University of Oregon rising junior Kiara Romero is the recipient of the 2025 Mark H. McCormack Medal for being the top-ranked female amateur.

U.S. Amateur Results: 1895 to Present• Record qualifying score, championship proper (2017) * Record stroke-play score (1970) ^ Record entry (2023) 1895 (Oct. 1-3 ...

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The USGA's new Rules of Golf will go into effect on January 1, 2023. Explore additional resources on these changes here.

World Handicap System resources dedicated to the 2024 revision.

Sand Valley Resort, in Nekoosa, Wis., has been selected by the USGA to host four future amateur championships, starting with the 2026 U.S. Mid-Amateur.

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 ...

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 ...

And that simple answer – how far you hit 7-iron – can positively impact not only the golfer’s experience but also the time it takes to get through 18 holes. Not buying it? Let Pringle explain, based ...

1. Purpose of this Paper The proposed new Rules retain the stroke-and-distance procedure as the only relief option for a ball that is lost outside a penalty area (formerly known as a water hazard) and ...

Are you an average golfer? And what would it mean if you were? After all, this is golf, a sport of such random, unforeseen outcomes it tends to mock the notion that anything hews to an average – or ...