Craig Winter, USGA Senior Director, Rules of Golf and Amateur Status, wants to make things perfectly clear: Do not call this the Matt Fitzpatrick rule. For one thing, Model Local Rule G-9 has been in ...
One of the biggest changes to the Rules of Golf, perhaps since the death of the stymie, awaits in the not-too-distant future. The USGA and R&A are implementing new procedures for testing golf balls ...
You don't have to dig very far into the Rules of Golf to find out that golfers who are competing can't agree to ignore any rules when they play. In fact, Rule 1.3b(1) says that if two or more players ...
Ask golfers how the Rules of Golf impact their round, and almost all will say that they add strokes to their score. It’s not an unreasonable perspective. We are conditioned, especially in sports, to ...
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Winter golf rules are a specific set of rules that apply to golf throughout the winter months, their aim being both to ...
This content was first published in Golf Journal, a quarterly print publication exclusively for USGA Members. To be among the first to receive Golf Journal and to learn how you can ensure a strong ...
One of the biggest problems average golfers have with lost-ball or out-of-bounds situations is the thought of having to walk back to the previous location to play another shot. Same holds true for ...
In a significant milestone for golf development across South-East Asia, the Bangladesh Golf Federation (BGF), in partnership with The R&A, hosted its inaugural Level 2 Rules Seminar. The historic ...