Press Releases

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Eighty junior golfers representing 27 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces have earned an invitation to Augusta National Golf Club to compete in the sixth annual Drive, Chip...

The United States Golf Association (USGA) and Cisco announced a new multiyear global partnership focused on using technology to enhance the fan experience at USGA championships, create new...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. AND ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND (Sept. 18, 2018) – A global online questionnaire and data-gathering exercise on distance in golf has been launched by the USGA and The R&A today as...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Sept. 10, 2018) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced The Country Club of North Carolina, in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C., as the host site for the...

Golf’s new Rules have been published by the USGA and The R&A ahead of their effective date on Jan. 1, 2019. For the first time, a new Player’s Edition of the Rules of Golf is being introduced...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. and ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND (Aug. 27, 2018) – Braden Thornberry, 21, of Olive Branch, Miss., has won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the leading men’s player in the 2018...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Aug. 19, 2018) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced the six players who will represent the USA in the 2018 World Amateur Team Championships, to be...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. and ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND (Aug. 17, 2018) – Jennifer Kupcho, 21, of Westminster, Colo., has won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the leading player in the women's 2018 World...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. AND ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND (Aug. 14, 2018) – In an effort to thoroughly inform the Distance Insights project through the lens of the global golf community, the USGA and The...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Aug. 7, 2018) – Three-time Grammy Award winner Darius Rucker and World Golf Hall of Fame member Beth Daniel have been named honorary chairs of the 74th U.S. Women’s Open...