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USGA Presidents

PRESIDENT YEAR
Theodore A. Havemeyer, Newport (R.I.) Golf Club 1894-96
Laurence Curtis, The Country Club, Brookline, Mass. 1897-98
W.B. Thomas, The Country Club, Brookline, Mass. 1899-1900
R.H. Robertson, Shinnecock Hills G.C., Southampton, N.Y. 1901-02
G. Herbert Windeler, The Country Club, Brookline, Mass. 1903-04
Ransom H. Thomas, Morris County Golf Club, Convent Station, N.J. 1905-06
Daniel Chauncey, Garden City (N.Y.) Golf Club 1907-08
Herbert Jaques, The Country Club, Brookline, Mass. 1909-10
Silas H. Strawn, Glen View Club, Golf, Ill. 1911-12
Robert C. Watson, National Golf Links of America, Southampton, N.Y. 1913-14
Frank L. Woodward, Denver (Colo.) Country Club 1915-16
Howard W. Perrin, Merion Cricket Club, Haverford, Pa. 1917-18
Frederick S. Wheeler, Apawamis Club, Rye, N.Y. 1918-19
George H. Walker, National Golf Links of America, Southampton, N.Y. 1920
Howard F. Whitney, Nassau Country Club, Glen Cove, N.Y. 1921
J. Frederick Byers, Allegheny Country Club, Sewickley, Pa. 1922-23
Wynant D. Vanderpool, Morris County Golf Club, Convent Station, N.J. 1924-25
William C. Fownes Jr., Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club 1926-27
Melvin A. Traylor, Glen View Club, Golf, Ill. 1928
Findlay S. Douglas, Apawamis Club, Rye, N.Y. 1929-30
Herbert H. Ramsay, National Golf Links of America, Southampton, N.Y. 1931-32
Herbert Jaques, The Country Club, Brookline,Mass. 1933-34
Prescott S. Bush, Round Hill Club, Greenwich, Conn. 1935
John G. Jackson, Deepdale Golf Club, Great Neck, N.Y. 1936-37
Archibald M. Reid, St. Andrew's Golf Club, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. 1938-39
Harold W. Pierce, The Country Club, Brookline, Mass. 1940-41
George W. Blossom Jr., Onwentsia Club, Lake Forest, Ill. 1942-43
Morton G. Bogue, Deepdale Golf Club, Great Neck, N.Y. 1944-45
Charles W. Littlefield, Montclair (N.J.) Golf Club 1946-47
Fielding Wallace, Augusta (Ga.) National Golf Club 1948-49
James D. Standish Jr., Country Club of Detroit, Gross Pointe Farms, Mich. 1950-51
Totton P. Heffelfinger, Minikahda Club, Minneapolis, Minn. 1952-53
Isaac B. Grainger, Montclair (N.J.) Golf Club 1954-55
Richard S. Tufts, Pinehurst (N.C.) Country Club 1956-57
John D. Ames, Onwentsia Club, Lake Forest, Ill. 1958-59
John G. Clock, Virginia Country Club, Long Beach, Calif. 1960-61
John W. Winters Jr., Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla. 1962-63
Clarence W. Benedict, Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, N.Y. 1964-65
William Ward Foshay, Round Hill Club, Greenwich, Conn. 1966-67
Hord W. Hardin, Bellerive Country Club, Creve Coeur, Mo. 1968-69
Philip H. Strubing, Sunnybrook Golf Club, Plymouth Meeting, Pa. 1970-71
Lynford Lardner Jr., Milwaukee (Wis.) Country Club 1972-73
Harton S. Semple, Sewickley Heights Golf Club, Sewickley, Pa. 1974-75
Harry W. Easterly Jr., Country Club of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 1976-77
Frank D. Tatum Jr., San Francisco (Calif.) Golf Club 1978-79
Will F. Nicholson Jr., Denver (Colo.) Country Club 1980-81
William C. Campbell, Guyan Golf & Country Club, Huntington, W.Va. 1982-83
James R. Hand, Sleepy Hollow Country Club, Scarborough-on-Hudson, N.Y. 1984-85
William J. Williams Jr., Siwanoy Country Club, Bronxville, N.Y. 1986-87
William C. Battle, Farmington Country Club, Charlottesville, Va. 1988-89
C. Grant Spaeth, San Francisco (Calif.) Golf Club 1990-91
Stuart F. Bloch, Wheeling (W.Va.) Country Club 1992-93
Reg Murphy, Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, Md. 1994-95
Judy Bell, Broadmoor Golf Club, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1996-97
F. Morgan Taylor Jr., Seminole Golf Club, Juno Beach, Fla. 1998-99
Trey Holland, Meridian Hills Country Club, Indianapolis, Ind. 2000-01
Reed K. Mackenzie, Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minn. 2002-03
Fred S. Ridley, Old Memorial Golf Club, Tampa, Fla. 2004-05
Walter Driver Jr., Peachtree Golf Club, Atlanta, Ga. 2006-07
James F. Vernon, Lakeside Golf Club, Burbank, Calif. 2008-09
James B. Hyler Jr., Old Chatham Golf Club, Raleigh, N.C. 2010-11
Glen D. Nager, Chevy Chase (Md.) Club 2012-13
Thomas J. O'Toole Jr., Old Warson Country Club, St. Louis, Mo. 2014-15
Diana M. Murphy, Frederica Golf Club, Saint Simons Island, Ga. 2016-17
Mark E. Newell, Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Va. 2018-19
J. Stuart Francis, San Francisco (Calif.) Golf Club 2020-2022
Fred Perpall, Trinity Forest Golf Club, Dallas, Texas 2023-