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July 3rd, 2026

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April 2nd, 2026

Rules Review: I carefully tried to pick up a rake but I accidentally moved my ball. Is that a penalty?

Justin Thomas was penalised after his ball moved while removing a loose impediment. It’s a common situation, but the rules aren’t always clear. Here’s what you need to know to avoid the same mistake.

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Rocket Classic - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Michael Thorbjornsen	-18	F	4
2	Xander Schauffele	-16	F	4
T3	Davis Riley	-15	17	4
T3	Rasmus Højgaard	-15	17	4
T5	Hideki Matsuyama	-13	F	4
T5	Matt Wallace	-13	F	4
T5	Kristoffer Ventura	-13	F	4
T8	Davis Thompson	-12	F	4
T8	Ryan Gerard	-12	F	4
T8	Patrick Cantlay	-12	F	4
T8	Michael Kim	-12	F	4
T8	Chris Kirk	-12	F	4
T8	Rickie Fowler	-12	F	4
T8	Cam Young	-12	F	4
T15	Doug Ghim	-11	F	4
T15	Keegan Bradley	-11	F	4
T15	Sungjae Im	-11	F	4
T15	Rico Hoey	-11	F	4
T15	Michael Brennan	-11	17	4
T20	Chandler Blanchet	-10	F	4
T20	Ricky Castillo	-10	F	4
T20	Corey Conners	-10	F	4
T20	Keita Nakajima	-10	F	4
T20	Russell Henley	-10	F	4
T20	Luke Clanton	-10	F	4
T26	Stephan Jaeger	-9	F	4
T26	Ben Kohles	-9	F	4
T26	Kevin Roy	-9	F	4
T26	Jacob Bridgeman	-9	F	4
T26	Mac Meissner	-9	F	4
T31	Emiliano Grillo	-8	F	4
T31	Jackson Koivun	-8	F	4
T31	Brandt Snedeker	-8	F	4
T31	Jordan Spieth	-8	F	4
T31	Jordan Smith	-8	F	4
T31	David Lipsky	-8	F	4
T31	Kevin Yu	-8	F	4
T38	Thorbjørn Olesen	-7	F	4
T38	Austin Eckroat	-7	F	4
T38	Justin Lower	-7	F	4
T38	Ben James	-7	F	4
T42	Joe Highsmith	-6	F	4
T42	Hank Lebioda	-6	F	4
T42	S.W. Kim	-6	F	4
T45	Gordon Sargent	-5	F	4
T45	Marco Penge	-5	F	4
T45	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-5	F	4
T45	Adrien Saddier	-5	F	4
T45	Beau Hossler	-5	F	4
T50	Neal Shipley	-4	F	4
T50	Max Greyserman	-4	F	4
T50	Adam Schenk	-4	F	4
T50	J.J. Spaun	-4	F	4
T50	Patrick Fishburn	-4	F	4
T50	Zac Blair	-4	F	4
T50	Jackson Suber	-4	F	4
T50	Matt Kuchar	-4	F	4
T50	Ryo Hisatsune	-4	F	4
T50	Matt McCarty	-4	F	4
60	Johnny Keefer	-3	F	4
T61	Nicolai Højgaard	-2	F	4
T61	Brian Campbell	-2	F	4
T61	Nick Taylor	-2	F	4
T61	Mark Hubbard	-2	F	4
T65	Karl Vilips	-1	F	4
T65	Zecheng Dou	-1	F	4
T65	Dylan Wu	-1	F	4
T68	Peter Malnati	E	F	4
T68	William Mouw	E	F	4
70	Adam Svensson	+1	F	4
T71	Tony Finau	+2	F	4
T71	Harris English	+2	F	4
73	Marcelo Rozo	+6	F	4
CUT	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-2	F	2
CUT	Andrew Putnam	-2	F	2
CUT	Lee Hodges	-2	F	2
CUT	Ben Silverman	-2	F	2
CUT	Ben Griffin	-2	F	2
CUT	Jake Knapp	-2	F	2
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	-2	F	2
CUT	William Jennings	-2	F	2
CUT	Eric Cole	-2	F	2
CUT	Aaron Wise	-2	F	2
CUT	Vince Whaley	-2	F	2
CUT	Mackenzie Hughes	-2	F	2
CUT	Billy Horschel	-1	F	2
CUT	Tom Hoge	-1	F	2
CUT	Jimmy Stanger	-1	F	2
CUT	John Parry	-1	F	2
CUT	Joel Dahmen	-1	F	2
CUT	Akshay Bhatia	-1	F	2
CUT	Kensei Hirata	-1	F	2
CUT	Brice Garnett	E	F	2
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	E	F	2
CUT	A.J. Ewart	E	F	2
CUT	Hayden Springer	E	F	2
CUT	Zach Bauchou	E	F	2
CUT	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	E	F	2
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	E	F	2
CUT	Nico Echavarria	E	F	2
CUT	Sam Stevens	E	F	2
CUT	Haotong Li	E	F	2
CUT	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	E	F	2
CUT	Ryan Ruffels	E	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	+1	F	2
CUT	John VanDerLaan	+1	F	2
CUT	Jeffrey Kang	+1	F	2
CUT	Chandler Phillips	+1	F	2
CUT	Chris Gotterup	+1	F	2
CUT	Harry Hall	+1	F	2
CUT	Jesper Svensson	+1	F	2
CUT	Davis Chatfield	+1	F	2
CUT	Denny McCarthy	+2	F	2
CUT	Webb Simpson	+2	F	2
CUT	Taylor Pendrith	+2	F	2
CUT	Danny Walker	+2	F	2
CUT	Pi Coody	+2	F	2
CUT	Garrick Higgo	+3	F	2
CUT	Cam Davis	+3	F	2
CUT	Matti Schmid	+3	F	2
CUT	Trace Crowe	+3	F	2
CUT	Aldrich Potgieter	+3	F	2
CUT	Stefano Mazzoli	+3	F	2
CUT	Kevin Streelman	+3	F	2
CUT	Max McGreevy	+4	F	2
CUT	Seamus Power	+4	F	2
CUT	Patton Kizzire	+4	F	2
CUT	Lucas Glover	+4	F	2
CUT	Chad Ramey	+5	F	2
CUT	Nick Dunlap	+5	F	2
CUT	Lanto Griffin	+5	F	2
CUT	Wyndham Clark	+5	F	2
CUT	Christo Lamprecht	+5	F	2
CUT	Pontus Nyholm	+5	F	2
CUT	Daniel Azallion	+5	F	2
CUT	Brendon Todd	+6	F	2
CUT	Andrew Novak	+6	F	2
CUT	Ryan Celano	+6	F	2
CUT	Steven Fisk	+7	F	2
CUT	Justin Quiban	+7	F	2
CUT	Patrick Wilkes-Krier	+7	F	2
CUT	Joe Hooks	+8	F	2
CUT	Keenan Huskey	+11	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	+12	F	2
CUT	Austin Smotherman	+12	F	2
CUT	Brad Dalke	+16	F	2
WD	Patrick Rodgers	-	-

