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Golf officials to roll back ball for pros and weekend hackers alike. Not everyone is happy
Read full article: Golf officials to roll back ball for pros and weekend hackers alike. Not everyone is happyGolfโs ruling bodies are changing the equipment testing to make sure the golf ball doesn't go as far for everyone from Tiger Woods to the amateur who plays public courses on the weekend.
Oakland Hills to host US Open in 2034, 2051, US Golf Association announces
Read full article: Oakland Hills to host US Open in 2034, 2051, US Golf Association announcesOakland Hills will host the U.S. Open -- one of the PGA Tourโs four major tournaments -- in 2034 and 2051, according to the United States Golf Association.
Oakland Hills South Course restoration complete: Will golf majors follow?
Read full article: Oakland Hills South Course restoration complete: Will golf majors follow?The South Course at Oakland Hill Country Club was closed for 22 months while architect Gil Hanse restored the greens and fairways to the original Donald Ross design.
US OPEN '21: A look back at key anniversaries in the US Open
Read full article: US OPEN '21: A look back at key anniversaries in the US OpenA look back at the U.S. Open from 10 years ago to 100 years ago offers a mixture of record performances and blown putts, of playoffs and perhaps one of the most underappreciated victories by a major champion.
Former LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan hired as next CEO of USGA
Read full article: Former LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan hired as next CEO of USGAFILE - In this May 6, 2015, file photo, LPGA commissioner Mike Whan speaks during a press conference at The Players Championship golf tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Mike Whan spent 11 years rebuilding the LPGA Tour to be strong enough to survive a pandemic. The USGA announced Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, it has hired Whan as its next CEO, making him the eighth top executive in its 127-year history. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)Mike Whan spent 11 years rebuilding the LPGA Tour to be strong enough to survive a pandemic. The USGA announced Wednesday it has hired Whan as its next CEO, making him the eighth top executive in its 127-year history. After eight years as CEO of equipment company Mission Hockey, he was hired as commissioner of an LPGA Tour that was losing tournaments.
US Women's Open pushed to Monday because of thunderstorms
Read full article: US Women's Open pushed to Monday because of thunderstormsRain falls during a weather delay in the final round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in Houston. The U.S. Women's Open was postponed from early June because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the first Monday finish for the U.S. Women's Open since So Yeon Ryu won at The Broadmoor in Colorado in 2011. Se Ri Pak was the most recent in 1998 at the LPGA Championship and U.S. Women's Open. They will pick up where they left off on Monday; the USGA decided against calling the final round a wash and starting over.
USGA transfers US media rights from Fox back to NBCUniversal
Read full article: USGA transfers US media rights from Fox back to NBCUniversalThe USGA is transferring its U.S. media rights from Fox Sports to NBC, which returns the U.S. Open and U.S. Womens Open to NBC this year and for the final seven years of the Fox contract. Fox Sports also has contracts with the NFL, college football and Major League Baseball, which led Fox Sports to agree to NBCUniversal taking over the contract. Because of the shutdown, particularly the qualifying for USGA events, only four events are being played this year the U.S. Womens Amateur and U.S. Amateur in consecutive weeks in August, the U.S. Open in September and the U.S. Womens Open in Houston on Dec. 10-13. It also will have the FedEx Cup playoffs every other year when the new media rights deal with the PGA Tour begins, along with all majors on the LPGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
Mickelson added to field in a US Open without qualifying
Read full article: Mickelson added to field in a US Open without qualifyingMickelson is now exempt to return to Winged Foot for the U.S. Open in September. The COVID-19 pandemic that forced the U.S. Open to move from June also cost the championship its identity of being open to all. Open qualifying wasnt possible for two stages at nearly 120 courses across the country and into Canada, England and Japan. With his five majors and Hall of Fame career not to mention his legacy of silver medals in the U.S. Open Mickelson likely would have received at least one exemption. The rest of the field is similar to what the British Open has done with its International Finals Qualifying for the PGA Tour.