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  • Feb 16, 2022
    Championship entries open today; qualifying schedule features 17 U.S. states and three international venues

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Feb. 16, 2022) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced the 26 qualifying sites for the 77th U.S. Women’s Open Championship Presented by ProMedica,...

  • Feb 15, 2022
    Local qualifying will be conducted between April 25-May 23; Final qualifying to be held May 23 & June 6

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Feb. 15, 2022) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced local and final qualifying sites for the 122nd U.S. Open Championship. The U.S. Open will be...

  • Feb 9, 2022
    USGA returns to Elverson, Pa., for first time since 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Feb. 9, 2022) - Stonewall, in Elverson, Pa., has been selected by the USGA as the host site of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship. Scheduled for Sept. 9-14, the...

  • Feb 7, 2022
    Championship returns to Pacific Northwest for first time since inaugural event in 2015

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Feb. 7, 2022) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that The Home Course, in DuPont, Wash., will host the 8th U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball...

  • Feb 1, 2022
    Charleston facility awarded 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur and 2026 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Feb. 1, 2022) – The USGA today announced that the Daniel Island Club, in Charleston, S.C., has been selected as the host site for the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur...

  • Jan 31, 2022
    Joe Dey Award, Green Section Award and Herbert Warren Wind Book Award honorees to be recognized at 2022 U.S. Open Championship in June

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Jan. 31, 2022) – Elevating outstanding examples of those who unite, showcase, govern and advance the game of golf, the United States Golf Association announces the...

  • Jan 10, 2022
    Korn Ferry Tour Season-Long Points Standings exemption will go into effect for 2023 U.S. Open at The Los Angeles Country Club

    The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced today that an exemption category will be added for the U.S. Open Championship, beginning with the 2023 championship at The Los Angeles Country...

  • Jan 7, 2022
    Purse raised to $10M with plans to grow to $12M; future venues to include “cathedrals of the game”

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Jan. 7, 2022) – The USGA and ProMedica today announced a long-term partnership that includes presenting partner rights for the U.S. Women’s Open, notably elevating the...

  • Dec 28, 2021
    Captain Sarah Ingram, World’s Top-Ranked American Amateurs to Gather Jan. 15-16 at Mountain Lake in Lake Wales, Fla.

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Dec. 28, 2021) – Just four months after a come-from-behind victory in Wales, the next iteration of the United States Curtis Cup Team continues to take shape. Twelve players...

  • Dec 7, 2021
    Stu Francis to again serve as USGA president; Fred Perpall nominated as president-elect; Sinclair Eaddy Jr. and Kevin Hammer nominated to join committee

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Dec. 7, 2021) – The USGA Nominating Committee has released its proposed slate of 2022 Executive Committee members and officers. The Executive Committee will again be led by...

  • Dec 6, 2021
    Golf Channel to air USGA feature programs in December

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Dec. 6, 2021) – Jon Rahm’s U.S. Open victory at Torrey Pines Golf Course and Yuka Saso’s playoff win in the U.S. Women’s Open at The Olympic Club were indelible...

  • Dec 3, 2021
    Pinehurst Resort & Country Club to Host Inaugural U.S. Adaptive Open™ in July 2022

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Dec. 3, 2021) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced the U.S. Adaptive Open Championship, a new national championship that will showcase the world’s...

  • Dec 1, 2021
    Option available January 1 and is intended for the highest levels of the game

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. and ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (Dec. 1, 2021) – Golf’s governing bodies have made available a Model Local Rule (MLR) to further limit the use of Green-Reading Materials. MLR...

  • Nov 30, 2021
    “Swing Time: A Celebration of Golf and Music” chronicles more than 600 golf-related pieces of music between 1870-1939

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J., Nov. 30, 2021 – Celebrating the many golfers who have sung the blues after a round or danced a jig on the 18th green, the United States Golf Association has released a...

  • Nov 17, 2021
    Ohio club to host its ninth USGA championship, second U.S. Amateur

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Nov. 17, 2021) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that Inverness Club, in Toledo, Ohio, will host the 129th U.S. Amateur Championship. The dates of...

  • Nov 2, 2021
    USGA announces first two players to secure spots for 42nd Match at Merion Golf Club in June

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Nov. 2, 2021) - The United States Golf Association today announced that reigning U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Jensen Castle and 2021 Mark H. McCormack Medal recipient Rose...

  • Oct 26, 2021

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. USA AND ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Oct. 26, 2021) - Golf’s new Rules of Amateur Status have been published by the USGA and The R&A ahead of their January 1, 2022, effective date....

  • Oct 20, 2021
    USGA IDEA grant program delivers $200K to First Tee chapters in support of inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility efforts

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. and PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 20, 2021) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) has distributed $200,000 in grants across 20 First Tee chapters through the inaugural...

  • Oct 12, 2021

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. and ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (Oct. 12, 2021) – The USGA and The R&A have announced that a new Model Local Rule (MLR G-10) will be available beginning on January 1, 2022 to...

  • Sep 21, 2021

    SIASCONSET, Mass. (Sept. 21, 2021) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced tee times for the first two rounds of the 40th U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, Saturday (Sept. 25)...

  • Sep 21, 2021
    Permanent exhibit celebrates nine-time USGA champion’s character, competitive career and contributions to the game

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Sept. 21, 2021) – As part of the USGA’s continued investment to inspire golfers through history, the USGA Golf Museum and Library has opened the Bob Jones Room in the...

  • Sep 21, 2021

    BLUFFTON, S.C. (Sept. 21, 2021) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced tee times for the first two rounds of the 34th U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship on Saturday,...

  • Sep 7, 2021

    POINT CLEAR, Ala. (Sept. 7, 2021) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced tee times for the first two rounds of the 59th U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship on Friday,...

  • Aug 30, 2021
    Ingram, a three-time U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion, captained the team to its second consecutive victory last week in Wales

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Aug. 30, 2021) - Sarah LeBrun Ingram, of Nashville, Tenn., will return as captain of the USA Team for the 2022 Curtis Cup Match at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa., June...

  • Aug 18, 2021

    LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. and ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND (Aug. 18, 2021) - Keita Nakajima, of Japan, has won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the leading men’s player in the 2021 World Amateur Golf...

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