USA National Golf Organisations

• US Golf Association USGA; news, championships, rules, handicapping, journal ....
• Wikipedia overview USGA, United States Golf Association, the national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body of golf for the U.S. and Mexico; history of the organisation, competitions organised by them - both professional and amateur.
• Women's Trans National Association History, tournaments, member clubs
• Wikipedia overview of the Professional Golfing Association of America; PGA golf history, mission, PGA professionals, championships, growth of the game, foundation ...
• Wikipedia overview of PGA TOUR; the organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. The tours, TV coverage, structure, money leaders, awards,

PGA of America

The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) began in 1916 in New York City. Since then the PGA has grown to a network of 41 regions, that provides "grass-roots" support to 25 million amateur golfers and 28,000 professional members.

• PGA.com Professional Golfing Association of America, official site. This is primarily an association of club professionals and is separate from the PGA TOUR. It provides PGA golf news, instruction, play, equipment advice, scoring, schedule;
• Lpga.com Official site of the Ladies Professional Golf Association of America. Ladies PGA golf tournaments, schedule, players, entertainment, news, stats, teaching, education, juniors,

USA College and Univeristy Golf Organisations

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) organises Championshps for the major colleges.

Both organise a range of championships and provide awards for top teams and athletes.

• NAIA Mens Golf National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics - Mens Golf; National championships, conference tournaments, ratings and honours
• NAIA Womens Golf National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics - Womens Golf; National championships, conference tournaments, ratings and honours
• NCAA Mens Golf National Collegiate Athletic Association - Men's Golf; news, rankings, history
• NCAA Womens Golf National Collegiate Athletic Association - Women's Golf; news, rankings, history
• Ngca.com Natioanal Golf Coaches Association, formed in 1983 to promote women's intercollegiate golf. It hands out a wide range of awards

USA Regional Golf Organisations

• Arizona Golf Association News, course directory, magazine, handicapping, tournaments, junior golf State and Regional links
• Arizona Women's Golf Association Tournaments, handicapping tournaments, clubs....
• Junior Golf Association of Arizona News, organization and tournaments; junior golf links

US Open

­The United States Open Championship, usually called the U.S. Open, is the second of the four major annual championships in golf.Winning the US Open is one of golf's greatest achievements. Each June amateur and professional players alike complete four days of 18-hole rounds of golf in the quest to win this event. In the 100+ years of its existence, it has become a sort of "World Golf Championship". ­

• Usopen.com Official site of the US Open Golf Championship; news, scores, stats video, players, mobile, hospitality, history
• Wikipedia coverage of the United States Open Championship; history, qualification, champions, records, future locations
• Usopen.com US Open Scores and Stats
• Golf.about.com Has information on The US Golf Open - Previous Champions, All-Time Records, Courses Played
• ESPN article Is qualification for the US Open Golf Championship outdated? (2006)

Masters Golf Tournament

On March 22, 1934 Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts decided to hold an annual golf tournament in honour of golf's greatest players called the The Augusta National Invitation Tournament. It wasn't until 1939 that the event became known as The Masters. The Masters has grown to become the most prestigious tournament in all of Golf and now is one of the 4 major chamionships in Golf. The Masters, scheduled for the first full week of April, at Augusta, ­is the first of the majors to be played each year.

• Masters.com Official site of the Masters Golf Tournament; leaderboard, players, news, photos, the course,video, community, schedule, getting to the tournment etc
• Augusta.com Masters Leaderboard
• Golf.com Masters Golf Tournent news coverage by Golf.com. See also CBS Sports, BBC Sport, Golf Today
• Past Champions of the Masters Golf Tournament, from the Augusta site
• Significant Dates and Timeline of the Masters Golf Tournament, from the official Masters site
• All-Time Masters Records of the Masters Golf Tournament, from the official Masters Site
• Augusta Attractions From Augusta World Guides
• Augusta Masters Visitor Information from the official site
• Augusta.com Masters' Rules.
• Being at the August Masters Some advice ..... and help
• Augusta.com Also has great information for those looking to attend the Masters.

The Players Championship

The Players Championship is "The 5th Major"- an annual tournament in Jacksonville which is played in March (May from 2007) at TPC Sawgrass. Introduced 1974. Part of the PGA tour it is one of the richest tournaments on the Tour.

• Pgatour.com coverage of the Players Golf Championship; players, tee-times, news archive.
• Wikipedia coverage of the Players Golf Championship, with its history and past winners.
• TPC Sawgrass Club site, with the history of the Players Golf Championship there, tournament details
• UK and International Golf News from BBC Sport
• Golf.com News coverage of the Players Championship

PGA of America Golf Events

PGA of America conducts a number of major events including the PGA Championship, Senior PGA Championship, PGA Grand Slam of Golf, and the biennial Ryder Cup. It also conducts more than 30 tournaments for its members and apprentices, including the PGA Professional National Championship, PGA Cup, and the TaylorMade-adidas Golf PGA Assistant Professional Championship, among others. From Wikipedia.

