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The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America

...are a leading professional organization for the men and women who manage golf courses in both the United States andthe world. They are dedicated to serving its members, advancing their profession and enhancing the enjoyment, growth and vitality of the game of golf.

Their mission is to:

• To provide opportunities and support that enable GCSAA members to achieve career success.
  
• To advocate vigorously for the interests of their members, the profession and the industry.
  
• To deliver authoritative, accessible and affordable continuing education and provide efficient access to information on issues related to golf course management.
• To be a strategically positioned, dynamic and responsive organization.

When a Regional Golf Association wished to change its handicap service vendor back in the 1980's Golf Handicap and Information Network was given the role. It provides a quality service to maintain handicaps and was organized and developed by the spring of 1981 and provided handicap computation services initially for one Regional Golf Association, the New York's Metropolitan Golf Association.

It has now become the world's largest handicap computation service. The Golf Handicap and Information Network (GHIN) is provided through 60 State and Regional Golf Associations to nearly 9,700 clubs and approximately two million golfers. GHIN is maintained and backed by the United States Golf Association and the staff is composed of employees of the USGA.