The USGA's new Rules of Golf will go into effect on January 1, 2023. Explore additional resources on these changes here.

U.S. Women's Open RecordsCourse Longest Course 7,026 yards, The Broadmoor (East Course), first round, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2011 6,986 yards, The Broadmoor (East ...

U.S. Adaptive Open RecordsAge Oldest Champion, Men's Overall (years/months/days) 27/0/3, Kipp Popert, 2025 26/0/4, Kipp Popert, 2024 Oldest Champion, Women's Overall 44/4/23 Kim Moore, 2025 41/4/24 ...

U.S. Open: Special Exemptions1966: Ben Hogan: 12, 72-73-76-70—291 1977: Sam Snead, MC, 74-78; Tommy Bolt, MC, 75-78; Julius Boros, MC, 77-76 1978: Arnold Palmer, MC ...

5.7 Low Handicap Index The Low Handicap Index represents the demonstrated ability of a player over the 365-day period preceding the day on which the most recent score in their scoring record was ...

Sand Valley Resort, in Nekoosa, Wis., has been selected by the USGA to host four future amateur championships, starting with the 2026 U.S. Mid-Amateur.

There is no longer a penalty for merely touching the line of play on the putting green (the term “line of play” applies everywhere on the course including the putting green, and the term “line of putt ...

There is no longer a penalty if a ball played from the putting green hits a flagstick left in the hole. Players are not required to putt with the flagstick in the hole; rather, they continue to have ...

A strict prohibition on touching or moving loose impediments or touching the ground in a water hazard has never been practical, and so a series of exceptions had to be recognized in previous Rule 13-4 ...

Major ChangesThe following are the main changes to the Rules of Golf that took effect on January 1, 2019. The items covered on this page are organized into nine categories. Within each individual item ...

James Piot, of Canton, Mich., rallied from a 3-down deficit midway through the second 18 to defeat Austin Greaser, 2 and 1, in the 36-hole final of the 121st U.S. Amateur at Oakmont.

When you hit a shot that you think might result in a lost ball or in your ball coming to rest out of bounds, you have the option of playing a provisional ball to save time.