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The Tennessee Golf Association provides numerous services to its member clubs - the most important being the handicap service. Working closely with the Tennessee Section PGA, the TGA operates the USGA's Golf Handicap and Information Network (GHIN), which provides a uniform handicap service to all golfers in Tennessee.

The TGA is most visible through another service - its championships. Sixteen TGA Championships are conducted annually, and none more rich in tradition that the State Amateur Championship, which began in the inaugural year of 1914. Former winners of this event include the legendary Dr. Cary Middlecoff, winner of the U.S. Open and The Masters tournaments; former PGA Tour star Mason Rudolph; and Chattanooga's Lew Oehmig, who has won the event eight times in five different decades.