Matthew Pringle

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT MATTHEW PRINGLE

I\'ve been with the USGA since after completing my doctoral thesis at McMaster University. I was hired to the position of Research Engineer and from to 2016, held the positions of Sr. Research Engineer, Research Manager, and Technical Director in the Equipment Standards group. Beginning in 2016, I have lead a new team at the USGA called Research, Science, & Innovation with a mission to create innovative tools that help golf facilities improve the golf experience and reduce the consumption of key resources. Most recently, our team organized the 2017 North American Golf Innovation Symposium in Vancouver, BC and unveiled the USGA Resource Management tool which enables golf facilities to quantify and conduct what-if scenario analysis on the resources used to maintain their course.Some of my contributions to the USGA include the invention of the pendulum test for spring effect in drivers, the USGA TruFirm turf firmness measurement system used at all USGA championships as well as many other PGA TOUR and major golf championships. I am also the co-inventor of the USGA’s GrooveScan portable groove measurement system and the USGA’s flagstick pace of play tool. I am the inventor or co-inventor on seven United States patents related to golf. In 2010 I was named to Sports Illustrated’s GOLF\'s 40 Under 40: The most influential people in golf under 40-years-old.I graduated from Queen’s University (1993) with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and then joined the consulting engineering firm of Hatch Associates prior to pursuing my doctorate. My responsibilities at Hatch included conceptual and preliminary design activities, mainly in heavy industry including ferrous and non-ferrous smelting.