Volunteering is fun, easy and rewarding!
Part of our aim at VSWGA Golf is to represent, promote and serve the best interest of women’s golf in Vermont. We cannot accomplish this mission without the help of volunteers who are so important to our success. Volunteer opportunities are limitless, whether on site at any of our championships, helping with tournament planning or lending a helpful hand to any of the various VSWGA committees.
“I really enjoyed volunteering as a spotter for the men’s tournaments at my club for the past three years. It is such a unique experience and opportunity to be involved in the energy and excitement of the sport. Volunteers make a difference in the quality of the event and help make the tournament memorable and successful.” — VSWGA member Dee Lamberton
Volunteer for a day, once a week, or all season long! Below are some volunteer tasks you might consider:
Junior Golf
- Mentors to assist junior girls with various competitions and course play (rules, etiquette, etc).
- Assistants to help with clinics. Assist our LPGA and PGA professionals or help with day-of registration, supporting participants, setup and take down, etc.
- On-course spotters during VGA and high school events.
State Days
- Assist Club Reps of the host course collecting cards at the scoring table.
- For larger events, volunteer to help at the turn to keep foursomes moving.
Major Tournaments
Spotting, starters, registration desk, scoring
Rules Committee
Video helpers (1-2 hour video shoot, date/location TBD). We might need ‘on-screen’ actors, camera holders, and/or anyone with video expertise to make some ‘rough and ready’ VSWGA rules explanation videos.
Communications
Ideas for topics for our newsletter; help with social media
Course Rating
VSWGA and the Vermont Golf Association review and update course ratings. To determine the course slope rating, a team works to measure the course, assessing course length, the location of hazards, green size and contour, and overall difficulty for a scratch golfer, which dictates how much a bogey golfer’s handicap should be adjusted based on the course’s difficulty. Anyone can volunteer to rate courses.
Being on the Pace of Play committee is a great way to help without a huge time commitment. Weekly the committee reviews the Pace of Play (PoP) reports that are emailed to us for each State Day to be sure everyone is keeping up with their pace. This is a seasonal committee with little to no off-season work.