Golf usually speaks in absolutes. Players, commentators, and officials talk as if the rules are universally understood. But ...

We complain about poor etiquette, pace of play, and ignorance of the rules. Could we solve it by demanding golfers pass an ...

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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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 ...

Not knowing the basic rules of golf will hurt you sooner or later. I learnt the hard way when playing in a tournament on a rainy, very wet, day after finding my drive stuck in the fairway, and being ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — They drive professional golfers up the wall. They’re highly unpredictable — unfair, depending on who you ask. You never know when you’re going to get one or how bad it’s going to be.

In a rare hot-mic moment on the PGA Tour, we got to watch and listen as Justin Thomas tried to avoid a penalty for accidentally moving his ball in a waste area during the third round of the RBC ...