors with payments due from the section. If your facility has never hosted a section activity I will send a W-9 form to be completed and returned. This is a one-time requirement; the completed forms are kept on file here and at the PGA. Membersand apprentices do not need to fill out a form. If you want to have payments directly deposited by the PGA I will send you the formto fill out. Check requests and invoices are sent to the PGA A/P department for processing each Wednesday. Vendors, members andapprentices with direct deposit forms on file can expect payment several days sooner than having checks mailed. If you have anyquestions, comments or suggestions please contact us.Golf Shop AssistantPlayer Services/Cart AttendantGlen Echo Country ClubGlen Echo Country ClubContact: Barrett Martens (314) 383-1500 Contact: Barrett Martens (314) 383-1500bmartens@gecc.orgbmartens@gecc.org5

PGA VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDThe Gateway PGA Section would like to thank all of theGateway PGA Professionals who registered to volunteer at the upcoming Senior PGAChampionship at Bellerive. We are still in need of volunteers to help make this tournament runsmoothly. We have lots of openings Friday-Sunday for the Range and Practice Green areas. Wealso have a lot of teaching slots available in our Kitchen Aid Fairway Club and Mercedes BenzPerformance Center. If you are unable to help out on the weekend we do have several spotsavailable during the week. Please consider taking the time to come out and support the PGA andtake part in this memorable experience. Nike is sponsoring shirts for all of the Volunteers, whichwill need to be ordered ahead of time, so if you are available please register HERE as soon aspossible. If you are having difficulty with the registration process or have any questions aboutvolunteering please contact Lindsay Riley at lriley@pgahq.com2013 Playing Ability Test ScheduleThe following Playing Ability Test are scheduled within the Gateway PGA on the following Dates;Thursday April 4th Eagle Springs GCThursday May 9th The Orchards GCThursday June 27th Dogwood Hills GRTuesday July 16th Stonewolf GCThursday August 1st Stone Creek GCThursday August 29th Eagle Springs GCRegistrations are available at www.pgalinks.comSeptember & October dates will be announced at a later date.2013 Gateway PGA Tournament ScheduleThe Gateway PGA Tournament Committee is pleased to announce the schedule forthe upcoming season. The 2013 calendar presented a couple of challenges not facedby the Section in recent years as the 2013 Sr PGA Championship comes to BelleriveCC in May. After some juggling of dates and venues, all of the traditional Pro-Amshave been retained, all Majors are scheduled, and there will be one less Pro-Openthan 2012. The biggest change is the moving of the Pro-Ladies to a Tuesday, June25th, at St. Clair CC. Please make plans early to attend this event as we are goingback to a single 10 am shotgun start and with Tuesday being "Ladies Day" at mostclubs, might be an advantage to Members being able to put together teams to attend.CLICK HERE TO VIEW SCHEDULE6

Gateway PGA Golf Day MarathonWe are excited to announce that Gateway PGA Golf Day Marathon has already raised over $3,000! We currentlyhave 14 Gateway Professionals registered to play 100 holes in one day during the week of May 6 th through the 13 th .This year we are supporting Ranken Jordan – A Pediatric Specialty Hospital, Hospice of Southern IL, and growth ofthe game efforts in Outstate MO and Northern IL. Annbriar GC will be hosting our first annual PGA Golf Day Pro-Am on Oct 7 th . Ozzie Smith will be there to play golf and present checks to the charities.We have set the bar high and hope to raise over $100,000 this year. We need your help in keeping this Marathonalive. Last year we had 50 Gateway PGA Pros, play 100 holes in one day, raising almost $88,000 for charity. Yourhard work and dedication made a huge impact on our chosen charities as witnessed during the check presentation dinnerat WingHaven CC. There were tears in the eyes of the charity representatives as they accepted their checks. Considertaking part in a great fundraiser, and challenge yourself to help those in need.If you were a participant last year just login using your username and password and your page will be reset. If youare new to PGA Golf Day this year please visit pgagolfday.com and you will be able to create your own personalpage. The website will direct your donors on how to make online donations and it will automatically email your donora tax receipt letter. Once you have created your page you will want to follow the instructions on how to add a signatureline to your emails. The signature line will show your fundraising goals and progress.On pgagolfday.com you will find current information about the PGA Golf Day Pro-Am and other incentives. Youwill also find information and links to our chosen charities for 2013. A portion of the donations also go to supportyour Tournament Program, Gateway Junior Golf, and Education.Brett Moomey is off to a great start having raised $1,200 with Nathan Charnes a close second. “Today is a greatday to sign up. Our goal is to get 80 pros raising money this year. Everyone benefits from our fundraising.Every dollar counts and everyone knows someone willing to donate. All for one and one for all.”Mike SuhreAny questions about PGA Golf Day Marathon donations or website help please contact Lindsay Rileylriley@pgahq.com7

