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 ...

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.

World Handicap System resources dedicated to the 2024 revision.

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Bill Wright, the 1959 U.S. Amateur Public Links champion who became the first Black golfer to win a USGA title, died on Feb. 19 at the age of 84.

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 ...

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 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 ...

Green speed is one of the most sensitive and misunderstood topics in golf. George Waters of the USGA Green Section lists 5 key things every golfer should know about green speed.

Net Double Bogey explainerSince 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 ...

The longest shot in golf history didn't happen on Earth. astronaut Alan Shepard holds that record, hitting a ball on the moon in 1971. Here are three things to know about ...

When you hit a shot that you think might result in a lost ball or in your ball coming to rest out of bounds, you have the option of playing a provisional ball to save time.