There is a popular misconception that if are you taking free relief from a sprinkler head (see Rule 16.1), then you must stay in the same “cut of grass” that you were in. That is not the case.
LOUISVILLE — We’ve seen Valhalla Golf Club only three times for major championships, but from the first in 1996 when Mark Brooks beat Kenny Penny to 2024, the club has added 465 yards and turned a par 5 into a par 4. Today, the scorecard is a 7,609-yard par 71. This is big-boy golf on Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A year ago Brooks Koepka and his caddie, Ricky Elliot, sparked a rules question/controversy during the first round of the 2023 Masters that almost cost the eventual 54-hole leader two shots. After hitting a 5-iron for his second shot onto the par-5 15th hole, cameras panned to Koepka who appeared to be Read more…
Masters tournament founder Bobby Jones was once credited with saying, “You may as well praise a man for not robbing a bank” after he was lauded for calling a penalty on himself. Problem is, nowadays, competitors aren’t always sure whether they’ve committed an infraction or not. The changes to the Rules of Golf—rewritten to help Read more…
Golf is a game of judgment calls, and that’s what makes the playing so special.
It was entertaining and ridiculous yet extremely unnecessary with the potential to inadvertently harm the face of the tour.
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A number of rogue videos of the supposed incident have already been removed from social media. But they had been spreading like wildfire, as all potential rules controversies do. The CBS crew must have known this was the case, because Jim Nantz quickly brought in rules and review analyst Mark Dusbabek to explain that there was no foul play from Matsuyama.
What’s in store for Jon Rahm on LIV Golf in 2024?
Evin Priest explores the Masters champion’s debut season.
Ready for a challenge? Test your knowledge of the Rules of Golf by “playing” this par 5, where just about every unusual rules situation you can think of happens along the way. See if you can get to the next tee by knowing what to do in each scenario.
The problem with playing with lax rules is when everyone starts to care.
Anna Davis, who is defending her title this week at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, has been hit with a four-stroke penalty over a rules violations she committed early in the first round Wednesday.
A behind-the-scenes look at Cam Smith’s Ripper GC, including how the four-man Australian team prepared for season two of LIV Golf.
Just as the NRL has its replay centre called ‘The Bunker’ and the English Premier League turns to its ‘VAR’, the PGA Tour plans to have its own rules hub at its headquarters in Ponte Vedra, Florida, beginning with the 2025 season.
The good news? The USGA and R&A continue to make strides when it comes to revising and—perhaps more importantly—simplifying the Rules of Golf. The bad news? Golf is still, and will always be, a complicated game with complicated rules no matter how straightforward they are.
It’s difficult and often detrimental to search for swing fixes during a round. Henrik Stenson knows a thing or two about the post-round return to the range, and here he details how he uses this time to regain form and get his confidence back.
The time to work on your swing is during a practice day, not minutes before you tee off. Here, former world No. 2 Henrik Stenson explains how to revisit the fundamentals, including posture and alignment, and form good habits.
The time to work on your swing is during a practice day, not minutes before you tee off. Here, former world No. 2 Henrik Stenson explains how to revisit the fundamentals, including posture and alignment, and form good habits.
While it was a victory for the PGA Tour, LIV earned a win as well.
During Friday’s second round of the Open de France at Le Golf National, Pieters was facing a long birdie putt on the par-5 third hole. As he pulled back his putter, he heard a spectator cough, which caused him to try to stop his swing mis-stroke.