2006 News Archives


December

President Ford Dies At 93
Record 881 Golfers Get Amateur Status Back From USGA In 2006
Southampton Superintendent Was One Of A Kind
USGA Thanks Clubs To Host Local, Sectional Qualifiers In 2006
2006 USGA Season In Review
USGA Year-End Show To Air On TGC Dec. 21
American Express Becomes USGA's First-Ever Corporate Partner


November

Making A Difference
Langston's Savoy Changing World One Golfer At A Time
IAGA Honors Adamson With Distinguished Service Award


October

USGA Executive Committee Slate For 2007 Nominated
Hartford (Conn.) Golf Club To Host 2008 U.S. Girls' Junior
Astronauts Make Return Visit To Golf House
Sorenstam Celebrates Anniversary With Clinic
Massachusetts' McCracken Recipient Of 2007 Joe Dey Award
Carol Semple Thompson Re-Appointed USA Curtis Cup Captain
Suggs Named 2007 USGA Bob Jones Award Winner


September

Six Selected For USGA Fellowship
'39 U.S. Open Champion, Golf Statesman Byron Nelson Dies At Age Of 94
Nelson Book Author Offers Perspective On Lord Byron
U.S. Women's Mid-Am Sectional Qualifying Results
USGA Senior Women's Sectional Qualifying Results
Berg, Founder Of LPGA, Dies At 88
Gunderson Carner, Streit Re-enact 1956 Women's Amateur Final
Club To Commemorate 50th Anniversary Of Women's Am Final


August

USGA Senior Women's Amateur Sectional Qualifying Results
USGA Senior Amateur Sectional Qualifying Results
U.S. Mid-Amateur Sectional Qualifying Results
Kuehne, Moore, Simpson Selected For 2006 USA World Amateur Team
Blumenherst, Kim, Lee To Represent USA In World Amateur Team Championship
No Title For Ogilvy At PGA Championship
Ogilvy Set To Play With Mickelson, Woods At PGA Championship


July

Curtis Cup Match To Change To Three-Day Format
U.S. Junior Amateur Highlight Show To Air On NBC Aug. 5
U.S. Women's Amateur Qualifying Results
U.S. Amateur Qualifying Results
U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifying Results


June

U.S. Girls' Junior Qualifying Results
Merion Golf Club To Host 2013 U.S. Open
USGA Book Award To Be Renamed In Honor Of Herbert Warren Wind
USGA Reaches $50 Million Milestone 'For The Good Of The Game'
Loma Smith, Two-time USGA Senior Women's Amateur Champion, Dies
Quigley Heads Up Open Qualifiers In N.J.; Wie Fades
Orlando's Lake Nona G&CC To Host 2010 USGA Senior Amateur
Milwaukee C.C. To Host 2008 U.S. Mid-Amateur
USGA Accepts 2,729 Entries For Senior Open, Includes 13 Past Champions
U.S. Senior Open Qualifying Results
Kocsis, Amateur Runner-up, Dies At 93
USA Curtis Cup Team Named
U.S. Amateur Public Links Qualifying Results
U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Qualifying Results
U.S. Women's Open Sectional Qualifying Results


May

U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying Fields And Results
U.S. Open Local Qualifying Results
U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Sectional Qualifying Results
U.S. Women's Open Local Qualifying Results
USGA Handicap System Completes Licensing Policy Progress
10 More Players Exempt For Women's Open; Total Now 71
Nine More Players Exempt For U.S. Open: Total is 79
Essex County Club To Host 2010 Curtis Cup Match
Trump National To Host 2009 Junior Amateurs
USGA, AJGA Name 2006 President's Youth Leadership Award Recipients
Superintendent Turns To USGA's Turf Advisory Service
Robbins, Wie Accept 2006 U.S. Women's Open Special Exemptions
U.S. Women's Open Entries Close; 59 Golfers Currently Exempt
R&A Awards 2011 Walker Cup To Royal Aberdeen


April

A $50 Million Milestone: USGA Fulfills First Grant-Making Benchmark
U.S. Open Entries Close; 70 Golfers Currently Exempt
U.S. Open Fact Sheet
U.S. Open Entry Application Fun Facts
Bryan Park To Host 2010 U.S. Amateur Public Links
Do Long Hitters Get An Unfair Benefit?
Myths About Golf Equipment And Performance
U.S. Open Will Feature Varied Rough Heights
Campbell, Other USGA Champions Miss Masters Cut
Amateur Champions Get Off To Rocky Start At Masters


March

Anthology Film Archives Honors The USGA
U.S. Junior Amateur Runner-up Dies At 17
$1.4 Million In New USGA Grants Awarded
Advanced Ticket Opportunity For USGA Members For 2007 U.S. Open
Strege's "When War Played Through" Wins USGA 2005 Book Award
Winged Foot USGA Championship History Part II
Kiawah Island Club Awarded 2009 U.S. Mid-Amateur
Golfers Must Post Scores When Using Distance-Only Measuring Devices
Murphy Creek Awarded 2008 APL

February

2006 USGA Championships Preview
Winged Foot USGA Championship History Part I
Black History Month: Remembering Althea Gibson
Report Of The Equipment Standards Committee
Walter Driver Elected President For 2006
Walter Driver's Speech From Annual Meeting
Walter Driver Biography
Q & A With Walter Driver
2005 Annual Report
Mackenzie, Myers Selected As USA World Team Captains
Jimmie Austin G.C. To Host 2009 APL
Marucci Named USA Walker Cup Captain


January

Equipment Permitted Conditionally For Medical Reasons
USGA's Zontek To Receive GCSAA Distinguished Service Award
Presidential Treatment
Stimpmeter's Lasting Impression | Animation: Use Of The Stimpmeter
Shoal Creek To Host 2008 U.S. Junior
USGA's Support For First Tee Program 'Invaluable'
USGA Recommends Wording For Use Of Distance-Measuring Devices
Tulsa Country Club To Host 2008 USGA Senior Women's Amateur
U.S. President Helped Jump-Start Members Program

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