Golfers new to the game are often unaware that it's a penalty to repair a pitch mark or replace a divot if it's on your line of play (Rule 8.1). By doing so, you're improving your next shot and that ...

It’s one of the great autumn injustices — losing a perfectly good golf ball that’s definitely in play, simply because ...

A common occurence on golf courses all over the world is for any player in the vicinity of a potentially lost ball to join in the search. It's one of the things that makes this sport great. Even ...

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.

Back in 1828, the Burntisland Golf Club had a wild rule on the books. If your ball landed in sand, mud, or rubbish and you couldn’t play it, your opponent could hijack your ball and play it themselves ...

Imagine this: You’re feeling great about your game one day. Everything’s in sync — your form, your rhythm, your swing tempo. All that work on the range? Finally paying off. You step onto the tee, line ...

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 ...

Michael La Sasso was assessed a two-shot penalty on the par-4 sixth hole on Thursday during the first round of the Sanderson Farms Championship.

The Rules of Golf are tricky! Thankfully, we’ve got the guru. Our Rules Guy knows the book front to back. Got a question? He’s got all the answers. In an individual stroke-play competition, is a ...