Tom Cousins, a successful Atlanta real estate developer and philanthropist who led the revitalization of East Lake Golf Club and received the USGA’s Bob Jones Award in 2001, died on July 29 at age 93.

With its 125th U.S. Open Championship on the horizon, the USGA has teamed with Oakmont Country Club and the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association to invest in the area’s public golf courses and ...

The Playbook is a comprehensive effort to provide courses with the latest tools and techniques to more effectively manage water utilization.

The United States Golf Association (USGA) has introduced a new Competitive Fairness Gender Policy, set to take effect for the 2025 championship season.

If you have ever examined a scorecard or posted a score for handicap purposes, you have probably seen the terms Course Rating™ and Slope Rating™. While most golfers know they pertain to course ...

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 ...

The U.S. National Development Program Grant is designed to mitigate barriers of cost to promising junior golfers who demonstrate both financial need and the potential to progress through the U.S.

Commonly referred to as “better ball,” four-ball is a format in which two golfers compete together as a side.

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

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.

The revised test conditions that address consistent increases in hitting distance and golf’s sustainability will have little to no impact on the recreational golfer.