PINEHURST, N.C. — On the shelf running the length of the western wall at Agora Bakery and Cafe in the Village of Pinehurst, while you wait in line to order breakfast, you can peruse or even buy catch purses, stationery, china, bottles of honey or gourmet coffee. Yet my gaze settled on a postcard of Read more…
Rules officials are not there to decide on the validity of the rules, but rather to enforce them and make sure they’re administered equally for all 156 players in the field.
PINEHURST, N.C.‚— There was a heartbreaking video that emerged Friday morning featuring an innocent youth—at least I think he’s innocent—carrying out an egregious order at the behest of some heartless superior. It would be cruel and unusual to make you bear witness again by embedding it here, but in short—I hope you’re sitting down—he was Read more…
PINEHURST, N.C. — It’s been 25 years, and Roger Maltbie, Dan Hicks, and lead producer Tommy Roy still work at NBC. They’re back at Pinehurst to call the 2024 U.S. Open, just as they did at the first Pinehurst Open in 1999. Joining them is Jim “Bones” Mackay, now an NBC analyst, who caddied for Read more…
Fifty years after “The Massacre at Winged Foot” and on the eve of this year’s US Open at Pinehurst No.2, almost everything has changed – including the USGA’s philosophy surrounding a course’s playing characteristics.
For those who aspire to lead, it’s always helpful to own an authentic personal story. Especially one that matches the moment. To golf’s great benefit, that’s precisely the case with Fred Perpall. For the past 18 months, the 49-year-old CEO of a Dallas architecture firm has been USGA president. As the first Black man among Read more…
Golf was a strange game for my brother to play. It was not a typical sport for athletes in our hometown. Golf was a country club game, and we were not country club kids. Both our parents had grown up in a sort of desperate poverty that I think, to them, made joining the country Read more…
The USGA has expanded from running three events annually to 15, including championships for all age ranges, team events, international matches and a national competition for adaptive golfers.
“Please honor Grayson by being kind to one another. If that becomes his legacy, we could ask for nothing else.” — Statement from Eric and Terry Murray, parents of PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray “I saw someone on social media say about Grayson taking his own life, ‘I just don’t understand why …’ I just Read more…
Australian Golf Digest
