The Foothills Senior Golf Association (FSGA) is the umbrella under which two different senior golf groups operate. Each plays on a separate Thursday each month: The Upstate Division on the first and third Thursday, and the Foothills/F2SGA Division on the second and fourth Thursday respectively.
The Upstate and Foothills Division tournaments are individual stroke play events, flighted by handicaps.
F2SGA is the alternative senior option playing a variety of formats during the year: two man captain’s choice, modified Stableford scoring, three club, and two man better ball, for example.
Winners (gross and net) receive vouchers for pro shop merchandise. There are also cash awards for closest to the pin on all par 3’s. A hole-in-one is worth $100. We accommodate requests for friends to play in the same group whenever possible.
Handicaps
Handicaps are determined by USGA guidelines and are calculated after each tournament. Handicaps for new members are established from their SCGA or GHIN handicap where available. That not being available, we establish a target handicap from their recent scores.
Membership
Dues are $45.00 for Upstate and $45 for Foothills/F2SGA. Membership is for the calendar year. You are invited to play as a guest before making a decision to join.
Guests may win the closest-to-the-pin prizes and may pay $3 to be eligible for the merchandise awards. However, only members may collect the hole-in-one bounty and accumulate points toward the golfer of the year.
Annual Prizes
Points are awarded to prizewinners, gross and net and closest to the pin, in each of the individual monthly events. These accumulate during the year toward Golfer of the Year awards in each group.
In the Upstate and Foothills groups, the top eight (and ties) point winners for the year divide the available purse. The prize purse to be divided depends on the number of dues paying members.
In F2SGA, there is a Golfer of the Year for the first six months and a second competition for the second six months of the year. In each instance, the top eight finishers divide the purse, again, depending on membership
Special events
An additional event open to any senior golfer with a verifiable handicap may be arranged in the months where a fifth Thursday occurs.