The flags out front at the USGA Museum in Far Hills, NJ
A former private mansion built in 1919, this is now the home of the Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History and the USGA Museum.
Making a day of it at the USGA Museum in Far Hills, NJ
The statue that awaits you out front at the USGA Museum.
USGA staff member Beth Murrison demonstrates the touch screen of a portrait of Arnold Palmer. Each line of the drawing are actually tiny words that cover his career.
Every line from his hair to his signature is made up of tiny words that describe Arnold Palmer, his life and career in golf.
Close up of the Arnold Palmer touch screen and all the words and phrases that make up portrait. Created by James David Chase. It took him 14 years.
A quote by Bobby Jones about Arnold Palmer in the electronic portrait that took artist James David Chase 14 years to make.
Arnold Palmer winning the U.S. Open at Cherry Hills Country Club in 1960. Taken from the opening video at the museum.
Arnold Palmer tosses his visor after making a three-foot putt to win the 1960 U.S. Open. The visor was picked up by a little boy and donated to the museum in 2008.
The shovel used to break ground on the Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History on November 17, 2005. A careful study will find a reflection of Payne Stewart in the glass.
Tiger Woods celebrates one of his record-tieing nine USGA titles. He shares the record with Bobby Jones.
Annika Sorenstam holds her U.S. Open trophy.
The first of six straight panels that bears the name Tiger Woods in the USGA's Hall of Champions. This is from 1991 when he won his first Junior Amateur.
The Hall of Champions at the USGA Museum, displaying all the trophies and the 580 champions' names.
In one display, how advertising grew around the game of golf as the nation rebuilt from WWI.
A display of Betty Hicks, one of the first women to turn professional in the early 1940's.
Sam Snead's Stetson Hat, signed by Snead.
Seven rules in effect during WWII including that players are allowed to take shelter during gunfire and bombing.
A rule in effect in London in 1941.
Golf balls fashioned by the shoe leather of soldiers during WWII.
Display from the Red Cross in 1955.
One of six iconic eras in golf. This is part of the Age of Superpowers that highlights the television era and Palmer vs. Nicklaus.
The shoes and golf ball used by 1973 U.S. Open Champion Johnny Miller when he shot an eight-under 63 in the final round at Oakmont.
The story of golf includes Tiger's 1997 Masters win that launched the Global Game.
Part of the Global Game's display that includes Australia's Greg Norman, England's Nick Faldo and American Payne Stewart.
Tiger Woods has a record-tying nine USGA titles: three Junior, three Amateur and three U.S. Opens.
The climate-controlled research center with thousands of documents and photographs.
Ben Hogan in the USGA's introductory video at the Museum.
The nondescript nameplate of Ben Hogan attached to the locker he used from Shady Oaks Country Club in Fort Worth, TX.
Ben Hogan's original locker from his club in Fort Worth, TX. It includes suit jackets, monogrammed shirts, shoes and towels.
The simple monogram of BH on a shirt from his original locker. This can be found in the Ben Hogan room at the USGA Museum.
Members of the Massachusetts Golf Association planning their meeting in The Ben Hogan Room.
Bobby Jones' famous club, Calamity Jane. It can be found in the section known as the “Golden Age” at the USGA Museum.
A close up of the grip of Bobby Jones' club Calamity Jane, behind glass, with many other images layered around it.
A stone marking the “Grand Slam” of golf, earned by Bobby Jones in 1930.
Painting of Bobby Jones, found in the Bobby Jones room, at the USGA Museum. He has a record-tying nine USGA titles.
If you got this in the mail, you were part of the elite in 1933.
Part of the Bobby Jones room at the USGA Museum in Far Hills, NJ which inlcudes a touch screen that shows highlights of his career.
Just some of the memorabilia in the Bobby Jones room at the USGA Museum in Far Hills, NJ.
A painting of the 16th hole at Augusta National presented to Bobby Jones by the artist President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
USGA Technical Director Dick Rugge runs the facility that tests and rates clubs and balls and sets the standards for the rules of golf.
USGA Technical Director Dick Rugge gives visitors to his facility an overview of what his staff does to set the standards for golf balls and clubs.
Everything's just ducky at the USGA Testing Center in Far Hills, NJ.
Three views of balls hitting different surfaces and how it relates to spin.
From dry and wet to the grooves and how spin and the golf ball match up.
Clubs and club heads used and tested in the USGA center.
Senior Research Engineer Steve Quintavalla talks with visitors in the testing center.
There's more to testing clubs and balls than just hitting them. Some of the equipment is here and in use.
A golf club set up in a machine that measures the club-face trampoline effect which is measured in microseconds.
Senior Research Engineer Steve Quintavalla shows off a 1000cc driver head that does not conform to USGA regulations. The maximum size is 460cc.
Some of the thousands of balls tested at the USGA's labratory. Visitors can take one home as a souvenir.
Test technician Eric Blasic loads a ball into the ball launcher that will then shoot it down the alley, seen in the monitor above. It is a much more advanced batting cage.
The original Iron Byron, the robot used by the USGA from 1972 until its retirement in 2005.
The USGA put its stamp of approval on the original Iron Byron, the robot that tested clubs for 33 years. It was named for Byron Nelson.
One of two robots used each day to swing clubs at the USGA Testing Center in Far Hills, NJ.
Senior Research Engineer Steve Quintavalla marks a ball before loading it into the robot's sites.
The ball now sits comfortably on a rubber tee and is not sure what's about to hit it.
The new robot arm that swings clubs at a variety of swing speeds.
Robot arm on the follow through after striking the golf ball into a mat. Visitors look on as the swing came through at 125 miles per hour.
One of two robots used at the USGA Testing Center.
Members of the Massachusetts Golf Association take their turn on the range, swinging 1920's era wood-shafted clubs. One man said “can I get a set of these?”
A wood-shafted club available for visitors on the driving range behind the test center at the USGA.
Your writer taking his turn on the range with a wooden club from the 1920's.
www.capitalareagolf.com's John Craig sets up with a wooden driver from the 1920's out on the range at the USGA Testing Center.
The USGA's driving range also lets you test other clubs. Clubs are sent to the USGA and then become part of their collection.
Take your turn at the USGA's driving range with a variety of clubs available. Here www.capitalareagolf.com's John Craig shows his follow-through.
Vintage putters available to use at the museum on its 9-hole putting green course.
Old-style putters available to use on-site at the USGA Museum.
Jack and Clara Farris of Fullerton, CA make the USGA Museum one of the stops on their trip across country.
Jack Farris takes his best shot at the Pynes Putting Green at the USGA Museum. Visitors can try their hand on the nine-hole course.
Line it up and take your best shot on the putting green behind the USGA Museum at Far Hills, NJ.
Bob Craig takes his turn on the seventh hole on the 16,000 square foot putting green with a wood-shafted putter.
The main entrance to the USGA Museum and the Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History in Far Hills, NJ
A picture perfect day at the USGA Museum in Far Hills, NJ
