Press Releases

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (May 8, 2018) – As part of its ongoing efforts to grow the game within local golf communities, the United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced plans to celebrate...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (May 3, 2018) – To better serve fans during this summer’s U.S. Open Championship at iconic Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y., the Long Island Rail Road...

The USGA and Topgolf® today launched the 2018 Virtual U.S. Open qualifier on the World Golf Tour (WGT) game, with the support of Lexus. The game is available on the WGT Golf app and WGT.com,...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (April 25, 2018) - An important collection of historic golf material, including rare books, periodicals, travelogues, diaries, political and legal documents dating to the...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (April 17, 2018) - Lilia Vu, of Fountain Valley, Calif., the No. 1-ranked female amateur golfer in the world, was among the eight players named today by the United States Golf...

The USGA today officially began the 2018 U.S. Open Trophy Tour, presented by Lexus, at a New York City launch event. The tour will provide the opportunity for golf's most passionate fans to learn...

The USGA today announced the introduction of the Celebration of Champions event, a four-hole public exhibition honoring the winners of all 2017 USGA championships, and celebrating their...

The USGA will bestow its highest honor, the Bob Jones Award, on Dennis Walters of Jupiter, Fla., at a ceremony on June 13, 2018, one of the highlights of U.S. Open Championship week in...

Continuing a relationship that began in 1980, the USGA and Rolex have extended their partnership, assuring that together they will continue to steward some of golf's greatest moments for the long...

The USGA and The R&A have unveiled the new Rules of Golf, to be implemented January 1, 2019. The USGA and The R&A finalized golf's new Rules this month after an extensive review that included a...

Enhancing its fan-first offerings for the 118th U.S. Open Championship, the USGA today announced the addition of "Top of the Hill," a new ticket option for fans to experience Shinnecock Hills Golf...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Feb. 27, 2018) – Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C., has been selected by the USGA as the host site for the 77th U.S. Women’s Open in 2022. The...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Feb. 19, 2018) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced sectional qualifying sites for the 73rd U.S. Women’s Open Championship, which will be contested...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. and ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND (Feb. 20, 2018) - The way golfers around the world will calculate their handicaps is set to be transformed by a new system developed by the USGA and...

The Greater Birmingham community will have the opportunity to experience elements of the U.S. Women’s Open Championship during the coming months through the U.S. Women’s Open Trophy Tour.

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Feb. 7, 2018) - The USGA today announced its final exemption categories from sectional qualifying for the 2018 U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship, which will be...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 3, 2018) – As part of its commitment to ensuring a healthy future for golf, the United States Golf Association (USGA) announced today the launch of Driving Golf Forward,...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (February 3, 2018) – Mark Newell of McLean, Va. has been elected to serve a one-year term as the 65th president of the United States Golf Association (USGA). The election took...

Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon, and thank you for joining us. I appreciate the opportunity to share some perspectives about the game and the USGA. Our game is centuries old, and after some...

The USGA unveiled the U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship Trophy today at its Annual Meeting in Miami, Fla. The trophy will be given to the world’s best senior women’s golfer at the inaugural championship this July at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Ill.

Good afternoon. I’d like to begin by saying thank you: § To Jim Hyler and the USGA Nominating Committee; § To my colleagues on the USGA Executive Committee, past and present; § To our CEO...

The 73rd U.S. Women’s Open Championship at Shoal Creek will team up with the Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau on regional ticketing and volunteer promotional efforts.

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Jan. 30, 2018) – In recognition of outstanding contributions to the game of golf, the United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced its annual Service Awards...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Jan. 23, 2018) – Kinloch Golf Club in Manakin-Sabot, Va., has been selected by the USGA as the host site for the 40th U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship. Independence Golf Club,...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (Jan. 10, 2018) – Fifty-nine regional golf associations have entered into a new relationship with the United States Golf Association to enhance the golfer experience at the...