What is the
Amateur Golf Society?
Open to golfers of all skill levels and experience, our uniquely-formatted event series allows members to tee it up at fun and friendly tournaments with no minimum commitment. Secure advanced access to crowded tee sheets at top venues, leverage the AGS app to easily find playing partners based on common interests and availability, and test your game to earn points and prizes in our season-long competitions.
Weekly Tour Events That Match Your Schedule
In order to participate in an AGS event, simply play an 18-hole round at any day or time during the 7-day tournament window at the designated weekly course. If you choose to play competitively, your score will appear on our event leaderboards, earning points in the season-long race and giving you the opportunity to win prizes and bragging rights. Or, choose to play socially and use our booking platform to secure a prime tee time before the general public.
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And unlike other Tours with minimum requirements, whether you can play once a week, once a month, or somewhere in between, the Amateur Golf Society has a place for you. Between our flexible scheduling and unique, three-tiered leaderboard structure based on availability of our members, there's no schedule or skill level we can't accommodate.
Find Playing Partners
The AGS Player Pairing Program, presented by Comcast Business, allows members to easily find playing partners in our community based on common interests, background or availability. Want to find someone in your industry interested in business networking? New to the area and hoping to tee it up with an alum from your college? Just looking for someone to play on Wednesday morning at 9:15am? The AGS app can do it all.
Advanced Access to Tee Times
Finding a time at top public courses can be challenging; we’re here to make it easy. AGS members can access event tee sheets before the general public, guaranteeing a tee time that suits their schedule, always at the course's rack rate for greens fees. Simply visit the AGS app and you can browse event sheets weeks in advance, allowing you to set a schedule based on preferred courses, price points or location.
Where does the AGS Tour play?
Tee it up at top public courses throughout the country
We're proud to partner with Allied Golf Associations (AGAs) in all regions where AGS Tour events are hosted. Your AGS membership includes Handicap servicing from your local AGA, as well as a slew of other benefits available to its membership, including one-day events at private clubs.
Round Verification and Tournament Management
Our flexibly-scheduled tournament play is a bit different than what most golfers are used to. To ensure the integrity of our weekly and season-long competitions, AGS has collaborated with our Golf Association partners to operate a five-point, data-driven system to manage our leaderboards. Combining round verification from playing partners with automated HDCP reviews used to identify trends and red flags, the entire process is transparent and visible to membership through weekly reports and publicly-facing files. To learn more about how we manage our competitions, click below.
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What does it cost to join AGS?A standard membership costs $100 annually, with an $85 senior membership available for golfers aged 55 and over. We also offer a Premium Membership for $150, which includes access to playing opportunities at various private courses in your region. To learn more about membership and the benefits of each tier, please click here to visit our Membership page.
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What does it cost to play in a Tour event?Greens fees for each Tour event are almost always identical to the rack rate at the course for that given tee time. For example: if the weekday AM rate at Golf Course X is $75, the same tee time in our app will be $75. If they have a weekend PM rate at $65, our rate will be the same. You can choose whichever tee time(s) both fit your schedule and your budget.
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When can I play a Tour event? Are there fixed days/times?Each week-long AGS Tour event is hosted Monday through Sunday at a designated public course. Book any open tee time during that week-long window and post one score to qualify for the individual tournament leaderboard, as well as the season-long standings. Play in as many or as few tournaments as your schedule allows.
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What is the playing format for a week-long tournament?All events are 18-hole, stroke play competitions, with four divisions at each event: one gross flight for golfers with HDCPs up to 6.0, and three net divisions for golfers between 6.1-36 HI. The specific ranges of each flight are determined upon the end of the tournament, breaking participants into three even groups. To learn more about our tournament formatting, click here.
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Can I play without a GHIN® number/Handicap ID?No. A valid Handicap ID is required to play on the AGS Tour and its annual servicing is included in your annual membership fee. If you have an existing Handicap ID, you may use that number. If you register for AGS using the email tied to your GHIN/HDCP ID, our app will automatically make the connection, otherwise, simply enter your number in the applicable field at registration.
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How do I book tee times?Members are able to book tee times for the majority of Tour events directly through the AGS app. Tee sheets for each event are available on the event profile page and remain open exclusively to Tour members up until the course opens the tee sheet to the general public. When the exclusive booking period ends, members are encouraged to book directly with the host course, either through their website (a link will be provided on the event page at that time) or by calling the pro shop directly. Please note that select Tour courses have tee sheets which remain open year round and as such, all booking for those events will go through the host course. Tee times booked through the app will need to be paid in full at the time of booking.
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How does scoring work?All AGS events include four flights for competition. A Flight includes all golfers with a Handicap Index of 6.0 or lower at the time of play, who compete in a Gross tournament. B, C, and D Flights consist of an even number of golfers competing in net competition, which is determined at the end of each event week based on the composition of Handicap Indexes in that week's event. Upon completion of their round, members post their gross hole-by-hole score directly in our app. Leveraging industry-leading scoring technology powered by Golf Genius, our leaderboards automatically populate gross and net scores to display one's performance relative to their handicap. At the end of the week, points are awarded based on one's finishing position in their net flight. For a full description on our Scoring and Leaderboards, click here.