Mass Golf continues to work hard to assist our member clubs in these difficult economic times. The Mass Golf discount program for those clubs that pay their GHIN Membership invoices in a timely manner. The discounts will be available as follows:
Here is a summary of the billing discount program.
Member clubs that pay their GHIN Invoice within 30 days of invoice date may deduct 5% from the total bill less any billing adjustments for members not inactivated or incorrectly billed.
Note: Payment must be postmarked within 30 days of invoice and arrive in our offices not later than 35 days from date of invoice for discount to be valid. If you have any questions regarding this program please feel free to contact Jim Haynes in the Mass Golf office via phone (774-430-9106) or email (jhaynes@massgolf.org).
Mass Golf will do whatever it can to assist Member Clubs better manage its GHIN Handicap system and make the billing process as seamless as possible. To that end, here is a summary of how the billing system works for all Member Clubs
Member Clubs are billed per active golfer on their club roster. The information starts with the Member Club. Members are inputted into the GHIN computer by the professional staff or the designated handicap chairperson. Each time a change is made in your system the membership roster is updated with the USGA to reflect additions and or deletions.
The USGA bills each State Association three times per year for all active golfers. Unfortunately the USGA does not notify us when a member is removed from a roster, only the additions. Mass Golf in turn bills each Member Club based on the information provided by the USGA. It is up to the club to notify Mass Golf of any deletions made once an invoice is received.
The billing cycle is broken down as follows:
The initial billing in most cases captures the majority of active members at any one club. In early April Mass Golf urges all Member Clubs to begin a review of their membership roster. By mid-April we recommend inactivating any member that has not re-activated their membership. If the member is inactivated in the GHIN system the club will avoid the GHIN fee until such time as the member resumes his/her membership. The score history stays intact, and the player can easily be re-activated at anytime within a two-year period.
The two subsequent billings will capture any member added to a club’s GHIN roster after the initial billing. All billings revolve around revision dates from the revision calendar. The second billing will be early August (capturing additions through August 1st), while the final billing will be through the October 1st revision.
August Billing – This will capture any member added to a club between May 1st and July 31st.
October Billing – This billing will capture members added to a club between August 1st and October 1st.
The rosters that accompany the billing indicate the month and day the member was added to the service in an yyyymmdd format.
Mass Golf is happy to issue credits for members either mistakenly not deleted (as long as the member has not utilized the service for the season) or somehow duplicated in error as long as those requests are made in a timely manner (typically within 30 to 45 days of billing.)
