About NWGA
National Women's Golf AllianceTM Launched to Bring a Better Golf Experience to Women
Four of the nation's most highly respected women's golf organizations have joined forces to launch the National Women's Golf Alliance, with the mission to increase the number of women playing golf, and improve engagement levels of existing women golfers.
The Executive Women's Golf Association, Inc. (EGWA), Golf for Cause LLC, Jan Bel Jan Golf Course Design, and Ladies Links Fore Golf, LLC (LL4G) have pooled their years of expertise, data and observations regarding what women golfers want, experience and need for an enhanced playing experience that keeps them excited about and engaged in golf for years to come. Utilizing this information, the NWGA established a base of standards and best practices that can help make golf facilities more welcoming and attractive to women and enhance golf's overall appeal to women.
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Five Areas of Focus
The NWGA not only safeguards but advances the interests of women's golf by addressing five areas of focus at golf facilities:- Course Playability
- Customer Service
- Course Amenities
- Facility Amenities
- Golf Programs
NWGA Criteria!


Champions
- Donna M. Fiedorowicz - PGA Tour
- Jan Bel Jan Golf Course Design
- Debbie Waitkus - Golf for Cause
- Nancy L. Knight - Hall Of Fame Golfer
- Sheila Johnson - Salamander Hotels & Resorts
- Pam Swensen - EWGA
- Terry Anton - SNAG (Starting New at Golf)
Game Changers
- Joyce A. Friel - Peak Performance Consulting
- Mike Kaplan - Green Valley Country Club, Greenville, SC
- John Coleman - Green Valley Country Club, Greenville, SC
Angels
- Pat Ayres
- Barbara Barnette
- Jan Bel Jan
- Chloe Clark
- Joann Collins
- Margaret E. Downey
- Helen Hoffman
- Becky Macaluso
- Angie Niehoff
- Rita Simpson
- Virginia Sirc
- M. Street, Inc.
- Jennifer Tennant
- D.H. Thomas
- Debbie Waitkus
- Dorothy Walkowski
- Rowena Wilks











