CDGA on The Golf Scene TV - Course Rating and Slope Numbers

Best of the Golf Scene. Feature on the CDGA (Chicago District Golf Association). CDGA helps determines a courses rating and slope.

The Chicago District Golf Association (CDGA) is a non-profit association of member clubs and individual golfers in Illinois and parts of Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan. With nearly 100,000 member golfers at 370 member clubs, the CDGA is one of the largest and oldest golf associations in the United States. Founded on March 18, 1914, the CDGA was established to promote amateur golf in the Midwest.

The CDGA is directed by a district-wide board of directors and an advisory committee comprised of past presidents of the Association. Directors, known as "Blue Coats," donate their services and time, amounting to more than 15,000 man-hours a year. The Association is serviced by a staff of 17 and is based at the Midwest Golf House Complex in Lemont, Ill. A Central Illinois office is located in Peoria, IL.

CDGA services and benefits are extended principally to Association member clubs and individual golfers at these facilities. These golfers are served through the CDGA in its interpretation of the Rules of Golf, processing of applications for reinstatement to amateur status, handicapping, the tournament program, course measuring and rating as well as the CDGA's various educational services.

The CDGA also handles thousands of inquiries annually through personal visits, phone contacts and correspondence regarding rulings, handicaps, tournament procedures, places to play-and-stay, greenskeeping practices and various information requests from people across the country. In addition to these services, the CDGA has several turfgrass experts on staff, led by Dr. Derek Settle.

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