Scholarship Application

Welcome to the PGA Financial Assistance Fund Scholarship Program. Established in 1986, the program provides college scholarships for children and grandchildren of PGA members. It encourages and promotes the attainment of higher educational goals for the children and grandchildren of PGA members, based on evidence of a high level of academic achievement during high school or college. Since its inception, some $5.1 million in scholarships has been awarded to more than 2,526 students. Last year, this program awarded 134 scholarships totaling $292,000. Thank you for your interest in applying. Please note the following important information.

Important Information

• Applications must be submitted online at http://apps.pgalinks.com/scholarship/ by 5:00 p.m. ET on March 15, 2013.
• Students must submit via mail a sealed official transcript for the first semester of the current school year.

Please mail transcripts to:

Application Requirements

• A student must have a cumulative 3.4 grade point average in either high school or college to be eligible to apply.
• High School seniors will be evaluated on cumulative GPA (60% of ranking), ACT or SAT College Test Scores (30%) and extracurricular activities (10%).
• All college credit whether earned at high school or college level applies to college review and counts towards the cumulative GPA.
• Current college students will be evaluated on cumulative GPA (60%), class level GPA (30%) and extracurricular activities (10%).
• Applicants must be children or grandchildren of a PGA member who is in good standing with the Association (the PGA member may be living or deceased).
• Children or grandchildren of Class “F” PGA members are not eligible.
• Scholarship is for first 4 years only. Students must re-apply each year. (No graduate studies or 5th year under-graduate)
• Any incomplete applications will not be eligible for consideration.
• The involvement and achievement of the PGA member is not part of the selection criteria.
• Applicants who are high school seniors must have or plan to complete high school prior to September 1^st. They must also be enrolled or planning to enroll as a full time student at an accredited college or university located within the United States. A full time student is defined as one who is taking 12 or more hours in a course of study leading to a traditional associates or baccalaureate degree.
• The PGA Scholarship Program is designed to award scholarships (at least one per PGA Section provided the Section has an applicant who has met the required guidelines). The amount and number of scholarships is determined by the availability of funds, and may vary from year to year based on these factors and IRS guidelines concerning private scholarship foundations. Scholarships are awarded at the discretion of the PGA Scholarship Committee.
• Students should ensure they are eligible for the scholarship per NCAA Rules, Regulations and Guidelines.

Application Closed

Application is currently closed, please check back in November of every year for updates to this page. The new applications usually go live on November 15^th.