Ever hit a shot off the hosel and watch it rocket into your golf cart? The metallic clang echoes across the fairway as your ...

Rory McIlroy plays by the rules, but that doesn't mean he hasn't found himself in a handful of interesting rules dilemmas over the years—especially when standing in bunkers. You might recall his 2009 ...

You might know some golfers at your club or course who have a habit of raking putts that are not “gimmes.” They might even pick up their ball after a hole has been decided in match play, even though ...

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 ...

But, if a committee does change the wording of a Model Local Rule, it must be sure the changes are consistent with the stated ...

With the Ryder Cup likely on your mind (play begins Friday at Bethpage Black), now might be a good time to highlight some of the unique aspects of the Rules of Golf that only apply to match play.

Whilst the Ryder Cup represents a team contest, the three-day, match-play championship remains subject to the official Rules of Golf, which are established ... utilising prohibited equipment or ...

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At 12, she’s already rewriting junior golf records and beating teenagers twice her age. But Iris Lee’s most impressive quality isn’t her scorecard — it’s how she handles the pressure. At an age when ...

At midday Sunday, Gene Riley found himself under a white tent at an elbow of a winding cart path stretching from the elevated clubhouse to the first tee at Cedar Creek Golf Course. The veteran rules ...

Veteran German pro Marcel Siem found himself at the centre of an unusually confusing rules situation during the opening round of the 2025 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. After a rough front nine ...