Golf Manitoba currently has 100 member clubs/groups and approximately 13,500 adult and junior members. Our mission is to develop, promote, govern and service the game of golf in Manitoba and North West Ontario for the benefit of all participants. The following are the services Golf Manitoba provides:

Member clubs that do not employ a CPGA Golf Professional can arrange to have clinics conducted by Golf Manitoba. These clinics are conducted throughout the summer months and cover all aspects of the game.

Golf instruction is provided to school children throughout Manitoba and North West Ontario. Golf Manitoba utilizes the National Golf in Schools and Future Links programs to introduce the game to young people. The program can be conducted either indors in a gymnasium or outside in the school yard.

A number of different types of camps are held annually for golfers at the beginner, intermediate and advanced skill level. Golf Manitoba employs CPGA Golf Professional Garth Goodbrandson who leads a team of fellow Golf Professionals in conducting a very extensive Player Development program. Annually, the program is reviewed and new information and ideas are added to provide Manitoba golfers with the best opportunities available.

An RCGA Course Rating is the evaluation of the playing difficulty of a course for scratch golfers under normal conditions based on yardage and other obstacles. This rating is expressed as the number of strokes a scratch player would take in playing the course (e.g. 71.5).

An RCGA Slope Rating is an evaluation of how much more difficult the course plays for individuals who are not scratch golfers (bogey golfers). This rating is expressed as a whole number in the range of 70 to 150. When the evaluation indicates a course is of equal difficulty for the scratch and bogey golfer, its slope rating is 113.

All golf courses which are members of Golf Manitoba and Golf Canada are permitted to use the course and slope rating trademarks. This service allows member clubs to provide golfers at their course with a standardized measurement for the difficulty of the course as well as the difficulty between players.

Course ratings are conducted on a ten year cycle with new courses being rated every three years until they are ten years old.

Golf Manitoba has a schedule of courses to be rated annually based on the ten year cycle as well as new member courses joining the Association.

All member clubs in Manitoba and North West Ontario are eligible to provide their members with a certified handicap factor and can register to use the member side of golfcanada.ca at no cost. The member side of golfcanada.ca provides real time RCGA handicap factors, accurate course ratings and easy access for Golf Manitoba/Golf Canada members/member clubs with internet access to use at clubs, home, work or elsewhere.

As a part of our funding through Sport Manitoba, Golf Manitoba annually receives a number of bingo dates through Manitoba lotteries which are provided to our member clubs. Member clubs wishing to work at a bingo will receive $750 for providing 7 volunteers to work a three hour shift at either the McPhillips Station Casino or Club Regent in Winnipeg.

Golf Manitoba maintains an instructional video library, resource information of golf course management and interpretations on the rules of golf. These resources are available for members and member clubs to borrow.

The annual Golf Manitoba Journal is delivered to all member clubs and a publication of a newsletter is sent electronically to all interested members. Once membership cards are activated members receive home delivery of Golf Canada magazine four times per year.

The Manitoba Golf Scholarship Fund annually provides financial support to deserving young men and women pursuing a Canadian post-secondary education. These scholarships are available to all Golf Manitoba members with an annual submission deadline of June 30^th.

Member clubs have the opportunity to host provincial and national tournaments which provides significant exposure to the club. Individual members can also compete in the many championships conducted by Golf Manitoba and Golf Canada.

Golf Canada has secured competitive rates with major credit card companies which result in an annual savings to golf clubs. A VISA rate of 1.70% and MasterCard rate of 1.69% are available to all member clubs on all their credit card sales transactions.

Member clubs general information, course ratings and local club tournaments are posted on our website. If requested, we will provide a link from our website to a member club website.

On-line registration is available for most of Golf Manitoba tournaments.

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) is setting a new standard for travelling to your next destination. As the preferred hotel partner, Golf Canada Travelers will enjoy a 12% Corporate Discount off the Best Flexible Rate (BFR) at all IHG hotel brands throughout Canada. This discount has no blackout dates.