• Pga.com provides schedules and a tournament calendar for PGA golf, including PGA of America PGA tour, LPGA Tour, European Tour, Champions Tour, Nationwide Tour and USGA tournaments
• Junior PGA Championship and Ryder Cup for Juniors
• Junior's Tour Schedule
• PGA Championship Schedule From the official Site

PGA Championship

­The PGA Golf Championship nicknamed "Glory's last shot" as the last of the 4 major championships in professional golf, is conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is held in August at a range of selected venues.­

• Pga.com/pgachampionship/2009 Official Site of the PGA Championships 2009; news, multimedia, players, course, scoring, spectator information, history
• Pga.com/pgachampionship coverage of the PGA Championsgip by PGA of America
• Wikipedia overview of the PGA Championship; history, qualification, winners, match play era, records, future locations

Senior PGA Championship

The Senior PGA Championship is one of the major championships in men's senior golf. It is administered by the Professional Golfers' Association of America and is recognised as a major championship by both the Champions Tour and the European Seniors Tour .. from Wikipedia.­­

• Pga.com/seniorpga/2009/ Official site of the 2009 Senior PGA Championship; news, players, scoring, course, history
• Wikipedia overview of the Senior PGA Championship; background, eligibility, hosts, winners, future venues

PGA Grand Slam of Golf

The PGA Grand Slam of Golf is an annual off-season golf tournament organised by PGA of America between the year's winners of the four major championships of regular men's golf. played as a 1-day, 18-hole stroke play competition. If a player wins more than one major in a calendar year or a player declines the invitation to play, the PGA of America will fill the four-man field by inviting the former major winner(s) with the best overall finishes in that year's majors. See Wikipedia for more details­

• Pga.com/grandslam coverage of the Grand Salm of Golf by PGA of America
• Wikipedia overview of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf; background, results, mulitple winners

The Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup is a biennial golf trophy, between teams of 12 from Europe and the United States, the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe. Currently, the matches consist of eight foursomes matches, eight fourball matches and 12 singles matches. The winner of each match scores a point for their team, with ½ a point each for any match that is tied after 18 holes. See Wikipedia for more details.­­

• Rydercup.com Official site of the Ryder Cup; 2010: Team Europe, Team USA
• Wikipedia coverage of the Ryder Cup; format, team selection, founding, results, contraversial cup matches, records

PGA professional National Championships

The PGA Professional National Championship is a golf tournament for golf club professionals and teachers who are members of the Professional Golfers' Association of America. From Wikipedia.

• Pga.com/nationalchampionship official site of the PGA Professional National Championship.
• Wikipedia coverage of the PGA professional national Championships; background, winners

The Walker Cup

The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested by teams consisting of the leading amateur  golfers of the United States and Great Britain and Ireland , held biennually. The Match employs a combination of foursomes (alternate-shot) and singles competition. See Wikipedia for full details.­­

• Walkercup.org Official website of the Walker Cup; scoring, news, photos, players, spectator information, history
• Wikipedia overview of the Walker Cup; the tournament structure, winners, future locations

US Amateur Golf Championships

The USGA  organises 12 national amateur and state team championships.
The National Amateur Championships are the Amateur Golf Championships, Junior, girls Junior, women's, mid amateur, women's mid-amateur, senior amateur, women's senior amateur and the Womens and Mens State Teams amateur. See USAG. The US Amateur Championship is the top event.

• USga.org Schedule of future amateur championships from USGA
• Scga.org USGA Major Amateur Championships from Southern California Golf Association - lists 30 amateur championships with weblinks to each
• USamateur.org The official site of the US Amateur Championship; scores, stats, news, photos, players, cpourse, spectator information, schedule, history
• Senioram.org official website of the US Senior Amateur Championships; scoring, news, players, history
• USmidam.org official website of the US Mid-Amateur Championships; scoring, news, players, history
• Seniowram.org official website of the US Senior Women's Amateur Championships; scoring, news, players, history
• USwamateur.org official website of the US Women's Amateur Championships; scoring, news, players, history
• USwmidam.org official website of the US Women's Mid-Amateur Championships; scoring, news, players, history
• USjunioram.org official website of the US Junior Championships; scoring, news, players, history
• USgirlsjunior.org official website of the US Girls Junior Championships; scoring, news, players, history
• USwapl.org official website of the US Women's Amateur Public Links Championships; scoring, news, players, history
• Stateteam.org official website of the Men's and Women's State team Championships

The Curtis Cup match

The Curtis Cup is contested biennially by lady amateur teams of 8 players representing the United States and Great Britain and Ireland. The format is singles, foursomes, or fourball. The winner of each match scores a point for their team, with ½ a point each for any match that is tied after 18 holes. See Wikipedia for more information.­­

• Curtiscup.org official site of the Curtis Cup;scoring, news, players, history
• Wikipedia coverage of the Ladies amateur Curtis Cup; history, format, results.

