New Years 2025 - PGA National - Palm Beach Gardens

 

 

General Info and Cost

PLEASE READ ALL MATERIAL PRIOR TO SIGNING-UP FOR THIS EVENT.

At any time there could be special notices or updates to this event and those will be posted under the "Emails/Updates"

on the left side of this page or in underlined green type font on this website.


This is an ASGA Multi-Chapter Invitational

at PGA National Resort

in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Unlike other ASGA Multi-Chapter Events,

this event is a 4 night / 5-day event

and includes 3 rounds of golf.

Arrive Thursday, January 2, 2025 - Depart Monday, January 6, 2025

(Add'l. nights available at reduced rate up to 1 day before and 3 days after our event is over.)

OPEN TO ALL CURRENT ASGA MEMBERS

Yes, you must be a member of ASGA at the time of the event to attend this multi-chapter event. To join or renew your membership in ASGA, go to www.SinglesGolf.com/join.

We were at PGA National Resort these same dates in January, 2024 and many indicated they'd like to return. The Resort has given us favorable rates because 1) they like us and 2) we arrive on January 2nd after every visitor and vacationer heads home after the holiday. PGA National is a bucket list resort; it's been the site of the Honda Classic for 22 years and currently the venue for the 2025 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches (playing the Champions Course February 27 - March 2, 2025). 

So, explore the various tabs on the left side of this website and sign-up soon. Save additional when you room with a friend, otherwise we cannot guarantee ASGA will provide a roommate for you . . . but we will try!

Click on the GOLF TAB below left to see which courses we will play.


PGA NATIONAL RESORT

400 Avenue of the Champions, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

To visit the resort's website (PGAResort.com), click here

Phone 800-863-2819

To view a fly-over video of the resort, click here

 

CHECK-IN TIME IS 4:00 PM     CHECK-OUT TIME IS 12:00 NOON

(if arriving earlier, call the Resort and request an earlier check in time)

DEPOSIT OKAY BUT FULL PAYMENT IS NEEDED RIGHT AWAY IF POSSIBLE . . . 

IN ORDER TO SECURE YOUR ROOM!

 

If you are planning to go, we need full payment for ASGA to contract the correct number of rooms, a/k/a room block. Otherwise, you may have to pay rack rate. 

Your payment will allow us to sign a contract with the Resort securing a specific block of rooms. When we fill-up the block we will have reserved, we will seek to add more rooms if necessary but there is no guarantee rooms will be available as the public will be reserving rooms during this time period as well. So please don't assume you can wait until the last minute to register.

GOT A ROOMMATE? And if you know you'll have a roommate, please get both of your registrations submitted at the same time, otherwise, you might be charged the room-by-yourself rate.


Wikipedia article on PGA National Resort and Spa - click here

Wikipedia article on Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - click here


This 4-Night / 5-Day golf event is open to current members only. You must be a member in January to attend.  To join ASGA or renew your dues, go to www.SinglesGolf.com/join   Not sure when your dues expire, go here


THE PACKAGES

Included in both packages (room-by-myself or room with someone) is the following:

  • Four (4) nights' stay over five (5) days at the PGA Resort and Spa
  • Three (3) rounds of golf at these courses: Fazio (Friday, 01/03 - 1:30pm), Champion (Saturday, 01/04 - 8:30am) and Palmer (Sunday, 01/05 - 8:30am). Play the par-3, 9-hole Staples on the day of arrival (01/02) as an optional round.
  • Four (4) dinners 
  • Wifi on property
  • 10% discount on golf retail
  • 15% discount on spa (retail excluded)
  • Group transportation to Seasons 52 - off property on our final night
  • Welcome gift, Program and Pairings Guide, Nametags
  • $600.00 in cash prize for closests-to-pin contests 
  • All taxes and resort service fees

 


ASGA GROUP PRICING


THIS IS PEAK SEASON FOR WARM AND SUNNY SOUTH FLORIDA.

RATES ARE HIGHER AND WE EXPECT GOOD WEATHER AS ALWAYS.

The Resort has given us prices never given to any group in recent years!

