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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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World Handicap System resources dedicated to the 2024 revision.
The USGA's new Rules of Golf will go into effect on January 1, 2023. Explore additional resources on these changes here.
New Rule: Under Rule 4.1: A player is allowed to keep using and/or to repair any club damaged during the round, no matter what the damage and even if the player damaged it in anger. A player is not ...
Major ChangesThe following are the main changes to the Rules of Golf that took effect on January 1, 2019. The items covered on this page are organized into nine categories. Within each individual item ...
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 ...
There is no longer a penalty if a ball played from the putting green hits a flagstick left in the hole. Players are not required to putt with the flagstick in the hole; rather, they continue to have ...
New technology to the USGA's GHIN mobile app has brought a wealth of new features to help golfers in a variety of areas, including GPS features for thousands of courses.