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Breaking: Jim Hyler Named New USGA President
The USGA has nominated a new candidate to take over their presidency from Jim Vernon. He is another Jim - Jim Hyler. The USGA Nominating Committee has nominated Hyler for a one year term as President, and Hyler was almost surely be confirmed at the USGA Annual Meeting in February. "I am deeply...
USGA President Vernon Interviewed in LA Times
Jim Vernon was elected to a second one-year term as President of the USGA at their annual meeting in Newport Beach over the weekend. Mike James spoke with Vernon about several topics in the game. It's a worthwhile interview to read, but I wanted to pull out some snippits. Of course, the topic of...
USGA News Wrap Up
It was a busy weekend for the United States Golf Association, coming out of its annual meeting. Several major announcements came out of the meeting in Newport Beach, CA, including: Lancaster Country Club was named host site of the 2015 US Women's Open. Designed by architect William Flynn, the...
9 Fascinating Golf Stories of 2008 - #6: The USGA Steps Up
Here at Waggle Room, we're going to do the cliche thing around this time of year and do a countdown of the top such and suches of the year. For us, we're going to do the 9 golf stories from the year that fascinated us. The USGA really stepped it up this year. It had been in the doldrums after...
I Like This Jim Vernon Guy
Jim Vernon is the new President of the USGA and the USGA website conducted an interview with him for this month that wasn't especially revealing, but made me like him even more than when he was first announced. In the piece, he talks about the success of the 2008 year for the USGA, Open setups,...
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