[ad_1] Heather Daly-Donofrio, the managing director for player relations and development at the USGA, is leading a transformation in junior golf development across the United States. With a five-year national development strategy for American juniors in the works, Daly-Donofrio is focused on enhancing opportunities and resources for young golfers. The program, launched in February 2023,…
[ad_1] Closing in on a decade as the first chief financial officer at the United States Golf Association, Susan Pikitch has reached the sweet spot in professional life few bean counters get to enjoy: the satisfaction of affecting the future instead of accounting the past. Working for the mission-driven USGA has allowed Pikitch to be…
[ad_1] The U.S. Golf Association announced Wisconsin’s Erin Hills will host five USGA amateur championships over the next 15 years. This in addition to the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open, scheduled for May 28-June 1. The new slate of championships includes the following: 2027 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, 2030 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball, 2033 U.S. Women’s Amateur,…
[ad_1] Blades Brown has had an impressive week at the U.S. Junior Amateur, and it’s only Wednesday. The 17-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee, shot 2-under 68 on Tuesday on the difficult South Course at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, to earn medalist honors at the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur. Shortly after, Brown got…
[ad_1] PINEHURST, N.C. — It pays to be the national champion, and the USGA announced just how much on Saturday. Earlier this week, Mike Whan, the CEO of the United States Golf Association, announced that the purse for the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 was going up to $21.5 million, a $1.5 million…
[ad_1] PINEHURST, N.C. — For an organization that has long labored against the perception that it’s led by austere, nerdish killjoys, the U.S. Golf Association must be comforted by the fact that, in these discordant times, it has a CEO that could talk a dog off a meat truck. Mike Whan is a highly polished…
[ad_1] In the 124th U.S. Open, Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia, and others got in on Monday, including newly-minted pro Maxwell Moldovan. Meanwhile, Keith Mitchell, the first alternate from the Canada Final Qualifying site, remained at home with uncertainty about his chances. Mitchell and others on the “re-allotment list” have no clear idea of their position,…
[ad_1] The United States Golf Association is honoring the late Grayson Murray this week at Pinehurst Resort, which is hosting the 2024 U.S. Open. The USGA has adorned a locker with a message about Murray, a Raleigh native and two-time PGA Tour winner: “The USGA remembers Grayson and pays tribute to the playing accomplishments that…
[ad_1] Early Monday morning, as 2024 was being ushered in across the United States, Callaway’s newest drivers were being added to the United States Golf Association’s List of Conforming Driver Heads. That means the USGA has tested the heads to ensure they meet equipment standards and comply with the Rules of Golf. Once added to…
