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33-596: The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the French Golf Federation in an agreement with the United States Golf Association . It was planned by Lally Segard , at the time known as Vicomtesse de Saint Sauveur, from France and Mrs. Henri Prunaret from America. Segard also asked her friends Ricardo and Silvia Espirito Santo, from Portugal , to donate a trophy for the event, which they did. They had originally bought

66-474: A group of 70 founders to contribute $ 1,000 each, and the National Golf Links of America opened for play in 1909. Many of the holes were his versions of famous holes from British courses, a pattern he would repeat on later courses. Macdonald would tweak the course for the rest of his life, altering every hole somewhat over the next 30 years. The course hosted the inaugural Walker Cup in 1922, and

99-669: A new 18-hole course there, a layout which is still the club's home today and has hosted multiple U.S. Opens, routinely continuing to rank as one of the top 50 golf courses in the world (the original 1892 site is now the Downers Grove Golf Course). In 1895 he designed the first nine holes at Onwentsia Club of Lake Forest, Illinois, and also laid out (along with H.J.Whigham and Herbert Tweedie) the first nine holes at Exmoor Country Club of Highland Park, Illinois. In 1900, Macdonald left Chicago to live in New York, becoming

132-470: A partner in the Wall Street brokerage firm of C.D. Barney (through mergers, now Morgan Stanley Wealth Management ). With only a couple of exceptions, most golf courses in the U.S. at that time were laid out in rudimentary fashion, with little strategy required of the golfer. Macdonald, by virtue of his experiences at St Andrews and later trips to Great Britain, was determined (not immodestly) to build

165-506: A replica of the U.S. Open trophy and won a trip for two to Pebble Beach for the next year's event. Charles B. Macdonald Charles Blair Macdonald (November 14, 1855 – April 21, 1939) was a major figure in early American golf . He built the first 18-hole course in the United States, was a driving force in the founding of the United States Golf Association , won the first U.S. Amateur championship, and later built some of

198-478: Is considered a landmark of golf architecture even today. In 2005, Golf Digest ranked it the #9 course in the United States. With the National Golf Links course, Macdonald began collaborating with Seth Raynor , who would later become a famous golf architect (a term coined by Macdonald in about 1910 ) in his own right. The pair would collaborate on a number of courses over the years. These included

231-695: The Chicago Golf Club . At first, Macdonald built nine rudimentary holes in Downers Grove, Illinois ; these nine holes comprised the first golf course west of the Allegheny Mountains . In 1893 he expanded the course to 18 holes, creating the first full-length course in the United States. Shortly thereafter, in 1894, the Chicago Golf Club decided to move to a permanent home in nearby Wheaton, Illinois . Macdonald built

264-558: The Fox TV network . In August 2018, she left to become the 20th chief executive officer of the United States Olympic Committee . The USGA organizes or co-organizes the following competitions: An "open" golf championship is one that both professionals and amateurs may enter. In practice, such events are always won by professionals nowadays. The two leading opens in the U.S. are: The last win by an amateur at

297-594: The Old Course at St Andrews against several of the leading golfers of the day, including Young Tom Morris . Macdonald returned to Chicago in 1874 and became a successful stockbroker, but rarely played golf for the next 17 years (a period he termed the "Dark Ages"). In 1894, the Newport Country Club and Saint Andrew's Golf Club both held "national championship" tournaments. Macdonald finished second in both, and on both occasions he angrily denounced

330-563: The Republic of Ireland from 1966 to 2004. This is the designation of the team which plays the United States in the Curtis Cup . From 2006, England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (a combined Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland team) have competed as separate teams. United States Golf Association The United States Golf Association ( USGA ) is the United States national association of golf courses , clubs and facilities and

363-628: The governing body of golf for the U.S. and Mexico. 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 . In 2024,

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396-816: The Old White Course at The Greenbrier (1914), St. Louis Country Club (1914), the Shinnecock Hills Golf Course (1916), the Yale University golf course (1926), and the Mid Ocean Club in Bermuda , a course conceived to escape the reach of Prohibition (1921). One of the most famous was the Lido Golf Club (1914), a course which took an enormous amount of effort to construct and had several unique holes, and

