Topic: United States Golf Association
(Reuters) - Players will no longer be penalized if their golf ball is moved by a sudden gust of wind after it has been addressed, the game's governing bodies said on Monday.This rule has long been regarded as among the most unfair ...
BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. Golf Association officials tipped their cap to the brilliance of U.S. Open runaway leader Rory McIlroy, but said Mother Nature had a hand in the low scoring this week at Congressional.McIlroy has ripped up the long, tree-lined ...
Injured Tiger Woods fired off a Twitter message on the eve of the US Open, the best he could do after nagging left knee and Achilles tendon injuries forced him to withdraw last week.Woods had played in every US Open since 1994, ...
US Golf Association (USGA) officials dismissed fears of burned out greens on the eve of the 111th US Open despite heat that has kept groundskeepers from mowing as often or as low as they want.Putting surfaces at Congressional Country Club, where the ...
BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - The U.S. Open will return to New York's Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in June 2018, the U.S. Golf Association announced Wednesday.It will be the fifth time the seaside course on Long Island has hosted the championship and the ...
Americans Gary Woodland and Brad Adamonis were added to the field for the 111th US Open golf championship on Monday, completing the 156-player field for the second major event of the year.Woodland was the only qualifier under a new exemption category added ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teenagers Ryo Ishikawa and Matteo Manassero were among seven additional golfers to earn exemptions into next month's U.S. Open championship at Congressional, the U.S. Golf Association said Tuesday.Japan's Ishikawa, 19, and 18-year-old Manassero of Italy joined the field ...
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Golf's governing bodies, the United States Golf Association (USGA) and Royal & Ancient (R&A), have amended the rulebook following high-profile incidents involving Padraig Harrington and Camilo Villegas.The change, which addresses disqualifications caused by scorecard errors and identified "as ...
Mike Davis, who has served as the US Golf Association's director of rules and competitions since 2005, was named Wednesday as the organization's new executive director.Davis takes over immediately from Dave Fay, who held the post for 21 years before resigning at ...
World rankings, not money lists, will determine future US Open exemptions in one of several changes to automatic qualifying standards announced Saturday by the US Golf Association (USGA).Other exemption moves to be phased in within the next two years include a cut ...
