The USGA Recommendations for a Method of Putting Green Construction have helped golf courses around the world deliver consistent, high-quality playing conditions and healthy turfgrass for decades.

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Aeration is viewed by many as a negative term, but it is an essential program to keep playing surfaces healthy and in good condition. Though it comes with a temporary disruption, without it, playing ...

Rising star Hal Sutton claimed the 1980 U.S. Amateur with a 9-and-8 victory over Bob Lewis in the final at the Country Club of North Carolina.

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Golf’s great irony is that golfers don’t do it, they play it. No doubt you’ve been part of a conversation where someone says, “I love to golf” or “I’m golfing today.” You instantly know one thing: ...

Four-Ball, commonly referred to as “better ball,” is a format in which two golfers compete together as a side, with each player playing their own ball. A side’s score for a hole is the lower score of ...

The shape, slope and condition of many putting greens today increase the chances that a ball at rest on the putting green might move, and it can be difficult to determine whether a player caused the ...