Where-To-Go Wednesday: USGA Golf Museum

What: USGA Golf Museum 

Where: 77 Liberty Corner Rd. 

            Far Hills, NJ

Who: All ages 

If you love golf, you will really love the USGA Golf Museum. Even if you don't play or watch the sport, the museum and its vast collection of pictures, memorabilia, and more is still an extremely fascinating place to visit from a historical perspective. The museum includes a Hall of Champions as well as series of interconnected galleries tracing the history of the sport.  Additionally, there are several rooms focusing on particular golf legends like Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. There is even a room devoted to female golf legend, Mickey Wright. Although Mickey Wright is the only woman given a whole room revolving around her, women are not given short shrift in the museum. Women's golf history is covered as thoroughly as men's in the museum even though, within the sport, they were not always treated fairly as they were once kept out of memberships in golf clubs and discouraged from playing. Therefore, women's overall history with the sport may be a little bit shorter.

The museum is full of interesting objects and pictures related to the history of the sport and/or legendary golfers.  You can see famous golfers' clubs, shoes, and more as well as other incredible artifacts like a dog made out of golf balls,  the golf club Alan Shepard used to play golf on the moon and so much more.  There are numerous videos to watch throughout the museum in case you want to delve further into some aspect of the game, the game's history, or a particular golfer's career. You can also visit the Pynes Putting Course, which is located at the museum and was inspired by a golf course in St. Andrews, Scotland. On the course, you can try putting with replicas of golf clubs and golf balls that were used in the 19th and early 20th centuries There is also an extensive research library at the museum.

The Museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM at a cost of $10 for adults, $7 for seniors age 62 and up, $5 for USGA golf members, $3.50 for teenagers 13-17, and free for children 12 and under. Tickets to the museum must be purchased in person, but to learn more about the museum and/or its current visitor guidelines, go to www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/history/visit-the-museum.html.

And that's our view. Tune in tomorrow for Theater Thursday.