The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that Baltusrol Golf Club, in Springfield, N.J., will host four future USGA championships: the 2033 U.S. Mid-Amateur, the 2039 U.S. Amateur, ...

The match is won by the player who is leading by a number of holes greater than the number of holes remaining to be played. The higher-handicapped player receives the full difference in the Playing ...

A golf club, which may or may not be associated with a golf course or facility, is a group of at least ten active individual members on the handicap roster. A golf club is required to have a Handicap ...

The Handicap ID refers to the unique identification number assigned to each individual player in the USGA Centralized Computation Service. The Handicap ID should be used by the player when entering a ...

Stroke play refers to gross score, net score or Maximum Score formats of play. Stableford and Par/Bogey formats of play are considered separately. When a competition is played from two or more sets of ...

In an authorized format of play (see Rule 2.1a Played in an Authorized Format of Play) over at least the minimum number of holes required for either a 9-hole or an 18-hole score to be acceptable (see ...

5.2a/1 – Modification of a Player’s Initial Handicap Index Due to Evidence of Previous Ability A player submits three scores to obtain an initial Handicap Index, which result in calculated Score ...

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 ...

In the Science of Golf Gallery, explore the work of the USGA Green Section and Equipment Standards teams housed in the Administration building next door. Learn about everything from best practices on ...

Welcome to the USGA Experience and World Golf Hall of Fame! Millions of visitors and thousands of locals are in the Pinehurst area every year to live, breathe and play the game in the Home of American ...

After selecting a gender and entering a golfer's Total 7-iron Hitting Distance (including bounce and roll), the user will provide a course configuration by entering the number of par 3, par 4 and par ...