Golf rules

November 22nd, 2025

Rules Review: In foursomes competitions, who plays the provisional ball, me or my partner?

It’s important to know that foursomes is covered in the Rules of Golf.

October 30th, 2025

Rules Review: We agreed on a ruling in our match but found out we handled it wrong. What happens now?

You can’t ignore the rules in a match, but what if you don’t know a rule and proceed incorrectly?

October 25th, 2025

Rules: The hole truth

Why you can’t get relief when your ball finds divot damage.

October 23rd, 2025

Rules Review: The group ahead left the flagstick lying on the green. Do I have to replace it before hitting my approach shot?

One of golf’s principles is to play the course as it’s found. This includes where golfers in the group before you left the flagstick.

October 9th, 2025

Rules Review: Another golfer found my ball and propped it up in the rough. Can I play it like that?

October 1st, 2025

Rules Review: When does ‘tidying’ a bunker turn into improving your line of play?

Where the Rules of Golf can be a little unclear concerns actions taken in a bunker that some might consider testing the surface or improving the conditions affecting the stroke. Let’s review what is and isn’t a penalty.

September 18th, 2025

Rules: Water, Water Everywhere

…and not a place to drop. Here’s what to do when you encounter temporary water

September 14th, 2025

After bizarre rules choice, DP World Tour pro takes to social media to declare: ‘I didn’t cheat’

At the end of a long, tough opening day for Marcel Siem in the DP World Tour’s PGA BMW Championship, just about the only good decision the German veteran seemed to make was to take to social media in the evening to explain a strange choice he made that got him disqualified.

September 11th, 2025

Rules Review: My opponent purposely putted away from the hole to show his partner the line. Can he do that?

The topic of purposely putting away from a hole to show someone else in the group how his or her putt will break is a bit of a grey area for the Rules of Golf.

Rules Review: After a rain delay, I found my plugged ball under water. I get relief, right?

Rules Review: I played a range ball on a par 3 over water. My opponent says it’s a penalty to use it. True?

British pro in hot water after video surfaces showing his ball moving in event 2 weeks ago

Rules: Take The Draw?

Rules Review: He took the penalty but dropped in the wrong place. Now what?

Rules Review: Is your ball on or off? In or out? Understanding course boundaries

August 7th, 2025

Rules Review: Can you get free relief from a sprinkler head on your line of play? Maybe (we’ll explain)

Whether or not you’re entitled to free relief depends on if your course or committee is using Model Local Rule F-5.

July 31st, 2025

Rules Review: Our team conceded a putt but the guy still hit it to help his partner read the line. Penalty?

There is no penalty in this situation, just some bad etiquette.

July 25th, 2025

Rules: Muddy And Murky

How the rules can assist when ground conditions are less than ideal

July 25th, 2025

Rules Review: A tour pro used powder to keep his hands dry on the grip. Is that legal?

If you’ve never seen anyone do this, you might wonder what the Rules of Golf has to say about whether that gives a player an illegal advantage.

July 11th, 2025

The golf ball rollback can play out several different ways, but all promise to be messy

The bigger issue is with those who don’t choose to play balls legal under the new rules. That includes LIV Golf, which likely would do anything to increase its entertainment proposition, but it also could involve the recreational golfer.

July 9th, 2025

Rules Review: If I play this shot left-handed instead of right-handed, I’m stepping on a sprinkler head. Can I get relief?

Although perhaps rare, here’s a situation where you might be able to use the rules to your advantage.

