The USGA has renamed its golf course environmental research program in honor of Mike Davis, who is ... [+] stepping down as the association's president at the end of the year. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images) Getty ImagesThe USGA has renamed its Turfgrass Environmental Research Program – the golf industry’s largest private grant program dedicated to sustainability and improved on-course experience – in honor of outgoing Chief Executive Officer Mike Davis. The initiative will now be known as the Mike Davis Program for Advancing Golf Course Management. Davis announced last fall that he’d be leaving the USGA at the end of 2021 to pursue a longtime passion for golf course design and construction, teaming with Tom Fazio II. Mike Davis is leaving the USGA at the end of 2021 to pursue his longtime passion for golf course ... [+] design.

Source: Forbes June 09, 2021 15:00 UTC