429-483: The U.S. Amateur and U.S. Women's Amateur became increasingly dominated by future tournament professionals , two national championships were added in the 1980s for "career amateurs" who were 25 years of age & older: These team events were announced by the USGA in 2013 as the replacements for the discontinued Public Links championships and played for the first time in 2015. Both are contested by two-member teams in four-ball matches. Partners are not required to be from

462-403: The U.S. Open was 91 years ago in 1933 and an amateur has won the women's event only once, 57 years ago in 1967 . The USGA also conducts the U.S. Senior Open for competitors 50 and over. This is one of the five majors recognized by the world's dominant tour for golfers 50 and over, PGA Tour Champions . The overwhelming majority of the competitors play regularly on this tour. Many of

495-404: The U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, thus becoming the first African-American woman to play in a national championship conducted by the USGA. In 2011, Sarah Hirshland became the senior managing director of business affairs for the USGA. In April 2018, she was promoted to chief commercial officer. She brought the USGA partnerships with major corporations and negotiated a billion-dollar deal with

528-524: 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.   The USGA was originally formed in 1894 to resolve the question of a national amateur championship. Earlier that year, the Newport Country Club and Saint Andrew's Golf Club , Yonkers , New York, both declared

561-766: The United States and a joint team representing Great Britain and Ireland (in political terms, Ireland and the United Kingdom). Through its membership of the International Golf Federation the USGA is involved in the administration of the two "World Amateur Team Championships", which are played biennially in even-numbered years. There had been two events for "public-course" golfers, but the USGA announced in 2013 that both would be discontinued after their 2014 editions. Members of private golf clubs were excluded from these championships. Only nine golfers have won more than one USGA individual event in

594-480: The golden cup, which had belonged to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia , for an international Portuguese event that was not played anymore. The championship was held under the chairmanship of Segard at Golf de Saint Germain outside Paris, France . The week after, the World Amateur Golf Council agreed to manage and sponsor the tournament, beginning in 1966, to be played every second year, and Segard

627-922: The greatest holes in the British Isles that would test a great player's game while allowing mediocre and poor players angles and options to score well. These template holes are typically pretty easy to identify after a little schooling. While these holes are similar from course to course, they are not duplicates. Each hole was designed specifically for the site to create a unique twist for players. Several of MacDonald's classic templates are: The list of courses that Macdonald either designed alone or co-designed are listed below. Some courses are defunct (Lido Golf Club), some have been substantially redesigned (Shinnecock Hills Golf Club), and others have not been substantially altered (St. Louis Country Club). Bermuda Connecticut Florida Illinois Maryland Missouri New York West Virginia In 2007, Macdonald

660-552: The increasing globalisation of women's golf, with six different winners in six events from 1996 to 2006, and several top two placings by teams from Asia . South Korea won four times from 1996 to 2016. The equivalent "World Amateur Team Championship" for men is the Eisenhower Trophy . Sources: The "Great Britain & Ireland" team represented the two separate independent countries of the United Kingdom and

693-485: The manner in which each competition was held, with the result that both tournaments were declared unofficial. That fall, delegates from the Chicago Golf Club (including Macdonald), Saint Andrew's, The Country Club , Newport Country Club, and Shinnecock Hills Golf Club met in New York City to resolve the problem. The result was the formation of the United States Golf Association (USGA), which would administer

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726-736: The most influential golf courses in the United States, to the extent that he is considered the father of American golf course architecture . He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame . Macdonald was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario , to naturalized American parents — a Scottish father and Canadian (part Mohawk ) mother — and grew up in Chicago . In 1872 at age 16, he was sent to St Andrews University , and while there he voraciously played golf. Tutored by Old Tom Morris , Macdonald soon became proficient enough that he played matches on

759-569: The most noteworthy course outside the British Isles. He searched Long Island for a suitable site to emulate the classic seaside links of Scotland, and eventually settled on a site in Southampton, New York (near Shinnecock Hills Golf Club) in 1906. He dubbed the Southampton home at 119 Whites Lane "Ballyshear" and the house was designed by F. Burrall Hoffman . The home was purchased by Michael Bloomberg in 2011. In 1908, he organized

