The USGA will present its highest honor, the Bob Jones Award, to Mike Keiser during U.S. Open Championship week in Pittsburgh this June. Presented annually since 1955, the award recognizes those who ...

Stu Francis named USA Captain, 2025 Men’s World Amateur Team Championship Kendra Graham named USA Captain, 2025 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship Meghan Stasi named 2026 USA Curtis Cup Captain ...

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5.7/1 – Circumstances When a Player’s Low Handicap Index Becomes More Than 365 Days Old After submitting a score on 1 March 2025, a player’s Handicap Index calculates at 12.3. Their Low Handicap Index ...

Dianne Dixon, of Saint Johns, Fla., is in the first of a three-year term on the USGA Executive Committee. Dixon currently serves as the engagement lead/manager for Spaulding Ridge, which provides ...

The first updates to the World Handicap System™ (WHS™) went into effect in January 2024 as part of an ongoing review by the USGA and R&A of the Rules of Handicapping™ and the Course Rating System™.

The USGA has named David Jacobsen, of Portland, Ore., as the 2025 recipient of the Joe Dey Award, in recognition of his exemplary service to the game and incredible impact in welcoming thousands to ...

Justin Hastings of the Cayman Islands and Peru’s Patrick Sparks co-lead at 8-under-par 136 at the midway point of the Latin America Amateur Championship at Pilar Golf Club. Hastings and Sparks sit one ...

You must fairly strike at the ball with the head of the club such that there is only momentary contact between the club and the ball and you must not push, scrape or scoop the ball. If your club ...

(*or minus any handicap stroke(s) that a plus handicap player gives back on that hole.) (See Diagram 3.1b.) Finishing positions and prize winners, and Number of strokes given or received for different ...

The USGA Library collection is the world's largest and most significant related to golf history, containing more than 100,000 individual items in more than 25 languages documenting golf's development ...

Q. I played a ball that is not mine – what do I do? A. In match play, you incur a loss of hole penalty. In stroke play, you get a two-stroke penalty and must correct your mistake by playing your ball ...