Tag: USGA

USGA website offers golf’s use of water resource center

August 19, 2014 By
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
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
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
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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Spieth talks wire grass, greens, bunkers
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June 9, 2014 By
Jordan Spieth just exited the USGA interview room, I tossed him a question about the way the course is playing. Here is his answer: GOLFDOM: Could you talk a little bit more about the playability of the golf course, and ...

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Pinehurst No. 2 in good hands as it hosts back-to-back U.S. Opens

May 13, 2014 By
Pinehurst No. 2 will be the focus of the golf world as it hosts back-to-back U.S. Opens. Led by Kevin Robinson, golf history couldn’t be in better hands. PINEHURST, N.C. — Right here on No. 18, at about this time, ...

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