The resources below have been created to educate golfers on the 2024 updates to the World Handicap System, which went into effect in the United States on January 16th, 2024.

Many women aged 50 and over find that for the first time they have the requisite time for competitive golf. Additionally, some of the nation’s best amateurs have advanced into this age group and still ...

Tiger Woods became the first player in history to win three consecutive U.S. Junior Amateur titles when he defeated Ryan Armour in a 19-hole championship match in 1993 at Waverley Country Club in ...

Stand on the fifth green at the newly renovated Maggie Hathaway Golf Course and take a look around. To the upper left, the Hollywood sign. Straight ahead, the Griffith Park Observatory. On the horizon ...

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If you're new to the system and posting your initial three scores to establish your Handicap Index®, the maximum hole score you can post is par + 5. Once your Handicap Index has been established, the ...

The Rules of Amateur Status are effective from January 2022 and the supporting Guidance Notes were last updated as of December 2024.

Celebrating 125 Years of Golf in America The USGA was founded on Dec. 22, 1894. With the 125th anniversary coming at the end of 2019, every week throughout the year we're highlighting how all 50 ...

New additions will normally be updated on a quarterly basis each January, April, July, and October and the next quarterly update will be in early July 2026. - If a sprinkler head is popped up, the ...