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

U.S. Women's Open RecordsCourse Longest Course 7,026 yards, The Broadmoor (East Course), first round, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2011 6,986 yards, The Broadmoor (East ...

U.S. Adaptive Open RecordsAge Oldest Champion, Men's Overall (years/months/days) 27/0/3, Kipp Popert, 2025 26/0/4, Kipp Popert, 2024 Oldest Champion, Women's Overall 44/4/23 Kim Moore, 2025 41/4/24 ...

U.S. Open: Special Exemptions1966: Ben Hogan: 12, 72-73-76-70—291 1977: Sam Snead, MC, 74-78; Tommy Bolt, MC, 75-78; Julius Boros, MC, 77-76 1978: Arnold Palmer, MC ...

5.7 Low Handicap Index The Low Handicap Index represents the demonstrated ability of a player over the 365-day period preceding the day on which the most recent score in their scoring record was ...

Scoring, articles, photos, videos and all content related to the 2021 U.S. Amateur Championship, conducted by the USGA at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club.

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 ...

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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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.