James F. Moore

 Director of Construction Education
Green Section

Moore is director of the USGA Green Section's Construction Education Program. His duties include the development of a wide range of educational materials including written, Internet and multimedia resources for construction information. He also presents educational seminars to various golf related groups throughout the country. His goal is the same as that of the Construction Education Program - to provide top quality golf course construction related information to as many segments of the game and industry of golf as possible.

Prior to assuming his new role as Director of Construction Education, Moore served as director of the Mid-Continent Region of the Green Section for 12 years. During that time, he made more than 1000 Turgrass Advisory Service visits to courses throughout the ten states of the Mid-Continent. He also spoke extensively throughout the U.S. as well as in other countries and has written many articles for various publications.

Before joining the USGA, Moore was a golf course superintendent for seven years and completed his superintendent career at Ridgewood Country Club in Waco, Texas. During this time he served as President of the Texas Turfgrass Association. He is also a proud veteran of the United State Air Force.

Moore is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a B.S. degree in Agronomy and Turfgrass Management. It was at A&M where he met his wife Kay, who is the office coordinator for the Construction Education Program. They live in McGregor, Texas, and have four children, Allison, Travis, Andrew and Patrick.