The United States Golf Association (USGA) has expanded access to its Golf Handicap Information Network® (GHIN) mobile app presented by Sentry with the introduction of a 30-day free trial for golfers ...

Luke Clanton, 20, of Hialeah, Fla., has won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the leading male in the 2024 World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®. The McCormack Medal winner receives exemptions into the 2025 ...

Karen Garcia (2015 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur champion) Mina Hardin (2010 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur champion) Mary Ann Hayward (Low-five amateur returning 72-hole score in 2019 U.S. Senior Women's ...

Play the course as you find it and play the ball as it lies. Play by the Rules and in the spirit of the game. You are responsible for applying your own penalties if you breach a Rule, so that you ...

There are various circumstances that might result in a player starting a hole but not holing out. For example, when: The number of strokes already taken to reach a position on a hole, plus The number ...

Olympia Fields Country Club’s North Course was designed by Willie Park Jr. in 1923. Park was a two-time British Open champion, winning in 1887 and 1889. The course was renovated for the 1997 U.S.

Purpose of Rule: Rule 4 covers the equipment that players may use during a round. Based on the principle that golf is a challenging game in which success should depend on the player’s judgment, skills ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 12 is a specific Rule for bunkers, which are specially prepared areas intended to test the player’s ability to play a ball from the sand. To make sure the player confronts this ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 4 covers the equipment that players may use during a round. Based on the principle that golf is a challenging game in which success should depend on the player’s judgment, skills ...

Whistling Straits, in Kohler, Wis., has been chosen by the USGA as the host site for three future USGA championships, beginning with the 2028 U.S. Amateur. The 2033 U.S. Junior Amateur and 2037 U.S.

Juan Antonio “Chi Chi” Rodriguez, the 1989 recipient of the USGA’s Bob Jones Award and one of the most admired players, entertainers and humanitarians in the game, died on Aug. 8 at the age of 88.

Recognizing a growing interest in golf-related careers, the USGA is helping funnel emerging talent to a broad range of job opportunities that exist in the game. In total, the USGA supported 323 ...