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with a special focus on junior and adaptive golfers, is
demonstrated in every detail, from the course’s unique About the USGA
design features to its initiatives that emphasize inclusion. The USGA is a nonprofit organization that celebrates,
The course opened in 1932 as the first public golf course serves and advances the game of golf. Founded in 1894,
in Atlanta and now serves as a home for adaptive golf we conduct many of golf’s premier professional and
programs, clinics and tournaments in partnership amateur championships, including the U.S. Open and
with the GSGA and the Shepherd Center rehabilitation U.S. Women’s Open. With The R&A, we govern the sport
hospital. via a global set of playing, equipment, handicapping
and amateur status rules. The USGA campus in Liberty
As the leading institution for the collection, preservation, Corner, New Jersey, is home to the Association’s Research
interpretation and dissemination of golf history, the and Test Center, where science and innovation are
USGA Golf Museum and Library maintains one of the fueling a healthy and sustainable game for the future.
world’s most significant collections related to Jones. The campus is also home to the USGA Golf Museum,
Jones-related artifacts on permanent display in Liberty where we honor the game by curating the world’s most
Corner, N.J. include his famous putter Calamity Jane, the comprehensive archive of golf artifacts. To learn more,
complete collection of his national championship medals, visit usga.org.
ephemera from his personal life and competitive career,
as well as artifacts related to Augusta National Golf Club. About Bobby Jones Golf Course
The Library collection also contains the world’s foremost Bobby Jones Golf Course opened as Atlanta’s first public
collection of correspondence between Jones and others golf course in 1932. In recent years the Bobby Jones
throughout his life. Golf Course Foundation, Inc. was formed by a group

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