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When playing preferred lies, is it legal to place your ball in the first cut when you've landed in the fairway? Rules Guy has ...

The PGA Tour is implementing five new Model Local Rules, two of which would have been very helpful for the former major champ ...

Change has been afoot at the PGA Tour: new investment; new leadership; new schedule and field sizes. Next up: new rules. Six of them, effective immediately. On Tuesday, the Tour shared with its ...

After one of 2025’s biggest rules controversies, the USGA and the R&A made an update to its Model Local Rules.

Was this two-stroke sanction for Shane Lowry behind a new Local Rule announced in the latest Rules of Golf update?

As much as the USGA and R&A have done to simplify the Rules of Golf, there never seems to be a shortage of gaffes occurring on the professional tours and at major amateur events. In 2025, there seemed ...

PGA Tour shakes things up with multiple Model Local Rule tweaks following Shane Lowry heartbreak. Golf’s rulemakers don’t ...

In this video, Jeremy Ellwood answers the question: What Are 'Local Rules' In Golf? He filmed ICE arrests on the streets.