792-711: The official championship. Macdonald was named Vice President of the organization. The first U.S. Amateur was held in 1895 at the Newport Country Club, and this time Macdonald won, beating Charles Sands 12 & 11 in the final (which is still the record winning margin). By the late 1880s, a group of Scottish immigrants had brought the game to the New York City area, playing at the Saint Andrew's Golf Club . In 1892, Macdonald convinced several associates to begin playing. Shortly thereafter, he founded

825-919: The remaining players compete on the European counterpart of PGA Tour Champions, the European Senior Tour , which recognizes the U.S. Senior Open as one of its three majors. The USGA added a women's counterpart in 2018. Professional golf in the US is mainly run by the PGA Tour , the LPGA , and the PGA of America . However, the USGA organizes the 10 national amateur championships. The leading events are open to all age groups, but are usually won by golfers in their early twenties: There are two championships for players under age 19: And two for senior golfers: Because

858-562: The same club, political subdivision, or country. The USGA men's and women's state team championships were first conducted in 1995 as a part of the USGA's Centennial celebration. The two championships were conducted biennially in odd-numbered years through 2009. Since 2010, the men's championship has been conducted in even-numbered years and the women's championship in odd-numbered years. According to NCAA rules, college golfers are not eligible. The USGA, in cooperation with The R&A , co-organizes two biennial amateur team competitions between

891-563: The same year: Six people have won three different USGA individual events in their careers: Fifty–two other people have won two different USGA individual events in their careers, and three have won USGA individual and team events: Note: Multiple winners of individual events can be found in that event's article. The USGA partnered with World Golf Tour in 2009 to co-host the first annual Virtual USGA Championship online. The Virtual U.S. Open attracted hundreds of thousands of players from more than 180 countries. The first-place winner took home

924-480: The winners of their tournaments the "national amateur champion." That autumn, delegates from Newport, St. Andrew's, The Country Club , Chicago Golf Club , and Shinnecock Hills Golf Club met in New York City to form a national governing body, which would administer the championship and also the Rules of Golf for the country. On December 22, 1894, the Amateur Golf Association of the United States

957-490: Was Alister MacKenzie . In 1928, Macdonald published his book Scotland's Gift: Golf , which covers the spread of golf (prominently featuring himself) in the United States from its beginnings in the early 1890s to 1927, when there were some 4,000 courses in the country. It devotes several chapters to four of his courses, and gives his design philosophy. He is often called the "Father of American Golf Architecture". MacDonald identified 21 different hole designs or templates from

990-518: Was appointed chairperson of the women's committee of the council. The Council changed its name to the International Golf Federation in 2003. Recent tournaments have featured teams from around 50 countries. It is a stroke play event, in which the best two individual scores in each team count towards the final score. For the first three decades, the championship was dominated by the United States. Later results have reflected

1023-502: Was considered at least on par with the National Golf Links while it existed (a course by the same name exists near its location today, but it was built by Robert Trent Jones in 1947). Macdonald sponsored a competition to design a hole that would be used at The Lido Golf Club. Country Life Magazine published and promoted the Lido Prize and it was judged by columnists Bernard Darwin , Horace Hutchinson and Herbert Fowler. The winner

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1056-658: Was held the following day, almost as an afterthought. It was not until 1898 that the two events were held at separate clubs. Today, the USGA administers 14 separate national championships, ten of which are expressly for amateurs. The USGA gradually expanded its membership from the original five clubs. There were 267 club members in 1910, and 1,138 clubs by 1932. Membership fell off during the Great Depression and World War II , but recovered by 1947. By 1980 there were over 5,000 clubs, and today membership exceeds 9,700. On September 17, 1956, Ann Gregory began competing in

1089-406: Was officially formed, and was shortly thereafter renamed the "United States Golf Association". Theodore Havemeyer was the first president, and the U.S. Amateur trophy is named in his honor. The first U.S. Amateur was held in 1895 at the Newport Country Club, with Charles B. Macdonald (who was runner-up at both of the previous year's tournaments) winning the championship. The first U.S. Open

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