Employment CornerTIME IS MONEY!I know we have all heard the title above, “TIME IS MONEY” phrase when referring to a “lost opportunity”or when a day “gets away” from us. As you are preparing for 2013, what are you thinkingabout for the year? How are you setting yourself up for success and to make a difference, notonly for yourself but also for your employer? Are you on both ends of Communication? As an employee,do you know what is expected of you for 2013? If you employ people, have you laidout your plan for them?I am a firm believer to have a chance at being successful involves planning. We have all heardthe term “Circle of Life”. In Player Development speak the “Circle of Life” are the steps to player development thatinclude Communication, Analysis, Planning, Marketing, Execution and Tracking, and how the steps in this circleneed to be put into place for a successful outcome. The main thrust behind all of this was to get you to think aboutGolf 2.0 or as I like to refer to it as “Player Development”.However, the more I thought about the sequence of these steps, the more it occurred to me that virtually every facetof your business needs this sequence. The logical first step in this process is Communication. This can be in the formof changing your style of communication for 2013. Are you planning on doing a better job of meeting with your staff(if you are a Head Professional or GM)? It could also apply to anyone who oversees the Outside Service staff. One ofthe main reasons things do not work out in our jobs is the lack of communication. Does your employer/ board lay outa clear, understandable vision? If not, it is not too late to address this and ask for chance to meet so you can betterunderstand what the expectations are moving forward. Time and time again I have heard from the employer when achange has been made in the management of the facility that there was a “communication breakdown”. Typically,the employer will say the employee knew what was expected but did not perform or accomplish what we wantedthem to do. PLEASE!! Do not let this be you! Make sure the first step you take today will be the right step in Communication.If you are in a position of overseeing anyone at your place of work, do your part and make sure expectationsare clearly defined and the culture you are trying to establish is laid out in a written format but also verbalizedin a face-to-face meeting.Get the year started out on the right step! Communicate!! This will not guarantee that “Time is Money” but it willincrease the likelihood of success!PS- Please fill out the 2013 PGA Compensation Survey! Your fellow PGA Members really need you to do thisso the data collected portrays as accurate a reflection as possible!! The Employment Consultants need you toparticipate so that we can help you when working with employers. Remember, the survey is completely confidentialand we do not share this information with employers while a PGA member is employed. The informationis proprietary to you the Member! THANK YOU!!Please contact me if you have any questions or if you need any help with employment or career planning!Tim Marks, PGAEmployment Consultant815.630.5196 – officetmarks@pgahq.com8