Leaderboard

The RSM Classic - 2025

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Sami Valimaki	-23	F	4
2	Max McGreevy	-22	F	4
3	Ricky Castillo	-21	F	4
T4	Nico Echavarria	-19	F	4
T4	Lee Hodges	-19	F	4
T4	S.W. Kim	-19	F	4
T7	Zac Blair	-18	F	4
T7	Doug Ghim	-18	F	4
T7	Rico Hoey	-18	F	4
T7	Johnny Keefer	-18	F	4
T7	Andrew Novak	-18	F	4
T7	John Pak	-18	F	4
T7	J.T. Poston	-18	F	4
T7	Seamus Power	-18	F	4
T7	Patrick Rodgers	-18	F	4
T7	Sam Stevens	-18	F	4
T7	Michael Thorbjornsen	-18	F	4
T18	Mac Meissner	-17	F	4
T18	Keith Mitchell	-17	F	4
T18	Doc Redman	-17	F	4
T21	Eric Cole	-16	F	4
T21	Ben Martin	-16	F	4
T21	William Mouw	-16	F	4
T21	Ryan Palmer	-16	F	4
T25	Byeong Hun An	-15	F	4
T25	Hayden Buckley	-15	F	4
T25	Trey Mullinax	-15	F	4
T25	Henrik Norlander	-15	F	4
T25	Andrew Putnam	-15	F	4
T25	Antoine Rozner	-15	F	4
T25	Greyson Sigg	-15	F	4
T25	Webb Simpson	-15	F	4
T25	Davis Thompson	-15	F	4
T34	Harrison Endycott	-14	F	4
T34	Patrick Fishburn	-14	F	4
T34	Mark Hubbard	-14	F	4
T34	Patton Kizzire	-14	F	4
T34	Ben Kohles	-14	F	4
T34	Kris Ventura	-14	F	4
T34	Vince Whaley	-14	F	4
T41	Jonathan Byrd	-13	F	4
T41	Austin Eckroat	-13	F	4
T41	Brice Garnett	-13	F	4
T41	Chan Kim	-13	F	4
T41	Chris Kirk	-13	F	4
T41	Niklas Norgaard	-13	F	4
T47	Harris English	-12	F	4
T47	Matthew Riedel	-12	F	4
T47	Sam Ryder	-12	F	4
T47	Ben Silverman	-12	F	4
T51	Daniel Berger	-11	F	4
T51	Michael Brennan	-11	F	4
T51	Pi Coody	-11	F	4
T51	Quade Cummins	-11	F	4
T51	Mackenzie Hughes	-11	F	4
T51	Denny McCarthy	-11	F	4
T51	Troy Merritt	-11	F	4
T51	Jackson Suber	-11	F	4
T51	Jesper Svensson	-11	F	4
T51	Karl Vilips	-11	F	4
T51	Matt Wallace	-11	F	4
T62	Chad Ramey	-10	F	4
T62	Alex Smalley	-10	F	4
T64	Beau Hossler	-9	F	4
T64	Thomas Rosenmueller	-9	F	4
T64	Brandt Snedeker	-9	F	4
T67	Matt Kuchar	-8	F	4
T67	Matthieu Pavon	-8	F	4
T67	Davis Riley	-8	F	4
70	Adam Hadwin	-7	F	4
71	Chez Reavie	-6	F	4
T72	James Hahn	-2	F	4
T72	Brendan Valdes	-2	F	4
CUT	Blades Brown	-6	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	-6	F	2
CUT	Cristobal Del Solar	-6	F	2
CUT	Steven Fisk	-6	F	2
CUT	David Ford	-6	F	2
CUT	Lanto Griffin	-6	F	2
CUT	Chesson Hadley	-6	F	2
CUT	Nick Hardy	-6	F	2
CUT	Brian Harman	-6	F	2
CUT	Zach Johnson	-6	F	2
CUT	Peter Knade	-6	F	2
CUT	Martin Laird	-6	F	2
CUT	Luke List	-6	F	2
CUT	Kevin Roy	-6	F	2
CUT	Robert Streb	-6	F	2
CUT	Kevin Streelman	-6	F	2
CUT	Sahith Theegala	-6	F	2
CUT	Braden Thornberry	-6	F	2
CUT	Kevin Velo	-6	F	2
CUT	Camilo Villegas	-6	F	2
CUT	Danny Walker	-6	F	2
CUT	Car Young	-6	F	2
CUT	Mason Andersen	-5	F	2
CUT	Cameron Champ	-5	F	2
CUT	Trevor Cone	-5	F	2
CUT	Kyle Cottam	-5	F	2
CUT	Joel Dahmen	-5	F	2
CUT	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-5	F	2
CUT	Dylan Frittelli	-5	F	2
CUT	Ryan Gerard	-5	F	2
CUT	Will Gordon	-5	F	2
CUT	Rikuya Hoshino	-5	F	2
CUT	Justin Lower	-5	F	2
CUT	Thorbjørn Olesen	-5	F	2
CUT	Matt Atkins	-4	F	2
CUT	Luke Clanton	-4	F	2
CUT	Taylor Dickson	-4	F	2
CUT	Noah Goodwin	-4	F	2
CUT	Harry Higgs	-4	F	2
CUT	Tom Hoge	-4	F	2
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	-4	F	2
CUT	Kevin Kisner	-4	F	2
CUT	Hayden Springer	-4	F	2
CUT	Adam Svensson	-4	F	2
CUT	Tim Widing	-4	F	2
CUT	Anders Albertson	-3	F	2
CUT	Ryan Blaum	-3	F	2
CUT	Joseph Bramlett	-3	F	2
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	-3	F	2
CUT	Jeremy Paul	-3	F	2
CUT	Paul Peterson	-3	F	2
CUT	Scott Piercy	-3	F	2
CUT	Robby Shelton	-3	F	2
CUT	Dylan Wu	-3	F	2
CUT	Frankie Capan III	-2	F	2
CUT	Will Chandler	-2	F	2
CUT	Tyler Duncan	-2	F	2
CUT	Ryo Hisatsune	-2	F	2
CUT	Kaito Onishi	-2	F	2
CUT	Isaiah Salinda	-2	F	2
CUT	Gordon Sargent	-2	F	2
CUT	David Skinns	-2	F	2
CUT	Tommy Gainey	-1	F	2
CUT	Joe Highsmith	-1	F	2
CUT	David Lipsky	-1	F	2
CUT	Taylor Montgomery	-1	F	2
CUT	Taylor Moore	-1	F	2
CUT	Chandler Phillips	-1	F	2
CUT	Kyle Westmoreland	-1	F	2
CUT	Jacob Bridgeman	E	F	2
CUT	Austin Cook	E	F	2
CUT	Vince Covello	E	F	2
CUT	Jason Dufner	E	F	2
CUT	Matt NeSmith	E	F	2
CUT	Bud Cauley	+1	F	2
CUT	George McNeill	+1	F	2
CUT	Ben Polland	+1	F	2
CUT	Adam Schenk	+2	F	2
CUT	Nick Watney	+2	F	2
CUT	Mason Howell	+3	F	2
CUT	Brendon Todd	+3	F	2
CUT	Davis Love III	+5	F	2
CUT	Matt Sanders	+11	F	2

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