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Liz Fradkin

Senior Director, Player Relations

Liz Fradkin is the Senior Director, Player Relations at the United States Golf Association. Fradkin became the USGA’s first Player Relations staff member in 2018 and is responsible for reviewing player-related policies and decisions within the organization and serving as a conduit between the USGA and professional players, elite amateurs, college golf coaches, agents, parents and caddies. 

Through her role with the USGA, Fradkin also serves as an instructor for PGA/USGA Rules of Golf Workshops and is the Team Manager for the Curtis Cup and Women’s World Amateur Teams. 

Prior Roles:

  • Rules of Golf & Amateur Status Associate (2012-2013)

  • Assistant Director, U.S. Women’s Amateur (2014-2018)

  • Championship Director, USGA Women’s State Team Championship (2016-2017)

Education:

  • Rutgers University, B.S. Exercise Science & Sport Management, Minor in Mathematics

  • Captain of the women’s golf team, four-year letterwinner

Family:

  • Born and raised in Minnesota; now resides in New Jersey with her husband, Jake, and their two children

  • Started playing the game by “tagging along” with her father and two older brothers which turned into competitive family Cup Matches 

Favorite Travel Destination:

  • Bay Lake, Minn.

Favorite Golf Memory:

  • Attending the 2008 U.S. Women’s Open at Interlachen Country Club and witnessing Annika Sorenstam hole out for eagle on the 72nd hole

Funniest Golf Memory:

  • Hitting a drive into a tiny drainpipe on the second hole of Rutgers University Golf Course during a team practice