To request a change or notify us of any phone number, mailing or email address updates   Contact PWGA Handicap and Membership Board member Betsy Owen.

• To establish a Handicap Index®, join an authorized golf club through your local Allied Golf Association and post a minimum of 54 holes (this can be a mix of 18-hole and 9-hole scores). Your Handicap Index® will be calculated going forward based on the best 8 of your most recent 20 score differentials. 

• Until you have posted the required scores, your status will show as 'NH' (No Handicap). If your membership expires or is inactive your Handicap Index® will also show as "NH." 

• Yes, you need a GHIN number, when you purchase your membership at Papago, you will be assigned a GHIN number if you do not already have one. 

• When a 9-hole score is posted, it will be displayed with the 9-hole adjusted gross score, the 9-hole Course Rating™, and Slope Rating™, along with a score type "N". The score will be "scaled up" to an 18-hole Score Differential™ using the expected score procedure and included in the calculation of the player's Handicap Index®. 

• The displayed 18-hole Score Differential™ will reflect either a single 9-hole score combined with an expected score or, prior to 2024, two combined 9-hole scores. 

• Yes, this effects your attendance record and your handicap. 

• Effective 1/16/24, the Rules of Handicapping will be updated to include a new definition called Expected Score. This procedure will be used when a player completes all nine holes of a rated nine, and when a player plays from 10-17 holes. When posting in either of those scenarios, the player's score will be "scaled up" to an 18-hole Differential. 

• When a player plays an incomplete round between 10-17 holes, you will be required to post your scores hole-by-hole. The player will leave the holes that are not started blank. 

• For holes started and not completed, the player must record their Most Likely Score (Rule of Handicapping 3.3), which is the number of strokes already taken plus the number of strokes it would take the player to finish based on their own ability, their position on the hole, and the difficulty of the green. This number cannot exceed the player's Net Double Bogey maximum. 

Yes, each day the PWGA plays there is a game. The game can be found on the PWGA’s yearly calendar of events.Click Here.

The POD is run by PWGA POD Board Member Doris Thompson, using the Tee Time Helper and Golf Genius (GG). The field of members signed up for play, are flighted after day of play. The results are sent out in a timely manner announcing the results of each flight.  

Winnings are provided monthly on a Papago Gift Card. 

• Eclectic Tournament
• President's Cup Tournament
  
• Partner's Tournament 
• Club Championship
• AZ Golf Women's State Medallion Tournament
  

• For more information on Tournaments, contact PWGA Vice President and Tournaments Board Member, Karen Mahoney.  

• For more information on AZGolf Women’s State Medallion, contact PWGA AZGolf Women’s State Medallion Representative Board Member, Sally Coffin. 

Go to the below website to direct you to all Women's Tournament Play in The State of Arizona.

AZ Golf Women's Tournaments

• Contact Membership and Handicap Board Member Betsy Owen. 

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Choosing the proper tee to play and indicating that tee preference in Tee Time Helper is an important part of the signup process.  The pro shop requires this information to prepare the score cards and to enter your score into the USGA GHIN System.

The Green tees are the back tees.   The yardage from the Green tees is 5777.

  Members with a handicap index of 14 or below may choose to play the Green tees.

  The Gold tees are the forward tees.  The yardage from the Gold tees is 5404.  Most members with a handicap index of 15 or above are encouraged to play from the Gold tees.

As a new member, when you first sign up through Tee Time Helper (TTH), please add Gold or Green next to your name, i.e., Jane Smith - Gold, and click on RSVP Yes or No button.  Do not enter your tee preference in the comments section.  If you do not add the tee preference when you first sign up, please open the RSVP email from TTH and click on the Event Status button.  Click on the pencil next to your name which then allows you to make changes.  Click on the box with your name and add - Gold or – Green and hit the RSVP button to save your changes.

Once you indicate your tee preference, it remains in the system unless you change it.  Please note if a tee preference is not in the system when the information is locked and ready to be sent to the pro shop, a tee preference will be selected for you based on your index.  

Cancellation and No Show Policies

A “No Show” means a player did not show up for her tee time and there was not a valid notification to cancel.

Any time a PWGA member does not show up for her tee time, it has a negative impact.  It is lost revenue to Papago, it denies people on the wait list a chance to play, and it causes last minute changes and issues for the Papago staff.  Our goal is to put in place a policy that helps to minimize no shows.

If you sign up and then find that you cannot play, you should be considerate and cancel as soon as possible.  If the event has not been locked, you can cancel on TTH.  

Locking the event happens at 7:00 AM TWO days prior to play.  

For regular play dates only, if a member has to cancel after the event is locked. Protocol is:

Email: Nick Tullio   At the Papago Golf Pro Shop. YOU must give your FULL NAME, YOUR TEE TIME, and the REASON you are cancelling.

Scorecards:  If you play, it is very important that you turn in your scorecard, even if you do not finish your round or decide to disqualify yourself from the game/POD. Your scorecard is evidence/proof that you showed up.

If you do not turn in a score card and if you do not cancel via email to Nick Tullio, you will be considered a No Show.

Policy:  After the first No Show, the member will receive a warning email that reminds her of the policy.  If a second No Show, a No Show fine will be asked of you, before you will be allowed to play again.

We appreciate your help in making things run smoothly at Papago!

Leave player not playing scores blank. Do not put X’s on them.

First, make sure you are exchanging scorecards with another player in your group.

Enter the Gross score on the scorecard, if you do not finish a hole place an X net double bogie.  

Enter the Gross score in Golf Genius. If a player does not finish the hole place an X in Golf Genius. 

 Never enter the Net score. 

Place an X on the hole preceding a number, their max score, a net double. (for example, X7) One X will remove the player from the competition. 

 BUT Player can STILL play the game if the X is on a hole that does not count toward the POD. 

Your score can still be posted to Golf Genius for handicap purposes. 

If a player does not finish the round, leave her un-played holes blank.  

Do not give them X 's. 

 Her score will still be posted based on the number of holes played. 

Yes. Always verify players’ hole by hole scores in Golf Genius. 

Even though we use Golf Genius, YOUR SCORECARD is your official Score.

Correct any mistakes before signing your card.

Once completed turn it into the pro shop. 

The player is responsible for the accuracy of her own scorecard. 
 Please verify scorecard before you SIGN IT and turn it in. 

 If the score on the scorecard is higher than your actual score: The higher score stands, and there is no penalty. 

If the score on the scorecard is lower than your actual score: You are disqualified. 

For a specific question, contact PWGA Rules Chair, Karen Pultz. 

Mobile App rules of golf

rules of handicapping

The Papago Golf Club and your Board of Directors make every effort to have a POD each week during the season.

The PWGA is played during the week Monday-Friday. For PWGA dates and events, here.

Contact PWGA Secretary Board Member Debbie Waitkus

Members who are in good standing and have paid their dues for each season. This Facebook page is a private page for only Members of PWGA.

Papago Women's Facebook Group

PWGA will adhere to the USGA and the AZ Golf Association Fairness Gender Policy found here: USGA Fairness Gender Policy