What did you announce today and why is it so important? We’re updating the speeds used to test golf balls for the first time in 20 years. The game has evolved significantly during that time and it’s ...

The USGA Experience and World Golf Hall of Fame Experiences are located on the USGA’s Golf House Pinehurst campus, situated between Pinehurst Resort’s Carolina Hotel and its Main Clubhouse. The ...

This document provides key policies and procedures that should be followed when submitting models of golf clubs and other equipment to the USGA for conformance evaluation. A model of club is defined ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 14 covers when and how you may mark the spot of your ball at rest and lift and clean your ball and how to put it back into play so that your ball is played from the right place.

Turfgrass And Environmental Research ...

Sometimes in formats like match play or four-ball stroke play, you may start a hole but not finish it – perhaps your opponent concedes a putt, or you can’t improve on your partner’s score. In these ...

Many golf courses maintain a considerable acreage of mown and irrigated turf that experiences very little play. Turf reduction offers many potential benefits, but alternative landscape treatments can ...

A Playing Handicap is the actual number of strokes you receive or give during a round, and it’s the number used for scoring in a game or competition. While it’s often the same as your Course Handicap, ...

Kendra Graham, of Baldwin Park, Fla., is in her sixth year on the USGA Executive Committee. She worked for the USGA in Rules and Competitions from 1987 to 2003 and has devoted a lifetime of service to ...

Learn more about the 2023 updates to the Rules of Golf below. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to reach out to the Rules Department any time at rules@usga.org or 908-326-1850.

This content was first published in Golf Journal, a quarterly print publication exclusively for USGA Members. To be among the first to receive Golf Journal and to learn how you can help make golf more ...

The resources below have been created to educate golfers on the 2024 updates to the World Handicap System, which went into effect in the United States on January 16th, 2024.