KAPALUA, Hawaii – Thomas Pagel is not the nervous type, but on a warm and clear tropical morning, he was anxiously watching his phone and regularly checking in on his walkie-talkie. Although the U.S.

KAPALUA, Hawaii — As the opening round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions got underway Thursday morning, Thomas Pagel, the USGA’s Senior Managing Director, Governance, stood discreetly away from ...

The decision by the USGA and R&A to revisit the timeline for the ball rollback, and the timing of the announcement on the Friday before the annual PGA Show in Orlando, was not a coincidence. According ...

For roughly five years now, Thomas Pagel, senior director of Rules & Amateur Status for the USGA, has spoken vaguely about the project he and his colleagues in Far Hills, N.J., have been undertaking ...