Tag: USGA

LPGA implements USGA pace of play model, improves round times

November 13, 2014 By Joelle Harms

The United States Golf Association (USGA) and the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) have announced initial results from a joint partnership to improve competitive pace of play. Based on the USGA’s analysis of data, and with the support of officials and ...

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Standard Golf: Think Pink

September 16, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Standard Golf’s USGA-approved special event cups are available in standard size or super-sized 6-inch and 8-inch diameters. All are available in tough, chip-resistant Bonderite aluminum with high-impact plastic in pink or white finish. Pink flags, flagsticks and tee markers also ...

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USGA website offers golf’s use of water resource center

August 19, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Information is the key to meeting the challenge of golf’s use of water. With this in mind, the USGA has created a new website focused entirely on the issue. The site was designed to be a clearinghouse of information and ...

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Dr. Clark Throssell talks turf plots and more turf plots

August 19, 2014 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

I was visiting the University of Nebraska and had the good fortune to spend two days looking at a variety of turfgrass research plots with Zac Reicher, Ph.D., turfgrass scientist, Bill Kreuser, Ph.D., turfgrass scientist, Matt Sousek, M.S., turfgrass research ...

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Quaker Ridge Golf Club to host 2018 Curtis Cup Match

July 30, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Quaker Ridge Golf Club, in Scarsdale, N.Y., will host the 2018 Curtis Cup Match June 8-10. This will be the second United States Golf Association (USGA) championship at Quaker Ridge GC. The club hosted the 1997 Walker Cup Match, won by ...

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USGA’s Chris Hartwiger live from the 2014 U.S. Open

June 10, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Chris Hartwiger, senior agronomist for the USGA, chats with Golfdom TV about the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. Hartwiger discusses the restoration of the course, what it means to host back-to-back Opens and how the course’s distressed condition may ...

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