 

DEPOSIT OKAY BUT FULL PAYMENT IS NEEDED RIGHT AWAY IF POSSIBLE . . . 

IN ORDER TO SECURE YOUR ROOM!

 

PRICE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND ASGA MEMBERS:

For the same courses, food and accommodations, our hotel contact estimates the public will pay:

  • $4,223 if rooming alone
  • $3,084 per person with a roommate

As a member of ASGA, your rates are:

  • $2,539 if rooming alone (a saving of $1522) - ROOM BY MYSELF PACKAGE
  • $1,769 per person with a roommate (a saving of $1053)* - YOU'LL HAVE A ROOMMATE PACKAGE

* ASGA may be able to provide a roommate for you, however, we cannot guarantee it. Best if you provide your own roommate.

Optional round at the Staple Par 3 course on day-of-arrival (Jan. 2 at 2pm) for $39

Play the Champion Course (site of the Honda Classic and upcoming Cognizant Classic) on Saturday, Jan. 4 with a shotgun start at 8:30am. Champion Course requires the use of fourcaddies at your cost of $35 paid to the fourcaddie upon completion of your round.

 

Credit cards carry a 3% fee. Or, mail check to ASGA, P. O. Box 848, Pineville, NC 28134.   If paying by Zelle, ASGA's id number is 9808336450. 

All taxes and resort service fees have been included in the above totals.

Airfare is NOT INCLUDED in any package.  See the "Getting There" link on left side of this page for airport information and the Resort address.  To get to the Resort, you may have to take an UBER or LYFT or TAXI to get to the Resort unless you rent a car.

Check back to see the CHAT WITH OTHERS button set-up on this site where you can communicate with other attendees and set-up a ride-share to the airport via taxi or Uber or other matter.

 

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Emails / Updates

It is our policy to email updates to attendees during and after the registration period.  If you do not have email or access to email, we rely on you to stay updated on the event by checking-in with this website from time to time.  All emails that update, modify or alter any detail of this event will have links to this page for your later review.  ASGA is not responsible if you do not read or receive emails once you're registered.  Continue to check back to this site for updates.

To CHANGE your information in the ASGA database, e.g., different email address, phone, etc., use this form to add your email.  Note:  Even though you submit your email to us, they may not always be welcomed by your inbox.  To have the best chance for our emails to get into your email account, please add these four (4) emails to your address book in your email account:

newsletters@SinglesGolf.com

 mychapter@SinglesGolf.com

Tom@SinglesGolf.com

Info@SinglesGolf.com.com

Irene@SinglesGolf.com

 

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Chat with Others

We used to call this page the FORUM page but it's essentially a place where attendees can post questions, offer to be a roommate, or announce that you're looking for a roommate, etc. Just click on the link below and post something . . . then keep checking back to see if you have an answer.

NOTE: Chat with Others is for members to converse with each other, not the national office. To ask the national office, the host of this event, please email info@SinglesGolf.com.

Join the discussion

 

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The PGA National Resort

All of the guest rooms at the Resort are "run of house," meaning the Resort controls which rooms we will be in. ROH gets us a great group rate. 

To visit the Resort's guest room pages, click here.

If you wish to come in one day earlier on January 1 or stay up to three days late, your rate for those nights is as follows:

January 1 - $399 inclusive of tax and resort service fee

January 6, 7, 8 - $339/night inclusive of tax and resort service fee; split in half if sharing with roommate.

If you're rooming with someone and you want to stay extra day(s) and they do not, or, if you've requested ASGA to provide you with a roommate and you want to stay extra day(s) by yourself, you are responsible for the room-by-myself rate for those extra night(s).

Breakfast or any meals on any additional days is not included in your rate. 


NOTICE TO ATTENDEES REGARDING HOUSEKEEPING GRATUITY AND PORTERAGE FEE

(Per our contract with the Resort, we are required to post this statement):

The housekeeping gratuity and porterage fee will be left to the individual’s discretion. The Resort recommends a porterage fee of $10.00, per person, per room, and $2.50 per person, per day to cover housekeeping gratuities. It is the group’s responsibility to inform guests of these charges, unless specifically requested in writing to go to the master account. Group shall be solely and fully responsible for informing its attendees of these fees and that they are separate and distinct from the room rate and from taxes. Group may not, in any printed materials regarding the meeting or in any other manner, lump these fees into any category such as tax or room rate.


