...to take on an elevated green with a fairway metal. And then there's the 18th. Mike Davis, the senior director of rules and competition, persuaded the brass to leave it as a par 5 instead of changing it to a par 4. The hole is 573 yards...

...players might be tempted to try to drive the green. And then there's the 18th. Mike Davis, the senior director of rules and competition, persuaded the brass to leave it as a par 5 instead of changing it to a par 4. The hole is 573 yards...

...and Mickelson, Nos. 1 and 2 in the world, will be joined by No. 3 Adam Scott. Mike Davis, the senior director of rules and competition for the USGA, said the top 12 players will be grouped together and spread over the four various time slots...

...644-yard, par-71 course will change the way four holes are played, said Mike Davis, the USGA's senior director of rules and competition. The 15th hole received the most drastic face-lift - it's about 125 yards longer and now plays as a...

...It's unusual to get fog where you're delayed or you can't play all day long," said Mike Davis, senior director of rules and competition. The first round was rescheduled for today, followed by the second round Saturday. Davis said there would...

...trying to figure out internally how we judge various tours around the world," said Mike Davis, the senior director of rules and competition. "Virtually everybody will admit that any ranking system is never going to be perfect. But we think it's...

...who retired in December after 21 years in charge.Davis, a 21-year veteran of the USGA and its senior director of rules and competition since 2005, has become popular with the players over the last five years for his sense of fairness in setting...

...Pennsylvania and played college golf at Georgia Southern.A 21-year veteran of the USGA and its senior director of rules and competition since 2005, Davis has become popular with the players over the past five years for his sense of fairness...

...the golf course, you'd better hide,'" said Vijay Singh of his conversation with the USGA's senior director of rules and competition. "'But there's going to be no place to hide, because we're going to find you.'" In the aftermath...

...that filters into the amateur game and makes the four-hour round as extinct as the dinosaur. USGA senior director of rules and competition Tom Meeks says the slow-play problem is fostered in college. Junior golfers tend to play fast, hoping...