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Rule 16 - Relief from Abnormal Course Conditions (Including Immovable Obstructions), Dangerous Animal Condition, Embedded Ball Purpose of Rule: Rule 16 covers when and how you may take free relief by ...

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

The USGA will establish “Golf House Pinehurst” to include a new equipment-testing facility, innovation hub, museum/visitor center and offices by 2023, and host 5 U.S. Opens by 2047.

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.

A statistical and biographical look at the 96 individuals competing in the inaugural U.S. Adaptive Open being contested at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club's Course No. 6.

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 ...

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.

James Piot, of Canton, Mich., rallied from a 3-down deficit midway through the second 18 to defeat Austin Greaser, 2 and 1, in the 36-hole final of the 121st U.S. Amateur at Oakmont.

Based on current CDC guidance, the COVID-19 Temporary Rules Guidance is no longer in effect. This means the modifications to the Equipment Rules and the Rules of Handicapping are no longer in effect ...

As part of its commitment to stage golf’s greatest championships at the nation’s most iconic venues, the USGA has awarded five more U.S. Open Championships and four U.S. Women’s Open Championships to ...