Resort Address: 

PGA NATIONAL RESORT

400 Avenue of the Champions, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

To visit the resort's website (PGAResort.com), click here

Phone 800-863-2819

CHECK-IN TIME IS 4:00 PM     CHECK-OUT TIME IS 12:00 NOON

Anyone arriving prior to 4pm will be accommodated as soon as possible, but should be advised that there may be a wait. Arrangements can be made for baggage storage with the hotel's front desk staff.

 

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Golf

 

 

Golf Play Format:  we will play our own ball each day using the USGA Rules of Golf.

There will be NO team competitions using gross or net scores. Irregularities at past events have concerned us. Instead of net team competitions, we will offer $100.00 closest-to-the-pin competition, one competition per course (except Staples course). If our attendance is over 75 golfers, we will increase that amount to $200.00.

We will play three (3) rounds of golf:  We will play

  • the Fazio course at 1:30 on Friday, Jan. 3rd
  • the Champion* course at 8:30 on Saturday, Jan. 4th
  • the Palmer course at 8:30 on Sunday, Jan. 5th 

Men will play the tee boxes closest to 5600 yards, women will play the boxes closest to 5000 yards.

OPTIONAL DAY-OF-ARRIVAL GOLF ON THE STAPLES, A 9-HOLE PAR 3 COURSE - A great warm-up round. Bring just a few clubs as holes are from 60-130 yards away. Looks like a beautiful little par 3 - click here for a snippet. Cost is an optional $39. Tee times beginning at 2:00pm.

On the Champion round, your package price includes a forecaddie but gratuity is additional which would be a suggested amount from $35 to $50 per player as noted by the Resort.

To view the Champion Course website, go here.

* forecaddie included on Champion round & requires a minimum $35 cash gratuity/player.

 

 


Competition and Prizes.  For our primary package rounds, we will offer a $100.00 cash prize to the winners (male and female) of a selected par 3 known as the "money hole." There will not be any $25 prize certificates as we have done in the past. Irregularities at past events have concerned us. Instead of net team competitions, we will offer $100.00 closest-to-the-pin competition, one competition per course (except Staples course) for both men and women.

Golf Club Storage.   The Resort will store your clubs and have them sitting on your cart each day. Upon arrival, you will leave your clubs at the main hotel entrance.

Make sure your name is on your golf bag.  Also, make sure you have your name on each of your clubs. ASGA provides a set of 14 labels as part of your ASGA membership fee. If you don't have your name and contact phone on each of your clubs, go here to order a set. Allow 7-10 days for processing. When you leave the hotel to return home, be sure to remember to pack your clubs!  

ASGA or the staff at any of our courses reserve the right to modify the time of play schedule based on the number of players as we get closer to the event. Simply put, if we don't have enough for a shotgun, we do straight tee times. For our package rounds at this event, we are scheduled to have shotgun starts all days on our package courses.

 

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Food

If you have a special dietary need, please indicate that on your registration form.*

In our 4-night/5-day packages, the following will be included**:

  • Four (4) dinners. The first three dinners will be at the Resort, the last one will be at Seasons 52, off-property.

Lunches and breakfasts are on your own.

* Food Allergies and/or Special Dietary Needs:  If you have a special dietary need, e.g., gluten free, meat free, fat-free, pork-free or a nothing burger, etc., you must notify at the time you register. Please DO NOT ask right prior to the food function as there will be no time for the kitchen to take care of your needs. There is a place on the registration form for you to indicate your dietary need. Once we are at a particular venue, it is UP TO YOU to notify the Resort staff or ASGA event leader who you are and that you are a person with the special dietary need.

For some ASGA-hosted events, meals may be served buffet-style and could include certain menu items (e.g., pork products such as bacon or sausage) that may not align with specific religious beliefs. Please be aware that these items may be on display

 

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Itinerary

This website gives you the general itinerary.  The final itinerary will be printed in the Program & Pairings Guide and emailed to you as a PDF a few days prior to the event. Also, you'll be given a printed copy of the Program & Pairings Guide at the registration table upon checking in.

