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…)
Under the new rules of golf, players may take relief for an embedded ball anywhere in the “general area” (except in sand). (more…)
The USGA and The R&A have provided two clarifications to Rule 10.2b(4) regarding restrictions on caddies standing behind players, which take effect immediately. (more…)
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. and ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Jan. 29, 2019) – The USGA and The R&A have released the 2018 Annual Driving Distance Report (more…)
The USGA and R&A will administer a global ranking for golfers with disabilities, which will help to grow participation and competition around the world and to promote inclusivity (more…)
The USGA and R&A have published the finalized interpretation on the use of green-reading materials in golf, which take effect on Jan. 1, 2019. (more…)
A global online questionnaire and data-gathering exercise on distance in golf has been launched by the USGA and R&A as part of the Distance Insights project. (more…)
Golf’s new Rules have been published by the USGA and The R&A ahead of their effective date of January 1, 2019. (more…)
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. AND ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND (Aug. 14, 2018) - In an effort to thoroughly inform the Distance Insights project through the lens of the global golf community (more…)
The USGA and The R&A are proposing regulations regarding the use of green-reading materials, reaffirming the need for a player to read greens based on their own judgment (more…)
by Garrett Johnston@JohnstonGarrett Cascade Christian grad Ryan Moore of Puyallup, Wash. heads to Scotland next week for the oldest championship in golf, The Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links. (more…)
The USGA and the R&A have launched a comprehensive project to analyze distance in golf and gather perspectives from the worldwide golf community. (more…)
The United States Golf Association and The Royal & Ancient have unveiled the new Rules of Golf, to be implemented January 1, 2019. (more…)
The Royal & Ancient and the United States Golf Association have completed the annual review of driving distance in golf (more…)
The United States Golf Association (USGA) and Royal & Ancient (R&A) have announced key features of the (more…)
A working group led by the USGA and R&A has unanimously agreed to adopt a new set of protocols for video review when applying the Rules of Golf. (more…)
FAR HILLS, N.J., USA and ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND (September 7, 2017) -The USGA and The R&A have received comments on the proposed new Rules (more…)
The USGA and R&A have issued a new Decision on the Rules of Golf to limit the use of video evidence in the game, effective immediately. (more…)
The USGA and R&A are working with golf’s handicapping authorities to develop a single World Handicap System for the game. (more…)
The USGA and the R&A have unveiled a preview of proposed new Rules of Golf, as part of a joint initiative to modernize the Rules (more…)
The United States Golf Association and Royal & Ancient have published their annual review of driving distance, a research document that reports important findings on driving distance in golf. (more…)
At Augusta National during Masters week, it was announced that the men and women gold medalists in golf at the upcoming Olympics in Rio will earn exemption (more…)
The United States Golf Association (USGA) hosted 125 industry experts Jan. 19-20 at Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena, Calif., for the Association's Pace and Innovation Symposium. (more…)
Revised Every Two Years, the Decisions Provide Greater Clarity for Golfers (more…)