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| Abbreviation | USGA |
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| Formation | December 22, 1894, 129 years ago (as the Amateur Golf Association of the United States) |
| Type | NGO |
| Headquarters | Golf House, Liberty Corner, New Jersey |
Region served | United States, Mexico |
Membership | 700,000 |
CEO | Mike Whan |
President | Fred Perpall |
| Affiliations | The R&A |
Staff | 300 |
Volunteers | 1,200 |
| Website | usga.org |
The United States Golf Association (USGA) is the United States national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body of golf for the U.S. and Mexico.[1] Together with The R&A, the USGA produces and interprets the rules of golf. The USGA also provides a national handicap system for golfers, conducts 14 national championships, including the U.S. Open, U.S. Women's Open and U.S. Senior Open, and tests golf equipment for conformity with regulations. The USGA and the USGA Museum are located in Liberty Corner, New Jersey.[2] In 2024, the USGA moved its Testing Center from Liberty Corner, New Jersey to Pinehurst, North Carolina. The Testing Center is where all golf clubs and golf balls manufactured in the United States and Mexico are tested for conformance to the Rules of Golf.[3][4]
- ^ "USGA: Our History". Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- ^ "About the USGA Golf Museum". United States Golf Association.
- ^ https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/golf-house-pinehurst/campus-information.html
- ^ https://www.axios.com/local/raleigh/2024/06/11/inside-the-usgas-growing-presence-in-pinehurst