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Open Championship 2026: R&A CEO says Bryson penalty was ‘clear cut’ rules decision, no call from Trump
A day after the R&A issued a two-stroke penalty to Bryson DeChambeau at the Open Championship for inadvertently improving the area of his swing path for his second shot on the fifth hole during the second round, R&A CEO Mark Darbon shed a little more light on how the penalty came to be in an interview with BBC Radio.
Open Championship 2026: Why Lucas Herbert wasn’t hit with rules violation over caddie using a rangefinder
Social media believed Lucas Herbert’s caddie was caught breaking the rules of golf, but there is no controversy over Herbert’s record-tying 62.
PGA Championship 2026: Garrick Higgo doesn’t want to know how costly his rules blunder really wound up being
Just how costly was the South African’s penalty for arriving late to the tee in the first round? In more ways than he might realise.
US Open 2025: Shane Lowry’s rules violation was so absurd that he and Rory McIlroy could only laugh about it
The US Open is as much a mental test as it is physical. Still, the rules violation Shane Lowry found himself in Friday afternoon at Oakmont was so absurd that he and Rory McIlroy could only laugh at it.
‘Kind of stupid’ and ‘crapshoot’: Scheffler, Schauffele question rules decision after mud balls at PGA Championship
The PGA of America typically enjoys a sterling reputation among professional golfers for its set-up of the PGA Championship.
Masters 2025: Rory McIlroy roars into contention, a day after HORRIBLE rules gaffe during double-bogey
Rory McIlroy rocketed into Masters contention on day two at Augusta National, a day after forgetting the rules led to one of two double-bogeys.
The Most Memorable Rules Incidents In Masters History
Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, Rory McIlroy and Arnold Palmer have all been involved in gaffes
Sergio Garcia gets into heated exchange with rules officials after slow-play warning at Open qualifier
The 2017 Masters champion took exception to a slow-play warning on the eighth hole of his morning round at West Lancashire Golf Club.
US Open 2024: The format, rules and holes played if a playoff is needed at Pinehurst
The four men’s majors each adopt a different playoff format, while overtime hasn’t been required at a US Open for 16 years.
US Open 2024: What goes on inside the rules office at a major? We got a glimpse
Rules officials are not there to decide on the validity of the rules, but rather to enforce them and make sure they’re administered equally for all 156 players in the field.
PGA Championship 2024: Brooks Koepka took advantage of this common rules misconception and turned it into a round-changing eagle
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.
PGA Championship 2024: Patrick Reed had a hilarious reaction after a fan asked him to sign his Rules of Golf book
It seems we’re now far enough removed from his prior rules incidents that Reed appears to be able to laugh at himself.
Rory McIlroy says Ryder Cup rules need to change in wake of Jon Rahm’s jump to LIV Golf
The about-face from McIlroy on the issue was something that was noted by commenters on social media.
Ryder Cup 2023: Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy’s tense rules exchange, explained
It’s not often that fan-favourite Jordan Spieth hears boos ring out around him, but Ryder Cups are a different breed. When you’re representing the US on European soil, even somewhat boring rules exchanges like this one take on some added tension. And that’s what we saw on Saturday morning at the Ryder Cup. The exchange Read more…
Ryder Cup 2023: How a rules loophole strategy could help decide who wins
Golf has many different rules, but really only two different kinds of rules. Permanent rules, which exist for everyone everywhere, like that you’re only allowed 14 clubs in your bag. And local rules, which are specific rules for specific courses that don’t apply everywhere.
PGA Championship 2023: Brooks Koepka’s final-round rules issue, explained
It was a moment upon which Koepka’s final-round crusade hinged, but it also presented him with options.
PGA Championship 2023: Phil Mickelson loses rules debate with official, lucky to avoid extra penalty
Phil Mickelson made a messy double bogey on Oak Hill’s sixth hole during Friday’s second round of the 2023 PGA Championship. If it weren’t for a PGA rules official, however, it would have been even worse.
Phil Mickelson blasts USGA CEO Mike Whan for ‘d!*k move’ regarding US Open rules change
Phil Mickelson continued his crusade against golf’s establishment on Friday—only this time with some slightly more colourful language.
USGA CEO Mike Whan defends rules change keeping Talor Gooch out of US Open, LIV golfer pushes back again
Gooch’s situation highlights the growing pressure on the Official World Golf Ranking to remain relevant when it comes to qualifying for the men’s Majors.
ILLEGAL ADVICE? MOVING BALL?: Morikawa/Koepka rules controversies send social media into a spin
On Thursday at the 2023 Masters, we got the best of golf’s rules process. A couple of sensible conclusions that didn’t result in penalties for anyone involved, despite some initial questions.
How Harris English’s putter grip caused an unusual rules issue at the Ryder Cup
English’s putter grip was declared non-conforming because the cloth part had frayed completely off the rubber part at the butt end of the grip.
