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.
With the next decade’s venues mostly accounted for and the anchor sites leaving few openings, it’s evident the true publics won’t be a frequent voice of the discussion.
The USGA overnight announced that Davis is stepping down as its chief executive officer, effective at the end of 2021, to embark on a career in golf course design and construction.
Only once the R&A decided to cancel the Open Championship, freeing up the September window for the USGA to hold the US Open, did it give Winged Foot a chance at remaining the host venue.
Maher’s paper is the first from a major golf company chief executive to explicitly counter the ruling bodies’ conclusions from their Distance Insights research project.
Golf’s new World Handicap System is on course for its implementation date in 2020, with a new campaign released today reminding golfers of the eight key features.
Yes, these guys are good. But are they really that good? Or, has the tour, in its zeal to prove week in and week out how good they are, gone too far with sometimes laughably easy course setups?
Australian Golf Digest