National College and University Golf Events and Awards

College Golf events and awards organised by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA)

• Golfstat Source of College Golf information. All College Golf tournaments are recorded on the Golfstat software and anlysis made available though this website. Provides schedules and results for all men's and women's teams
• Trashmasters Every August Amateurs meet with PGA pros and celebrity golfers in Aspen, Colorado to play in the Trashmasters International Charity Golf Tournament, to raise funds for University Scholarships for financially challenged students. Wacky rules apply and the strange and bizarre events of golf are rewarded.
• Edith Cummings Award given by the National Golf Coaches Association to one of the top college female golfers who excels in academics
• Haskinsaward.org The Haskins Award (in memory of the late Fred Haskins, former golf teaching professional at the Columbus (Georgia) Country Club) honors the most outstanding college golfer player in the United States. History, proceedure, recipients
• Palmercup.org The Palmer Cup, named after Arnold Palmer - an annual eight man team golf competition between American college golfers and European college/university golfers.; event information, venues, teams, results
• NCAA Mens Golf College Golf; NCAA Championships Golf Division I - Regionals and Final held in May; headlines, championship tracker, participating schools, Championship records
• NCAA Mens Golf NCAA Mens College Golf Championships Divison II; news, schedule, brakets, video, photos
• NCAA Mens Golf NCAA Mens college Golf Championships Division III; headlines, championship tracker, participating schools, Championship records
• NCAA Women's Golf NCAA Women's College Golf Championships Divison I ; news, schedule, brakets, video, photos
• NCAA Women's Golf NCAA Women's College Golf Championships Division II - Regionals and Final held in May; headlines, championship tracker, participating schools, Championship records
• NCAA Women's Golf NCAA Women's College Golf Championships Division III - Regionals and Final held in May; headlines, championship tracker, participating schools, Championship records
• NAIA mens Golf National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Mens College Golf Championship; news, qualification, ratings, championship history, archived results
• NAIA Women's Golf National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Womens College Golf Championship; news, qualification, ratings, championship history, archived results

Professional Golf in the USA

­PGA TOUR operates the main professional tours in the USA;  PGA Tour, the top tour; Champions Tour, for golfers age 50 and over;  Nationwide Tour, a developmental tour. It also conducts an annual Qualifying Tournament. For full details see Wikipedia.

It also organizes The Players Championship and the FedEx Cup events, as well as the biennial Presidents Cup.­

• Pgatour.com official site of PGA Tour; leaderboard, shot tracker, tournaments, players, video, news, stats
• Wikipedia overview of the PGA TOUR; the tours, TV coverage, season structure, money leaders, winners, awards,
• PGA Stats and Tour Money-Leaders From the official PGA TOUR Golf Site
• Pgatour.com Leaderboard PGA Tour Leaderboard; keep up to date with the Tour
• Pgatour.com Leaderboard FAQ How to read the PGA Tour Leaderboard
• Thegolfchannel.com The PGA Tour news, standings, stories, video

USA wide Golf Course information

• eBestGolf has a database of golf courses in the United States
• eBestGolf Golf Courses in the USA
• USA Golf Courses Searchable directory of Golf websites including links to golf courses, clubs, statistics, tips, news, results, associations, schools, manufacturers and merchandise
• Golf Courses And more from All-Golf-Links; Links to US golf courses, shopping and other golf resources including real-time local weather information for each listed golf course.
• Mapped Golf Courses From Mapmuse - a 'wiki' project for golfers to add descriptive information directly to the maps themselves, and add any courses they know of which are missing to produce the most comprehensive, descriptive, and up to date database of US golf courses possible. Check to see if your favorite courses are mapped, enhancing information as you see fit, and adding courses missed.
• Golfable.com A comprehensive golf course directory containing over 17,000 golf courses in the United States. The site has full details on each course and can be browsed by city and state or searched by location, price, or name
• Golf Guide USA Locate the USA Golf courses on the web
• Global Golf Network Provides a directory of golf courses in the United States, currently with address and telephone information. Requires Flash. Plans to present video information on courses

Golf course information by region

• Arizona Golf Adventures If you want more information about golfing in Arizona
• Colorado Golf Guide From Golf Colorado; courses,
• Florida Golf Course A great directory of Florida golf courses. Find stats, scorecards, rates, direct links to course websites, and many images of these beautiful Florida golf courses..
• Lewis and Clark Trail Information on golf courses along the historic Lewis & Clark Trail in North Dakota along with reference to historic sites.
• Tucson City Golf coiurses From Tucson City Golf