74 TH SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIPPRESENTED BY KITCHENAID UPDATEAs you hopefully know by now, the 74 th Senior PGAChampionship presented by KitchenAid will be contested atBellerive Country Club May 21-26. The best players in theworld over the age of 50, including the likes of current RyderCup captain Tom Watson, Fred Couples, Jay Haas, Hale Irwin,Mark O’ Meara, Steve Elkington, Rocco Mediate and manymore will come to St. Louis to compete for the legendary AlfredS. Bourne Trophy and the title of Senior PGA Champion.It has been over twenty years since the PGA of America hascontested one of your Major Championships here in theGateway Section. The 1992 PGA Championship, won by NickPrice, was a fantastic showcase of the passionate support forgolf that can be found in this community. From the time Iarrived here in St. Louis to prepare for this Championship, it was obvious that the support from all levels of thecommunity - corporate, civic, consumer, member professionals, etc. - would be just as great this time around.It is the support of this community which has allowed the groundbreaking initiative PGA REACH to be launched thispast year. The energetic leadership team comprised of the Gateway Section staff and your fellow PGA professionalsworking together, has exponentially raised the bar for the impact that can be generated in connection with yourChampionships. It should be a major point of pride for all Gateway Section members that PGA REACH is beingrolled out into other PGA Championship host sites, and will become a major focus of the PGA Foundationnationally. PGA REACH will definitely be top of mind with your national PGA of America leadership team as theytravel to St. Louis this spring.Other aspects of the Senior PGA Championship are also being positively impacted by the generous support of thiscommunity. We recently broke the all-time Senior PGA Championship corporate hospitality sales record.Additionally, we are currently outpacing 8 of the last 10 Senior PGA’s in terms of ticket sales to date. On thevolunteer side, nearly 2,000 people have signed up to work during the Championship!We are hitting the stretch run of our planning efforts. It is hard to believe that in less than three months, a tee is goinginto the ground, the Championship will be underway, and before we know it someone will be lifting the BourneTrophy on the 18 th green. There is still time for you to get involved in the Championship. Please connect with Josh,Steve, Ali or any of the other Section staff and they will let you know what opportunities are available.Feel free to stop by the Championship Office at Bellerive and our staff would be happy to provide you with anyadditional information regarding your Championships.We hope to see all of you May 21-26!Jason MengelChampionship DirectorPGA of America9

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2013 Gateway PNCThe 2013 Gateway PGA PNC will be held at Persimmon Woods GC on July 22-23rd. We are happy to returnto such a great venue for this event. Registrations again will be through PGA Links and beannounced at a later date.2013 Tournament CommitteeWe are happy to announce that Scott Brauer will be the new Tournament Committee Chairperson. Brett Moomeywill be assisting Scott through the transition period. Anyone who is interested in serving on the TournamentCommittee should contact Steve at the Section Office.Mike Brengard will continue to serve as the Senior Chairperson, but we are looking for interested Seniors toparticipate on the Committee, particularly those 50-59 years old. Interested parties should also contact Steveat the Section Office.11

Tuesday, March 12Effective Demo DaysModerator: David Kohlberg, Callaway GolfTopic: Career Goals/ Financial OutlookPlace: The Falls Golf ClubTime: 9-11:30Cost: No ChargeLunch will be served immediatelyfollowing the seminar.Lunch is sponsored by Callaway Golf &the Gateway PGATo Register contact:David KohlbergDavidK@callawaygolf.com314-412-1095Thursday, March 14USGA Rules of Golf SeminarModerators: Jason Barge, PGA andBob Shogren,Cost: $15 per personTime: 9 am to 3 pmSeminar Information:8:45 Check In9:00 – 11:10 Rules of Golf Town Hall Discussion11:15 – 12:00 Lunch12:15 – 2:15 On Course Rules Discussion2:20 – 3:00 Comments, Questions & Discussion-Location: Annbriar Golf ClubWaterloo, ILTuesday, March 26Gateway PGA Education SummitTopics: Teaching and Coaching,Tournaments -Events and Outings,Career Development & Advancement.Structure: Three (3), Two (2) houropen forum topics. Each forum willhave unique presenters who willconsist of both Gateway PGA Professionalsand non-PGA Professionalexperts. The format will encourageopen discussion but will beguided by the experience of thesubject experts.CLICK HERE TO REGISTERBrian Schmersahlbrian@fallsgolf.com314-550-4146March BirthdaysName Employer ClassMyles Beckett Sullivan CC B-4Timothy Curran Lake Forest CC B-8Jarrod McKay Bogey Hills Golf & CC B-8Name Employer ClassMartin Krulatz The Club at Old Kinderhook B-1William C. Scarborough, PGA 3/1Matthew R. HassDouglas R. Warden, PGA 3/3 Ryan E. Martin, PGAScott M Kunz 3/4 David Levine, PGAJames G. Miali, PGA 3/5 M. Todd Miller, PGAMark S. Ryan, PGA 3/6 Mike R. Miller, PGATerry Clark, PGA 3/9 James Grimes, PGAMichael R. Wukitsch 3/10 Steven Liter, PGAChristian J. Nava, PGA 3/11 Richard L. Niedergerke, PGAZackary D. Potts, PGA 3/12 Wayne M. Ockovic, PGABrandon L. Coffey, PGA 3/14 Brad Hulett, PGABob Goalby, PGA 3/14 James D. Cochran, PGAJohn D Prange, PGA 3/14 Kevin J. Triefenbach, PGABradley J. Benney, PGA 3/15 Brian Stitch, PGABenjamin E. Biersner, PGA 3/16 Jason A. Woods, PGACurtis L. Goss III 3/16 Josh A. Crowell, PGAMark S. Waltman, PGA 3/16 Larry W. Emery, PGAChristopher M Liszewski 3/17 Richard Shaiper, PGA12

