The USGA Recommendations for a Method of Putting Green Construction have helped golf courses around the world deliver consistent, high-quality playing conditions and healthy turfgrass for decades.

The Equipment Rules contain the comprehensive Rules, specifications and guidelines to assist equipment manufacturers and designers, tournament officials, players and other interested parties in ...

All-Time USGA Champions, Records and Notes (2026 Media Guide) ...

Scoring, articles, photos, videos and all content related to the 2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, conducted by the USGA at Erin Hills in Erin, Wis., Sept. 10-15.

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A strict prohibition on touching or moving loose impediments or touching the ground in a water hazard has never been practical, and so a series of exceptions had to be recognized in previous Rule 13-4 ...

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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 ...

The shape, slope and condition of many putting greens today increase the chances that a ball at rest on the putting green might move, and it can be difficult to determine whether a player caused the ...

Michael leads a wide portfolio of strategic functions including legal, compliance, human resources, culture and inclusion, facilities and safety. Since joining the USGA in 2017 as an in-house attorney ...

Since its founding in 1920, the Green Section has led the USGA’s efforts to improve golf course playing conditions and sustainability through research, education, course consulting, technology tools ...