 

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Who's Coming

This page will list all members who are actually signed-up and paid for this event. By signing up, you have given us permission to post your name here. If you do not wish your name posted, please email info@singlesgolf.com indicating such or indicate it on your registration submission.

Note:  This is not a complete list.  Some members may have asked their name to not appear on this public list.

 

Signed-Up as of December 11, 2024

 

Tom Alsop Charlotte
Jim Ainslie Sarasota
Pamela Bean Sarasota
Angela Bedard Dallas-Ft. Worth
Bob Bernstein Sarasota
Marie Bush Chicago
Melissa Carlson Dallas-Ft. Worth
John Cash Washington, DC
Nancy Cash-Knight Orlando
Helene Chapados Albany
Vince Cloud Palm Beach Co
Ken Cornelison Cincinnati
Mary Corthouts Palm Beach Co
Wayne Crupi Washington, DC
Linda Cunningham Grand Strand
Rick Cunningham Kansas City
Barbara Cutts Philadelphia
Chuck Davis Washington, DC
Ted Derendal Grand Strand
Bob DeTorre White Oak, PA
Mark Dickerson Bremerton, WA
Kate Dudley Chicago
Robert Edmonds Denver
Jeff Elder Cincinnati
Tim Fontillas Dallas-Ft. Worth
Barbara Gawlik Kansas City
Paul Gentile Chicago
Joe Gunn Philadelphia
Emiko Hagimori Washington, DC
Donovan Hall Palm Springs
Marlene Hammond Washington, DC
Paul Housey Dallas Ft, Worth
Ed Horak Chicago
Mark Johnson Denver
Ray Kalal The Villages
Sukie Kang Dallas-Ft.Worth
Ann Kinney Indianapolis
Susan Kraus SE Michigan
Mikky Kwag Washington, DC
Linda Lapriore Phoenix
Steve Lenvik Dallas-Ft. Worth
Rich Levy Palm Beach Co
Lynn Lustig Dallas-Ft. Worth
Linda Marcet Orlando
Kevin McCrum Sarasota
Lynn McHolme Elizabeth, PA
June McKendrick Grand Strand
Josephine McNiff Southwest FL
Greg Mieczynski Chicago
Mary Misenheimer Grand Strand
Andra Morgan Gulf Breeze, FL
Larry Nelligan Jacksonville
Deborah O'Hern Albany
Hank Parish Asheville
Debra Paster North Jersey
Scott Patton Washington, DC
Ann Peck Roanoke, VA
Tom Piepmeier Kansas City
Kate Prendergast Philadelphia
Lenore Prueser Boston
Deb Ptasinski Albany
Diane Raber Denver
Maureen Ranft Sarasota
Sheila Ramacci Chicago
Denise Ramirez Denver
Pam Reese Orlando
Jacqui Rhoades Philadelphia
Linda Rothenberg Greenwich, CT
Terry Smith Denver
Anita Springer Sarasota
Deb Swedberg Sarasota
Sally Thompson-Bell Philadelphia
Rosalie Tischler Southwest FL
Susan Welter Southwest FL
Lori Wida Philadelphia
Brian Wisniewski Grand Strand
Genevieve Wooden Denver
Bill Wray Dallas-Ft. Worth
Ruth Zeising Albany

 

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Getting To PGA National Resort

If you're driving to this venue, you'll likely have some sort of GPS with you.  So here's their information to put into your system:

PGA NATIONAL RESORT

400 Avenue of the Champions, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

To visit the resort's website (PGAResort.com), click here

Phone 800-863-2819

CHECK-IN TIME IS 4:00 PM     CHECK-OUT TIME IS 12:00 PM

 

If you're flying, you'll want to fly into PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL (PBI Airport). No shuttle service to the hotel is available, however, we suggest Uber, Lyft or a taxi to get you to the hotel.  It's about a $25 charge each way.

