Press Releases

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Sept. 7, 2016) – The United States Golf Association will host the 2017 North American Golf Innovation Symposium on March 6-7 in Vancouver, British Columbia, gathering leaders in...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Aug. 29, 2016) – The United States Golf Association has selected the three players who will represent the USA in the 2016 World Amateur Team Championship, to be played Sept....

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland and FAR HILLS, N.J. (Aug. 15, 2016) – Leona Maguire, of the Republic of Ireland, has won the Mark H. McCormack Medal for the second consecutive year as the leading...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Aug. 15, 2016) – The United States Golf Association has selected the three players who will represent the USA in the 2016 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship, to be played...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Aug. 6, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced groupings and starting times for the first two rounds of the 2016 U.S. Senior Open Championship,...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (July 20, 2016) – The maximum age for competitors in the U.S. Girls’ Junior and U.S. Junior Amateur championships will be raised from 17 to 18 years old starting with the 2017...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (July 20, 2016) – Chambers Bay, in University Place, Wash., has been selected by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as the site of the 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (June 28, 2016) – As an elite field of the best female golfers in the world prepares for the ultimate test in women’s golf at the U.S. Women’s Open Championship in California...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (June 18, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced sites for the 2025 and 2026 U.S. Open Championships, naming Oakmont Country Club in suburban...

OAKMONT, Pa. (June 13, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that one additional player has earned a full exemption into the 116th U.S. Open Championship, to be...

OAKMONT, Pa. (June 10, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced groupings and starting times for the first two rounds of the 2016 U.S. Open Championship, Thursday (June...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (June 9, 2016) – The United States Golf Association today announced that it has accepted 2,791 entries for the 2016 U.S. Senior Open Championship, scheduled for Aug. 11-14 at...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (June 7, 2016) – Fans of the 2016 U.S. Open Championship will enjoy more ways to stay connected to the action at Oakmont Country Club via a dynamic suite of digital offerings...

FAR HILLS, N.J., and ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (June 2, 2016) – The USGA and The R&A have published a research document that reports important facts on driving distance in professional golf....

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 26, 2016) – The Kittansett Club in Marion, Mass., has been selected by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as the host site for the 2022 U.S. Senior Amateur...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 24, 2016) – The United States Golf Association today announced that 27 additional golfers, including U.S. Amateur champions Ryan Moore, Byeong Hun An and Matthew...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 17, 2016) – Two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen, of South Africa, has received a special exemption into the 116th U.S. Open Championship, which will be conducted June...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 11, 2016) – The United States Golf Association has announced that all Saturday daily ticket options for the 116th U.S. Open Championship at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club have...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 9, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) and the World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum will exclusively showcase medals won by H. Chandler Egan at the 1904 Summer...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 5, 2016) – Spurred by the success of its first two years, the United States Golf Association (USGA) is expanding the PLAY9™ program this year, encouraging more golfers to...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 5, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) has accepted 1,855 entries for the 71st U.S. Women’s Open Championship. The championship will be conducted July 7-10,...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 5, 2016) – Timuquana Country Club, in Jacksonville, Fla., has been selected by the United States Golf Association as the host site for the 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 4, 2016) – Se Ri Pak, whose 1998 U.S. Women’s Open victory is a seminal moment in the history of women’s golf, has received a special exemption from the United States...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 3, 2016) – Forest Highlands Golf Club, in Flagstaff, Ariz., has been selected by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as the host site of the 2019 U.S. Women’s...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May xx, 2016) – Fans planning to attend the 116th U.S. Open Championship at Oakmont Country Club between June 13-19 can expect a fun and immersive spectator experience as the...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (April 28, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) has accepted a total of 9,877 entries for the 2016 U.S. Open Championship at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club. The number...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (April 26, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) and the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) Foundation have jointly selected six publicly accessible...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (April 25, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) will kick off its celebration of the 116th U.S. Open Championship with a series of golf-oriented community activities...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (April 13, 2016) – FOX Sports, the domestic broadcast partner of the United States Golf Association, will air more than 120 hours of live coverage across eight 2016 USGA...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (March 16, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced sectional qualifying sites for the 2016 U.S. Senior Open Championship, to be held at Scioto Country...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (March 14, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced sectional qualifying sites for the 2016 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, which will be contested...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (March 9, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced sectional qualifying sites for the 2016 U.S. Open Championship, which will be held at Oakmont (Pa.)...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Feb. 24, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced local qualifying sites for the 2016 U.S. Open Championship. The U.S. Open will be contested for a...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Feb. 23, 2016) – Hannah O’Sullivan, of Chandler, Ariz., the 2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion, was among the eight players named today by the United States Golf Association...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Feb. 15, 2016) – Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach, Calif., has been selected by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as the host site for the 2018 U.S. Girls’...

