Tag Archives: USGA
Carano & Angelo Earn Another Trip to USGA Four-Ball Championship
NorthernOhio.Golf John Angelo and Marcus Carano earned their third straight trip to the U.S. Amateur Four Ball Championship by besting Andrew Bailey and Kevin Carlin in a 7-Hole playoff. Both teams tied for second place at seven-under par in the qualifier held at Catawba Island Club. Carano drained a 30-foot putt to end the drama. […]
Canterbury Golf Club to Host Three USGA National Championships
The United States Golf Association (USGA) will hold the 2027 U.S. Girls’ Junior, 2033 U.S. Senior Amateur and 2039 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championships at Canterbury Golf Club. These will be the sixth, seventh and eighth USGA championships held at Canterbury Golf Club, which last hosted the 1996 U.S. Senior Open, captured by Dave Stockton, who […]
GHIN MOBILE APP UPDATED
From USGA New games and score-keeping features have been added to the USGA’s GHIN app presented by Sentry. Available free to all Golf Handicap and Information Network® (GHIN) users, the easy-to-use digital scorecard allows you to keep hole-by-hole scores and track a match for your group in one central location so that everyone can focus […]
Pinehurst ‘The Home of American Golf’ Continues to Expand
By Brad King Calling these “the best of times” around the Pinehurst, Southern Pines and Aberdeen area of North Carolina might seem like it’s saying a lot, but sometimes the shoe simply fits. Just take a look at everything that is currently happening around the ‘Home of American Golf.’ Pine Needles Lodge […]
History Surrounds 122nd U.S. Open at Brookline
By Fred Altvater The U.S. Open will be held June 16-19 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts near Boston. This historic club hosted the 1913 U.S. Open won by a 20-year-old amateur Francis Ouimet, when he outdueled the great Harry Vardon and Ted Ray. Seeing this son of immigrants, successfully defeating two of […]
Ohio Teens Excel at Women’s Amateur Four-Ball
New Albany High School Teammates Make It to Semi-Finals of Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Kelly Hollenbaugh and Anna Ritter members of the New Albany Girls Golf Team were the 27th seed after the medal round of the USGA Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship in Puerto Rico. They made it all the way to the semi-finals before being […]
Dayton’s NCR Country Club to Host U.S. Senior Women’s Open
Annika Sorenstam will be on hand to defend her U.S. Senior Women’s Open title, August 25-28, when the USGA holds the 4th edition of this popular event at NCR Country Club. England’s Laura Davies won the inaugural U.S. Senior Women’s Open, in 2018 at the Chicago Golf Club. Helen Alfredsson hoisted the trophy, in 2019, […]
Rules Split Likely and It Creates Questions
By Ed Travis Golf’s ruling bodies, the USGA and The R&A, are just steps away from dictating that elite players (top amateurs and professionals) must compete with equipment different from recreational golfers. On March 16 the USGA and The R&A sent out a press release covering recent results in the Distance Insight Report. […]
Inverness To Host 2029 U.S. Amateur
For an encore after conducting the successful 2021 Solheim Cup, the famed Inverness Club in Toledo was granted the 2029 U.S. Amateur Championship. The Inverness Club is truly one of the great private clubs in the country. Golfweek ranks it as the best course in Ohio and it has hosted four U.S. Opens and two […]
ProMedica & The USGA Ink Long Term Agreement
By: Fred Altvater When you start a new high-profile job, you want to make a big impression, especially when you are Michael Whan coming into a situation with an old guard USGA membership that is ready to jump on any mistake and crucify you, before you even get started. Whan, who last year left the […]