Expert evaluation to help improve golf course playing quality, environmental sustainability, and economic efficency
Make your golf course the best it can be
with expert guidance from the usga
Manage maintenance costs while improving playing quality
with careful analysis tailored to your needs.
As a superintendent or course official, you are often called upon to make decisions that affect the playing quality, operational efficiency and environmental sustainability of your course. When you enlist the support of the USGA Course Consulting Service, you gain access to a team of leading USGA agronomists who can help you:
- Assess course maintenance and renovation needs
- Benchmark current programs against recognized best management practices
- Recommended action steps that are aligned with your objectives and budget
- Build consensus for planned initiatives throughout your organization
Benefit from our unsurpassed experience and unbiased guidance
As a not-for-profit agency that is free from commercial connections, the USGA Course Consulting Service is uniquely able to provide the impartial guidance you need to make informed decisions. Each on-site visit from a USGA agronomist with wide-ranging knowledge of your region is followed up by a written report that draws upon our unmatched expertise as a provider of more than 1,400 on-site course consultations annually.
The USGA Course Consulting Service will work within your budget to help you achieve meaningful improvements in playing quality, environmental sustainability, economic efficiency and golfer satisfaction.
Unsurpassed experience
The USGA employs a staff of highly skilled agronomists located in field offices throughout the country. Each agronomist visits nearly 100 golf courses per year. Since 1953, this nationwide network has been an invaluable source of expertise and experience for golf courses and the game of golf.
Rigorous methodology
Backed by the largest private turfgrass research program in the world and equipped with practical and scientific tools, USGA agronomists are trained to thoroughly identify key issues and offer site-specific recommendations.
Unique objectivity
The USGA Course Consulting Service has no financial interest in any products or services it may recommend. Our agronomists operate with autonomy, so that the interests of the individual golf course are our first and only priority.
Consensus-building support
A goal of every consulting visit is to help build consensus among key course personnel. This strong level of communication both during and after an on-site visit can include an gronomist’s presentation of findings to course officials, if desired.
Positive return on investment
USGA agronomists can identify problems early, thereby preventing turf loss or other issues requiring large expenditures. Golf course managers and others consistently report that USGA recommendations have saved them many times the cost of the course consulting visit.
Customized services
USGA agronomists structure visits and provide written analysis specific to the individual golf course. Their findings can help solve immediate issues, while also serving as a planning guide for future expenditures — providing a benchmark to assess areas of improvement or decline over time.
The focus of each on site visit is up to you.
Create a strategic roadmap to success by asking the USGA agronomist to tailor a course consulting visit to the unique needs and objectives of your course. Course consulting visits can be scheduled at your convenience and structured to focus on areas of greatest concern. A professionally-written report summarizing observations and recommendations will be distributed shortly after each visit.