Eight junior golfers – four boys and four girls – were crowned champions at the 12th Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals held on Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club. Conducted in partnership with ...

Stand on the fifth green at the newly renovated Maggie Hathaway Golf Course and take a look around. To the upper left, the Hollywood sign. Straight ahead, the Griffith Park Observatory. On the horizon ...

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If you're new to the system and posting your initial three scores to establish your Handicap Index®, the maximum hole score you can post is par + 5. Once your Handicap Index has been established, the ...

The Rules of Amateur Status are effective from January 2022 and the supporting Guidance Notes were last updated as of December 2024.

Q. How do I calculate my Course Handicap™ and Playing Handicap™? A. A Course Handicap is calculated using the following formula, but a mobile app or Course Handicap table at the course will do the ...

Celebrating 125 Years of Golf in America The USGA was founded on Dec. 22, 1894. With the 125th anniversary coming at the end of 2019, every week throughout the year we're highlighting how all 50 ...

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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 ...

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.

The Country Club, in Brookline, Mass., will be the host site of four future USGA championships: the 2030 U.S. Girls’ Junior, 2034 U.S. Amateur, 2038 U.S. Open and 2045 U.S. Women’s Open. "We are ...

There is no longer a penalty for merely touching the line of play on the putting green (the term “line of play” applies everywhere on the course including the putting green, and the term “line of putt ...