PGA FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FUND
SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM
FACT SHEET
The PGA Financial
Assistance Fund Scholarship Program was established in 1986 to provide college
scholarships for children and grandchildren of PGA members. Since its inception, this program has awarded
about $3.2 million in scholarships to over 1,800 students. The scholarship program is an academic based
scholarship program that takes into account the following depending on the
class level of the student:
High School Graduating Senior
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High School Cumulative Grade Point Average -must
be at least 3.0 (60% of the scholarship weighting scale)
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ACT and/or SAT test scores (30% of the
scholarship weighting scale)
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Extracurricular activities in high school such
as sports, clubs, student government, honors, community service, etc. (10% of
the scholarship weighting scale)
Current
College
Student (has not reached their senior year in college)
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College Cumulative Grade Point Average - must be
at least 3.0 (60% of the scholarship weighting scale)
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Most recently completed college semester or
quarter GPA (30% of the scholarship weighting scale)
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Extracurricular activities in college such as sports,
clubs, student government, honors, community service, etc. (10% of the
scholarship weighting scale)
Application is made online at www.pgalinks.com on the homepage of that
website. The application process is
active between the first week of December and March 1st of each
year. We do ask that the applicants wait
until they receive from their school the most current grade report or
transcript before applying. The
applicant must enter the student’s Social Security number and the PGA
affiliated parent or grandparent’s PGA ID number to gain access to the
application. The application must be completed in one session. The process does not allow you to complete
part of the application and return later to complete the rest.
After submitting the online application, the applicant must
send by March 1st to our address a sealed
official school grade transcript
that shows their GPA information, ACT/SAT test scores (if a high school
applicant), a photo, etc. This needs to
be sent to:
PGA
Financial Assistance Fund Scholarship Program
Attn: Linda
Bennington
100 Avenue
of the Champions
Palm Beach
Gardens, FL 33418
(888)
532-6661
(561)
630-1701 - fax
Email: lbenning@pgahq.com