About the English Golf Union

The English Golf Union Limited (EGU) has served as the governing body of male amateur golf in England since it was founded in 1924. Based at the National Golf Centre in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire the EGU is one of the largest sports governing bodies in England looking after the interests of over 1,900 golf clubs and 680,000 club members. It is a non-profit organisation run for the benefit of the game and its players.

In 1995 the EGU acquired Woodhall Spa Golf Club and built an additional course and academy to create the National Golf Centre. The National Golf Centre is now the home of English amateur golf and provides a top class coaching environment for the National Squads as well as excellent golfing facilities that are available to all players, whatever their handicap.

The EGU works to increase the interest and participation in golf through their golf development programme 'Get into Golf' which includes initiatives to promote the game to both juniors and adults. 

The EGU organises all the major men's English amateur championships including the English Amateur, the English Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship (the Brabazon Trophy) and other International matches hosted by England.

The EGU maintains a uniform system of handicapping, administering and applying the Rules approved by the Council of National Golf Unions.

The EGU is a member of the England Golf Partnership. The England Golf Partnership is comprised of the English Golf Union (EGU), English Womens Golf Association (EWGA) and the PGA with the support of the Golf Foundation and Sport England.  Its aim, through the implementation of its Whole Sport Plan, is to increase and widen participation levels in golf and achieve a vision of being ‘The Leading Golf Nation in the World by 2020’ from grass roots right through to elite level.

Funding
The majority of EGU funding comes from affiliation fees paid by golfers. Members of each affiliated club pay an annual subscription to their County Union and to the English Golf Union. The subscription to the EGU currently stands at £5.00, which funds the core activities of the Union.

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