Press Releases

The USGA announced today that Sankaty Head Golf Club in Siasconset, Mass., has been selected as the host site for the 2036 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship. It will be the second USGA...

Preston Stout, 22, of Richardson, Texas, has won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the leading male in the 2026 World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®. The McCormack Medal winner receives exemptions...

Kihei Akina, 19, of Alpine, Utah; Ryder Cowan, 21, of Edmond, Okla.; Josiah Gilbert, 21, of Millbrook, Ala.; William Jennings, 20, of Greenville, S.C.; Stewart Hagestad, 35, of Newport Beach,...

Kiara Romero, of San Jose, Calif., has won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the leading female golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR® for the second consecutive year. Romero, 20, earned...

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (July 28, 2026) – The USGA is reinforcing its commitment to broadening golf’s reach with a new round of IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility) grants...