Welcome to the 10th U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship hosted by Plainfield Country Club & Echo Lake Country Club. Please find the below links to help with your experience!

Jay Sigel, arguably the greatest American amateur golfer in the post-World War II era, died on April 19 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 81. Sigel, a Berwyn, Pa., resident who spent his winters in ...

Some formats of play and scores played under certain restricted Terms of the Competition are not acceptable for handicap purposes. The following illustrative list is not exhaustive and if a player is ...

For a player submitting their first scores to obtain an initial Handicap Index, the maximum score for each hole played is limited to par + 5 strokes (see Diagram 3.1a).

In a situation where a player fails to submit a score from an authorized format of play in a timely manner, the Handicap Committee should investigate the reason and take appropriate action. When the ...

There are various reasons why a round is not completed or one or more holes are not played during the round. Valid reasons might include: Fading light or weather preventing the continuation of play, ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 4 covers the equipment that players may use during a round. Based on the principle that golf is a challenging game in which success should depend on the player’s judgment, skills ...

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New additions will normally be updated on a quarterly basis each January, April, July, and October and the next quarterly update will be in early July 2025. - If a sprinkler head is popped up, the ...

Cathy Engelbert, of Berkeley Heights, N.J., is in her fourth year as a member of the USGA Executive Committee. Engelbert was named the WNBA’s first-ever commissioner in 2019 after a storied 33-year ...