DO YOU RENT A CAR?  That is up to you, however, think about this: you'll likely fly into Palm Beach International Airport (PBI Airport) which is about 77 miles north of Miami. From there, you could take an Uber, Lyft or even a taxi and get to the Resort. (Share that cost if you are with another ASGA member.) We were told it's about a $25 Uber ride from the PBI airport. So we don't suggest renting a car. The Resort will provide transportation to all your on-property venues. We'll have dinner on property three out of four nights and group transportation is provided for the night we have dinner off property. The golf courses at PGA National are just out the back door of the hotel. Yes, they really are!   

PARKING: If you drive to the Resort, there is free self-parking. 

 

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Travel Protection

Travel Protection is NOT INCLUDED in this event; however, you may purchase travel protection (trip insurance) on your own. This can cover you for a number of issues, including but not limited to your airfare, your registration fee, and other expenses.

See policy for details by going here.

 

 

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Local Weather

In Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, we expect beautiful weather year-round.  To get the latest 10-day outlook, click here.

 

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Terms and Conditions

For our Terms and Conditions, Indemnification, etc., click here.

To see our complete cancellation policy, click here.

Cancellation.  There is a 25% cancellation fee on or prior to 12/01/24.  Absolutely NO refunds after 12/01/24. If your plans change, you can sell your position to another member.  Please do not ask ASGA to sell your position.

See our complete cancellation policy here.

If you're rooming with someone and you want to stay extra day(s) and they do not, or, if you've requested ASGA to provide you with a roommate and you want to stay extra days, you are responsible for the room-by-myself rate.

Travel Insurance.  At an event in 2022, we had 4 people who had to cancel their event due to family emergencies or injuries. Not only are we getting older, but we have family members who are as well. Please consider travel insurance either purchased at this site (Nationwide Insurance) or on your own.


NOTICE TO ATTENDEES REGARDING HOUSEKEEPING GRATUITY AND PORTERAGE FEE

(Per our contract with the Resort, we are required to post this statement):

The housekeeping gratuity and porterage fee will be left to the individual’s discretion. The Resort recommends a porterage fee of $10.00, per person, per room, and $2.50 per person, per day to cover housekeeping gratuities. It is the group’s responsibility to inform guests of these charges, unless specifically requested in writing to go to the master account. Group shall be solely and fully responsible for informing its attendees of these fees and that they are separate and distinct from the room rate and from taxes. Group may not, in any printed materials regarding the meeting or in any other manner, lump these fees into any category such as tax or room rate.


 

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Miscellaneous Links

Trip Advisor's Things-to-Do in Palm Beach Gardens - - CLICK HERE 

 

 

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Contact ASGA

If you have questions of a general nature, please contact Tom Alsop, the event host by clicking on this link: tom@singlesgolf.com

If you have questions regarding your room, roommate, payment, etc., please contact Irene Matthews at irene@singlesgolf.com. You can also contact the office at 980-833-6450, 9am to 2pm, M-F, Eastern time.

The mailing address for registration forms and/or checks:   ASGA, Inc., PO Box 848, Pineville, NC 28134

 

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Register for Event

One Last Opportunity Regarding Travel Protection

Travel protection is YOUR option. You can receive a free and instant quote on travel protection and it's something you should consider before registering.

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON TRAVEL PROTECTION - this site will give you your actual cost of travel protection.

Before you submit your registration form online, you will be prompted to reply to one of these two options regarding travel protection:

(  ) By submitting this registration, I am declining travel protection offered through this website or other source.

(  ) I am submitting this registration for myself, and I will apply for travel protection either through this website or other source. (Travel protection (trip insurance) must be purchased within five (5) days of registering.

 

Register Online . . . click here

Register with printed registration form (PDF) . . . click here

 

Zelle: On either registration form above, complete and submit it as usual but click on "paying by Zelle" to save 3% on credit card fees. If you're paying by Zelle, our Zelle ID number is 9808336450.  

PAY BY ZELLE if you can. ASGA gladly accepts Zelle and you'll save 3% on the credit card fee we will charge you otherwise. (Important 

The mailing address for checks is:  ASGA, Inc., PO Box 848, Pineville, NC  28134

 

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