Metropolitan Golf Association

The Metropolitan Golf Association (MGA), headquartered in Elmsford, New York, is one of the nation's oldest and largest amateur golf associations. Founded in 1897, the not-for-profit organization champions, invests in, and advances the game by administering the World Handicap System, serving as an official GHIN provider, conducting some of the nation's oldest and most respected championships, and providing course rating, member play days, clinics, educational programs, and its award-winning magazine, The Met Golfer, to more than 500 member clubs and 180,000 golfers across the New York metropolitan area.