The USGA and The R&A have announced proposals for significant changes to the Rules of Amateur Status that govern the game worldwide. These proposals result from a modernization initiative that has identified a clear need to bring the Rules up…
The USGA and The R&A are re-engaging with the golf industry on the Distance Insights project, which aims to help achieve a more sustainable long-term future for golf. The governing bodies are issuing specific Areas of Interest to help mitigate continuing distance increases and three proposed changes to the…
6 April 2020, St Andrews, Scotland: The R&A has decided to cancel The Open in 2020 due to the current Covid-19 pandemic and the Championship will next be played at Royal St George’s in 2021. (more…)
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J., and ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (April 1, 2020) – The USGA and The R&A today announced that due to the evolving dynamics of the global COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions to international travel, the 2020 Curtis Cup Match has been postponed. (more…)
The USGA and The R&A have issued the Distance Insights Report, which provides comprehensive research and analysis on the contributors to, and long-term impacts of, hitting distance in golf. (more…)
The USGA and the R&A are conducting a review of the Rules of Amateur Status to make them easier to understand and apply. (more…)
The USGA and R&A announced the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) will be determined by a new system called the Power Method (more…)
The World Handicap System (WHS) is ready to be launched in January 2020 and will provide golfers with a unified and more inclusive handicapping system for the first time. (more…)
Golf’s new World Handicap System, which is designed to bring the game of golf under a single set of Rules for handicapping (more…)
The USGA and The R&A have provided a clarification that introduces a Local Rule (more…)