PGA Financial Assistance ScholarshipBeginning November 15th the PGA Financial Assistance Scholarship will be available online.PGA Financial Assistance Fund Scholarship Program Fact SheetGraduating high school seniors and college students who are the children or grandchildren of PGA members are invited to apply online atthe home page (before you log in) of PGALinks.com to be considered for financial support for college through the PGA Financial AssistanceFund Scholarship Program.The scholarship program is an academic based scholarship program that takes into account the following depending on the class level ofthe student:High School Graduating SeniorHigh School Cumulative Grade Point Average – must be at least 3.4 (60% of the scholarship weighting scale). This number is to bean unweighted GPA based on a 4.0 scale.ACT and/or SAT test scores (30% of the scholarship weighting scale)Extracurricular activities in high school such as sports, clubs, student government, community service, part time employment, etc.(10% of the scholarship weighting scale).Current College Student (has not reached their senior year in college)College Cumulative Grade Point Average – must be at least 3.4 (60% of the scholarship weighting scale)Most recently completed college semester or quarter GPA (30% of the scholarship weighting scale)Extracurricular activities in college such as sports, clubs, student government, community service, part time employment, etc. (10% ofthe scholarship weighting scale)The amount and number of scholarships is determined by the availability of funds, and may vary from year to year based on these factorsand IRS guidelines. In 2012 eight $5,000 scholarships were awarded and 126 $2,000 scholarships were awarded out of 848 applications.Scholarships are awarded at the discretion of the PGA Scholarship Committee. The scholarship is for accredited Universities or Collegesin the United States only.The application process is live online (www.PGALinks.com) between November 15, 2012 and March 15, 2013 and students are asked towait until they are in possession of their most current grade report (first semester) or transcript before applying. The applicant must enterthe students Social Security number and the PGA affiliated parent or grandparents PGA ID number to gain access to the application.After submitting the online application, the applicant must have postmarked by March 15,2013 to the below address a sealed official schoolgrade transcript that shows their GPA information and ACT/SAT test scores (if a high school applicant) to:PGA Financial Assistance Fund Scholarship ProgramAttention: Linda BenningtonGrant and Scholarship Specialist100 Avenue of the ChampionsPalm Beach Gardens, Florida 33418888.532.6661; 561.624.7612 or e-mail: lbenning@pgahq.comPGA members can check out the Scholarship Search Tips for additional listed websites to help you with your scholarship search by visitingthe homepage of PGALinks.com/Personal Benefits/PGA Scholarship Program.CLICK HERE for the additional search tips.CLICK HERE for college preparation websites and other scholarship assistance information.13