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 ...

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.

New USGA research, combined with a growing effort by golf facilities, reveals a formula for an improved golfer experience.

The way golfers around the world will calculate their handicaps is set to be transformed by a new system developed by the USGA and The R&A, with key features designed to provide all golfers with a ...

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

The USGA Museum has acquired the Howard Schickler Photography Collection, one of the world's most significant private collections of original early golf photography.

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 ...

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.

The USGA Green Section explains how to properly repair ball marks.

Rules Throwback: Don't Mark It, Putt It!Anyone who has followed the evolution of the Rules of Golf knows that the Rules have been far from static. Among the countless additions, removals and edits ...

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 ...