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Matt Pringle, Ph.D.
Pringle has been with the USGA since 2000 after completing his doctoral thesis at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Pringle heads up the USGA’s Green Section as it celebrates its 100th anniversary. The mission of the Green Section is to help golf course improve their golf experience while reducing the consumption of critical resources such as labor, water, nutrients, pesticides, and energy.
Beginning his career in the USGA’s Equipment Standards department, Pringle’s contributions include the pendulum test for spring effect in drivers, the USGA TruFirm turf firmness measurement system and co-inventor of the USGA’s GrooveScan portable groove measurement system. More recently, he led the scientific research of the USGA and R&A’s Distance Insights project.
Pringle graduated from Queen’s University (1993) in Kingston, Ontario, Canada with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He then joined the consulting engineering firm of Hatch Associates in Toronto, Ontario, Canada prior to pursuing his doctorate.
Matt is married to Dr. Tracy Clarke-Pringle (also a Queen’s and McMaster graduate) a process control expert with Chemours in Wilmington, DE. They have two daughters, Campbell (age 15) and Reilly (age 13) and live in the historic city of Bordentown, NJ.
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