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U.S. Golf Assn. President Fred Perpall is working to make golf more accessible to diverse communities. (Chris Carlson / Associated Press) Fred Perpall, a Bahamas native who lives in Dallas, went from starting to take golf seriously just 10 years ago to in February becoming the first Black president of the United States Golf Assn. […]
Fred Perpall has been nominated to serve as the 67th president of the United States Golf Association. He would be the first Black man to hold that post in the association’s history, dating to 1894. If elected, Perpall, 47, will succeed Stu Francis of Hillsborough, California, who will conclude his three-year term in February 2023. […]
Joy – that’s the one-word response U.S. Golf Association CEO Mike Whan received when he asked what he should expect at this week’s inaugural U.S. Adaptive Open. The event, which is a national championship for golfers with physical, visual and intellectual impairments, concluded its first edition on Wednesday at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club’s Course […]
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Engaging with Golf Twitter is a “proceed with caution” endeavor. When the group think starts rolling in a particular direction—as was the case Saturday afternoon with regard to the NBC Sports’ broadcast coverage of the U.S. Open—it usually takes out anything that’s standing in its path. And, well, let’s just say it […]
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Since last week, when multiple top golfers exposed a schism in the men’s professional game by spurning the established PGA Tour to join the upstart, Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit, the sport has been waiting for its power brokers to weigh in. The biggest prizes in golf, the events that shape legacies, generate […]
PHILADELPHIA — A former United States Golf Association employee who sold millions of dollars’ worth of illegal U.S. Open tickets to local brokers was sentenced to 14 months in prison Wednesday, according to a release from U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Robert Fryer, 40, of Perkasie, was also given three years of supervised release, and […]
Pebble Beach is the third course to become an anchor site for the U.S. Open, with the USGA announcing Wednesday four U.S. Opens and four U.S. Women’s Opens over the next 26 years. Pebble Beach joins Pinehurst No. 2 and Oakmont Country Club as anchor sites, a strategy that allows the USGA to return to […]
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