SAN DIEGO (Feb. 6, 2016) – In celebration of individuals who have given back to the game in extraordinary ways, the United States Golf Association (USGA) presented its annual Service Awards...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Feb. 6, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced Chicago Golf Club, in Wheaton, Ill., and Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, in Southern Pines, N.C., as...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Feb. 6, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) has selected The Olympic Club, in San Francisco, Calif., as the host site of the 76th U.S. Women’s Open in 2021. The...

SAN DIEGO (Feb. 6, 2016) – Diana M. Murphy, of St. Simons Island, Ga., today was elected to serve a one-year term as the 64th president of the United States Golf Association (USGA). The election...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Feb. 2, 2016) – In recognition of its high standard of achievement in golf literature, St. Andrews: In the Footsteps of Old Tom Morris, by Roger McStravick, is the recipient of...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Feb. 1, 2016) – The United States Golf Association hosted 125 industry experts Jan. 19-20 at Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena, Calif., for the Association’s Pace and Innovation...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Feb. 1, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced the reappointment of Stasia Collins, of Baltimore, Md., and Pam Murray, of Richardson, Texas, to serve...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Jan. 29, 2016) – Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas, has been selected by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as host of the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open Championship. The...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Jan. 19, 2016) – Quail Creek Country Club, in Naples, Fla., has been selected by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as the host site for the 2017 U.S. Women’s...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Jan. 14, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) will bestow its highest honor, the Bob Jones Award, to Judy Bell, of Colorado Springs, Colo., at an award ceremony on...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Jan. 13, 2016) ‒ The United States Golf Association (USGA) and Deloitte today announced a multiyear strategic partnership intended to accelerate the USGA’s impact on the game...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Jan. 11, 2016) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today confirmed the sites and dates for its 2016 championship schedule. Pennsylvania will host four USGA...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Dec. 17, 2015) – El Caballero Country Club, in Tarzana, Calif., has been selected by the United States Golf Association as the host site for the 2018 U.S. Women’s Amateur...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Dec. 14, 2015) – The United States Golf Association has selected four national champions to represent the USA at the 2016 South American Amateur Championship, to be contested...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Dec. 8, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) and the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) have launched a collaborative program to help publicly...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Dec. 3, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced Colorado Golf Club, in Parker, Colo., as the host site for the 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship. This...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Dec. 1, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) has selected the Country Club of Charleston in Charleston, S.C., to host the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, to...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Nov. 24, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced Dr. Bruce Clarke, of Rutgers University, as the recipient of the 2016 USGA Green Section Award....

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Nov. 23, 2015) – In tandem with the 2016 updates to the Rules of Golf, the United States Golf Association has announced revisions to the USGA Handicap System™, effective Jan....

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Nov. 17, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today named John “Spider” Miller, of Bloomington, Ind., as the captain of the USA Team for the 2017 Walker Cup...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Nov. 16, 2015) – The International Team Selection Committee of the United States Golf Association (USGA) has invited 12 players to participate in a practice session in advance...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Nov. 10, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced Charlotte (N.C.) Country Club as the host site for the 2018 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship. This will...

FAR HILLS, N.J., and MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Nov. 2, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) and the University of Minnesota (UMN) announced on Monday a five-year master research...

FAR HILLS, N.J., USA, and ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND (Oct. 26, 2015) – The R&A and the United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced the publication of the 2016 edition of the Rules of Golf...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Oct. 26, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced a special holiday offer for early buyers of tickets to the historic 2016 U.S. Open Championship at...

FAR HILLS, N.J., USA, and ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND (Oct. 26, 2015) – The R&A and the United States Golf Association (USGA) have announced the latest revisions to the Rules of Amateur Status for...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Sept. 8, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) has selected three players to represent the USA in the World Junior Girls Championship, to be held Sept. 20-25 at The...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Sept. 8, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced The Broadmoor Golf Club, in Colorado Springs, Colo., as the host site for the 2018 U.S. Senior Open...

FAR HILLS, N.J., and ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (Aug. 26, 2015) – Jon Rahm-Rodriguez of Spain is the winner of the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the No. 1 player in the 2015 World Amateur Golf...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (August 24, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) and Lexus announced today the renewal of their corporate partnership. The agreement ensures that Lexus will remain...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Aug. 23, 2015) – With the addition of five players today by the United States Golf Association, the 10-man squad of the 2015 United States Walker Cup Team for the 45th Match...

ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND and FAR HILLS, N.J. (Aug. 20, 2015) – Ireland’s Leona Maguire has won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the leading women’s player in the 2015 World Amateur Golf...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Aug. 20, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced the eight junior golfers – four boys and four girls – who will represent the United States in the...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (July 22, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced sites for the 2022, 2023 and 2024 U.S. Open Championships via video on usga.org, naming The Country...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (July 8, 2015) – Golf legends Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer have been named honorary co-chairmen of the 116th U.S. Open Championship, to be contested at Oakmont (Pa.) Country...

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (June 15, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that two additional players have earned full exemptions into the 2015 U.S. Open Championship,...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (June 14, 2015) – Tickets for the 2016 U.S. Open Championship, conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA) and scheduled for June 16-19 at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club,...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (June 11, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that Paul Caruso and Dot Paluck will serve as USA captains for the 2016 World Amateur Team...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (June 5, 2015) – A series of new technology and communications tools will be introduced at the 2015 U.S. Open Championship to enhance the overall fan viewing experience, the USGA...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (June 4, 2015) – The Ridgewood Country Club, in Paramus, N.J., has been selected by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as the host site for the 2016 U.S. Girls’ Junior...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (June 2, 2015) – Old Warson Country Club in St. Louis, Mo., has been selected by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as the host site for the 2016 U.S. Senior Amateur...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 27, 2015) – The United States Golf Association Museum in Far Hills, N.J., held a special event today to mark the opening of the Jack Nicklaus Room. The new room, which...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 26, 2015) – The United States Golf Association today announced that 25 additional golfers, including three-time USGA champion Ryan Moore, have earned full exemptions into...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 20, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA), in partnership with American Express, today announced plans for the second annual PLAY9™ Day, scheduled for...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 20, 2015) – The Club at Las Campanas, in Santa Fe, N.M., has been selected by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as the host site for the 2017 USGA Women’s State...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (May 12, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C., and Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, in...

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (April 27, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced plans for its 2015 “Open For All”™ Fan Programming and Community Activities, leading up...

Far Hills, N.J. (April 15, 2015) – In its preparation to conduct the first U.S. Open in the Pacific Northwest, the United States Golf Association has released detailed spectator information that...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (March 26, 2015) – The Country Club of Birmingham, in Birmingham, Ala., has been selected by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as the host site for the 2016 USGA Men’s...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (March 16, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced Jupiter Hills Club, in Tequesta, Fla., as the host site for the 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (March 10, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced sectional qualifying sites for the 2015 U.S. Senior Open Championship, to be held at Del Paso Country...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (March 5, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) has announced sectional qualifying sites for the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, to be contested July 9-12 at...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (March 4, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced sectional qualifying sites for the 2015 U.S. Open Championship, which will be held at Chambers Bay, in...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (March 3, 2015) – The Golf Club of Tennessee, in Kingston Springs, Tenn., has been selected by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as the host site for the 2018 U.S....

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Feb. 25, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that the Capital City Club, in Atlanta, Ga., will be the host site for the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Feb. 24, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced local qualifying sites for the 2015 U.S. Open Championship. The U.S. Open will be contested June 18-21...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Feb. 23, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that all championship-round tickets (Thursday through Sunday, June 18-21) for the 2015 U.S. Open...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Feb. 17, 2015) – Orchid Island Golf & Beach Club, in Vero Beach, Fla., has been selected by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as the host site for the 2018 U.S. Senior...

NEW YORK, N.Y. (Feb. 7, 2015) – Thomas J. O’Toole Jr., of St. Louis, Mo., has been elected to serve a second one-year term as the 63rd president of the United States Golf Association. The...

NEW YORK, N.Y. (Feb. 7, 2015) – In celebration of the individuals who have given back to the game in extraordinary ways, the United States Golf Association (USGA) presented its annual Service...

NEW YORK, N.Y. (Feb. 7, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced the establishment of a new championship, the U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship, which will debut...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Jan. 27, 2015) – In recognition of its high standard of achievement in golf literature, James R. Hansen’s A Difficult Par: Robert Trent Jones Sr. and the Making of Modern Golf...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Jan. 20, 2015) – The Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, S.C., has been selected by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as the host site for the 2017 U.S. Women’s...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Jan. 19, 2015) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today confirmed the sites and dates for its 2015 championship schedule. Chambers Bay, in University Place, Wash., will...

FAR HILLS, N.J. (Jan. 13, 2015) – The Philadelphia Cricket Club has been selected by the United States Golf Association (USGA) as the host site for the 2020 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship....