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Acquire, Preserve andCelebrate Golf History
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Honoring theGame’s History

Preserveand Celebrate
Golf History
The USGA Golf Museumand Library’s mission is topreserve and celebrate thehistory of golf. We are thenation’s oldest sports museum
and the world’s leading
institution for the collection,preservation, interpretationand dissemination of golf
history. Since 1936, the USGA
Golf Museum and Library has
connected golfers, sports
fans and scholars with theartifacts, documents, images
and stories that chronicle
golf’s rich history. Ourmuseum creates opportunities
for deeper engagement withthe game we love.

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The world’s mostcomprehensive collectionof golf history provides atangible connection to thegame’s legendary champions,
iconic venues and signature
moments. Through collections
stewardship, research,education and outreach,the USGA Golf Museum andLibrary harnesses golf’s past
to inform its future.
Each year, the museum
reaches an audience of morethan 3 million people withhistorical content.

Right:Club usedby Rear Admiral
Alan Shepard on themoon during theApollo 14 mission.

Our collections comprise:• 100,000+ items
catalogued in the library• 85,000+ catalogued
artifacts• 1,000,000+ photographs• 250,000+ hours of film
and video footage

USGA GolfMuseumand Library
Matching GiftCampaign
The USGA has establisheda Matching Gift Campaign
for supporters of the USGA
Golf Museum and Library.
The USGA will match any
endowed gift made to theUSGA Golf Museum andLibrary dollar for dollar up to$500,000 per year, before
December 31, 2024.

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A display inside
the USGA Museum
Experience at the2022 U.S. Open at
The Country Club inBrookline, Mass.

Below:The USGA Museum
Experience at the2023 U.S. Openat Los Angeles
Country Club inLos Angeles, Calif.

What We Do• The collections serve as thefoundation for the Museum’swork.
• We offer compelling public
programs that entertain, engage
and inform audiences about the
USGA and its collections.
Jack Nicklaus
in the Hall ofChampions during
The Jack Nicklaus
Room Opening.

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USGA GOLF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY• We produce innovativescholarship and conduct
research that better connects
all golfers to the game.

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Why Support
the USGA Golf
Museum andLibrary?
Since 1936, the USGA has
invested in preserving the historyof the game.
Most of the items in ourcollection are irreplaceable, oneof-a-kind objects that provide
tangible connection to thegame’s legendary champions,
iconic venues and signaturemoments.
The depth and breadth of thecollections make it the mostcomprehensive in the world. Thecollections are important to golf
history and confirm our nation’sshared cultural legacy.

The USGA’s collections andexpertise make it uniquely
qualified to preserve andcelebrate the history ofthe game.
The USGA requires sufficient
resources to acquire andshowcase its collections tosustain its worldwide leadershipin golf history.

Left:
1-iron usedby Ben Hogan,
1950 U.S. Open

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Above:
Golf clubs andheadcoverbelonging to Amelia
Earhart, ca. 1930

Below:
Visor worn byArnold Palmer,
1960 U.S. OpenVisitors look atartifacts in The
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How the USGA
Will Implement
Your SupportCollections
Ʀ Continuing acquisition ofhistorically significant artifacts,
books and documents
Ʀ Preserving existing collections

Our mission is ongoing andrelentless, as the game’s history
continues to unfold. Our museum
relies on philanthropic support
to ensure the continuationof the museum’s leading rolein preserving golf history. To
continue our mission, yourphilanthropic dollars will support
two core areas: collections andengagement.

The USGA will match
philanthropic support
to the Museum at100%, preserving theUSGA as the leading
institution on golf history
and enhancing public
engagement with its
collections.

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EngagementƦ Enhancing access to collections
through digitization projects
Ʀ Exposing the treasures of thegame through public programsand exhibits

USGA Golf Museum and Library staff
are the leading experts in the care andpreservation of the iconic memorabilia
and archival material in our collection
defining the history of the game.

Left: 1895
U.S. Open
championshipmedal won by
Horace Rawlins

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Can Achieve
Together

Left:
Runner-up medal,
1894 Championshipof the United States.

In December 2022, a generous
donor provided the funds for theUSGA to acquire the runner-up
medal won by Charles B. Macdonald
at an 1894 event. Macdonald’s
medal is one of the only artifacts in
our collection related to Macdonald
as the 1895 U.S. Amateur champion,
USGA vice-president, author of theUSGA’s original constitution andrenowned golf course architect.
Thanks to the donor’s proactive
philanthropy, our museum will
ensure that this historic 1894
medal will be cared for and foreveraccessible to the public.
With a record-tying four U.S.
Women’s Open titles along with82 professional victories, Mickey
Wright is indelibly importantto the USGA and the world ofgolf. After winning her first U.S.
Women’s Open in 1958, Wrightbecame the first woman to defend
her title when she defeated twotime champion and LPGA founderLouise Suggs in 1959 at Churchill
Valley Country Club in Pittsburgh,
Pa. Although the museum has a

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Below:
Mickey Wright’sChampion Medal,
1959 U.S. Women’sOpen.

comprehensive collection thatspans Wright’s personal lifeand professional career and aroom is dedicated to her, this is
the only USGA medal awarded
to the legendary golfer in themuseum’s collection. Themuseum was able to purchasethe medal thanks in part tofunds provided by anothergenerous donor.

Steward of the gameand its values. Arnold
Palmer was a lifelong
supporter of theMuseum’s work.
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Support Now

USGA Golf Museumand Library Matching
Gift Campaign

Golf collecting is experiencing an
unprecedented moment:

The USGA has established aMatching Gift Campaign forsupporters of the USGA Golf
Museum and Library. The USGA
will match any endowed gift
made to the USGA Golf Museumand Library, dollar for dollar, upto $500,000 per year, before
December 31, 2024.

Ʀ The method of acquiring
artifacts has shifted significantly
from donation to online auctions
devoted exclusively to golf.
Ʀ The value of memorabilia
associated with premierathletes and heroic sports
moments is skyrocketing.
Ʀ Champions are now turning
to auction houses to liquidate
their collections to achieve
value.
Ʀ Wealthy private collectors andhedge funds present increasedcompetition.
The Museum cannot remaincompetitive without donor
support.
When the Museum cannot acquire
an artifact, it is lost to private
hands, at home and abroad.
Hall of Champions
inside the USGA Golf
Museum and Library.

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Right:
2011 U.S. Open
champion Rory McIlroy
views the second U.S.
Open medal during
the U.S. Open Reunionof Champions dinnerat the 2019 U.S. Openat Pebble Beach
Golf Links.
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History of the
USGA Golf Museumand Library
In 1935, USGA Executive
Committee member George
W. Blossom Jr. suggested
the idea of a golf museum,though there was little
space in the Association’s
offices for artifacts or formal
displays. When a sizeableNew York City location for
USGA headquarters wasfound in January 1936, theExecutive Committee formally
voted to establish a museum
and to collect and exhibit“implements, balls, etchings,
photographs, literature andsimilar articles pertaining tothe game of golf.”

USGA ExecutiveCommittee member
George W. Blossom Jr.
who came up with theidea for a museum.

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The first Museum Committee
included a distinguished rosterof USGA champions, includingFrancis Ouimet, Bob Jones,
Chick Evans and MargaretCurtis. The committee’s
primary goal was to bring
important artifacts into
the collection and to makecontributions to the museum.
From its humble beginnings
with hallway displays, thecurrent state-of-the-art
museum has been expanded
twice since the USGA’s
relocation to Liberty Corner,
N.J., in 1972, with theaddition of the Arnold Palmer
Center for Golf History in2008 and the Jack Nicklaus
Room in 2015.
In 2024, the USGA will open
the USGA Experience andoversee operation of the
updated visitor experience
for the new World Golf Hall ofFame in Pinehurst, N.C.

Top: The first galleries of the USGA Museum as it existed in New York Cityin the early 1960s.
Above: One of the interior rooms inside Golf House in midtown Manhattan.

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Support theUSGA Golf
Museum andLibrary’s
MissionPhilanthropic support is more
important than ever as the USGA
Golf Museum and Library focuseson celebrating the game byacquiring new artifacts and sharing
its collection. Donor gifts enable
the USGA to become more resilientin delivering a thriving, welcoming
and sustainable Golf Museum now
and in the future.
Why Give to the USGA?
When you give to the USGA, you
become part of a communityof supporters who care deeply
about the history of the gameand want to see the USGA Golf
Museum and Library flourish
for generations to come. Your
donation is an investment ingolf’s future allowing the USGA todevelop and grow programs andinitiatives that celebrate the historyof the USGA and the game. The
USGA is committed to engaging its
supporters to help strengthen andexpand the USGA’s impact.

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The Mickey Wright Room houses the most comprehensive collection ofmemorabilia belonging to the four-time U.S. Women’s Open champion.

There are many ways to give, andwe hope you will choose one that ismeaningful to you. Your generosity
will help ensure the future ofpreserving the history of the gamethat we all love.

President’sCircle
The President’s Circle recognizes
supporters whose annual giving
totals $1,000 or more in acalendar year. President’s Circle

supporters will make the USGA
Golf Museum and Library stronger
and more resilient by helping
fund programs and collectionsacquisition. President’s Circle
members are celebrated throughan honor roll featured in theUSGA’s Golf Journal Magazine
along with an exclusive, custom
USGA President’s Circle bag tag.

and Library’s mission, pleaseconsider making your gift online
by donating today.
usga.org/givemuseum
By Mail:
USGA Foundation
77 Liberty Corner Rd.
Liberty Corner, NJ 07938

Ways to Give

Please include the form thatcame with the brochure so that
we can direct your gift to theGolf Museum and Library.

Online: If you are interested insupporting the USGA Golf Museum

By Phone:
1-800-223-0041