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The historic Inverness Club, in Toledo, Ohio, will host the 129th U.S. Amateur Championship from August 13–19, 2029, the U.S. Golf Association announced this week. The stroke play co-host course will be named at a later date. The Toledo facility opened in 1903 and Donald Ross was hired in 1916 to design an 18-hole layout […]
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The United States Golf Association’s U.S. Amateur this week at Oakmont Country Club is just the beginning for major USGA events heading to the state of Pennsylvania over the next two-plus decades. The USGA has awarded five more U.S. Open Championships and four U.S. Women’s Open Championships to two of the country’s most storied golf […]
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NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio, has been chosen by the USGA as the host site of the fourth U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship starting August 25, 2022. The club has hosted four USGA championships: the 1986 U.S. Women’s Open, the 1998 U.S. Mid-Amateur, the 2005 U.S. Senior Open and the 2013 USGA Women’s State […]
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The LPGA’s board of directors have selected Mollie Marcoux Samaan as the professional golf tour’s next commissioner, becoming the ninth leader of the LPGA Tour since its formation in 1950. Marcoux Samaan is currently the Ford Family Director of Athletics at Princeton University. She will succeed Mike Whan, who was recently announced as the next […]
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The Grand Reserve Golf Club in Puerto Rico will be the first course outside the mainland in a U.S. territory to host a USGA championship when it welcomes the 7th U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship from April 30–May 4, 2022. The Grand Reserve Golf Club has been the annual host for the PGA Tour’s Puerto […]
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Weeks after announcing his departure as LPGA commissioner, Mike Whan has been named CEO of the U.S. Golf Association. As the head of the USGA, Whan will lead all aspects of the association’s operations, including its core functions, essential programs and human and financial resources. He is also expected to represent the USGA on a […]
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SentryWorld in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, will host the 43rd U.S. Senior Open Championship tournament in 2023, the United States Golf Association announced, awarding the course its third USGA championship overall and first Senior Open. The tournament will take place June 29 through July 2, 2023. SentryWorld, a public parkland course in central Wisconsin, was developed […]
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For the first time ever, the state of Alaska will be hosting a United States Golf Association championship as Anchorage Golf Course will be the site for the 60th U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship in 2022. The event will be held from July 30 through August 4 and once completed, the USGA will have hosted […]
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The current chief executive officer of the U.S. Golf Association will leave the organization at the end of 2021 to join a new business venture specializing in golf course design. Mike Davis, who had been in charge of the organizations since 2016, will join Tom Fazio II in a new business venture at Fazio & […]
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The United States Golf Association will launch an enhanced U.S. Open Augmented Reality App to provide fans with an at-home experience for the 120th U.S. Open Championship, to be played September 14–20 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York. Available for Apple and Google platforms, the U.S. Open AR App offers fans different […]
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