Number of strokes the Score Differential is lower than a player’s Handicap Index in effect when the round was played ...

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AGAs, in collaboration with the USGA, provide many services and support for players, golf clubs, and other stakeholders in their territories. This includes: The USGA issues a Handicap Index for all ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 18 covers taking relief under penalty of stroke and distance. When a ball is lost outside a penalty area or comes to rest out of bounds, the required progression of playing from ...

Chris Tanabe serves as the Team Coordinator for the United States Golf Association’s National Development Program (USNDP). In this role, Chris supports and helps execute key functions across USNDP ...

There is little argument that the slate of venues hosting USGA championships in 2025 are among some of the finest in the country, if not the world. Cypress Point Club, Oakmont Country Club, The ...

The support of USGA members is essential in helping the USGA serve the game on both local and national levels. Members, like you, play a pivotal role in the growth and development of the game by ...

Justin Hastings of the Cayman Islands and Peru’s Patrick Sparks co-lead at 8-under-par 136 at the midway point of the Latin America Amateur Championship at Pilar Golf Club. Hastings and Sparks sit one ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 15 covers when and how the player may take free relief from loose impediments and movable obstructions. These movable natural and artificial objects are not treated as part of ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 17 is a specific Rule for penalty areas, which are bodies of water or other areas defined by the Committee where a ball is often lost or unable to be played. For one penalty ...

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