United States Polo Association

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The United States Polo Association (USPA) is the national governing body for the sport of polo in the United States, and a retail chain that manufactures and promotes a lifestyle sports fashion brand of ready-to-wear casual footwear, apparel, and accessories, operating at least 1,100 outlets globally as of 2023. Established in 1890 by David Grubbs, the USPA provides resources to over 4,500 individual members and 250 polo clubs across the U.S. and Canada, including promoting the game of polo, coordinating the activities of its member clubs and registered players, arranging and supervising polo tournaments, competitions and games and providing rules, handicaps and conditions for those tournaments, competitions and games, including the safety and welfare of participants and mounts. The first chairman of the USPA was H.L. Herbert (1890–1921). The first chief executive officer was Mr. Peter J. Rizzo (2011–2015). The USPA has established a number of programs for new players to learn the sport...

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