United Kingdom 2026 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Lucas Herbert	-30	18	4
2	Tyrrell Hatton	-24	18	4
3	Bryson DeChambeau	-21	18	4
4	Cameron Smith	-17	18	4
T5	Abraham Ancer	-14	18	4
T5	Caleb Surratt	-14	18	4
T7	Harold Varner III	-13	18	4
T7	Charles Howell III	-13	18	4
T7	Laurie Canter	-13	18	4
10	Carlos Ortiz	-12	18	4
11	Byeong Hun An	-11	18	4
T12	Anthony Kim	-9	18	4
T12	David Puig	-9	18	4
T12	Marc Leishman	-9	18	4
T15	Ian Poulter	-8	18	4
T15	Peter Uihlein	-8	18	4
T17	Branden Grace	-7	18	4
T17	Björn Hellgren	-7	18	4
T17	Dean Burmester	-7	18	4
T20	Tom McKibbin	-6	18	4
T20	Josele Ballester	-6	18	4
22	Charl Schwartzel	-5	18	4
T23	Jon Rahm	-4	18	4
T23	Paul Casey	-4	18	4
T23	Victor Perez	-4	18	4
T23	Thomas Pieters	-4	18	4
T23	Anirban Lahiri	-4	18	4
T28	Joaquin Niemann	-3	18	4
T28	Scott Vincent	-3	18	4
T28	Adrian Meronk	-3	18	4
T31	Danny Lee	-2	18	4
T31	Luis Masaveu	-2	18	4
T31	Cameron Tringale	-2	18	4
T31	Thomas Detry	-2	18	4
T31	Younghan Song	-2	18	4
T31	Martin Vorster	-2	18	4
T31	Bubba Watson	-2	18	4
T31	Martin Kaymer	-2	18	4
T39	Sebastian Muñoz	-1	18	4
T39	Sam Horsfield	-1	18	4
41	Lee Westwood	E	18	4
T42	Sergio Garcia	+1	18	4
T42	Matthew Wolff	+1	18	4
44	Yosuke Asaji	+2	18	4
T45	Talor Gooch	+3	18	4
T45	Richard Bland	+3	18	4
T47	Minkyu Kim	+4	18	4
T47	Brendan Steele	+4	18	4
T47	Travis Smyth	+4	18	4
50	Miguel Tabuena	+5	18	4
51	Ben Campbell	+6	18	4
52	Dustin Johnson	+7	18	4
T53	Do-Yeob Mun	+8	18	4
T53	Graeme McDowell	+8	18	4
55	Jason Kokrak	+10	18	4
56	Michael La Sasso	+11	18	4
	Richard T. Lee	+2		4

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Rules Review: I carefully tried to pick up a rake but I accidentally moved my ball. Is that a penalty?

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Pos	Team	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	RIPPER GC	-52	18	4
2	LEGION XIII	-48	18	4
3	CRUSHERS GC	-42	18	4
4	TORQUE GC	-30	18	4
5	MAJESTICKS GC	-22	18	4
6	SOUTHERN GUARDS GC	-21	18	4
7	FIREBALLS GC	-16	18	4
8	4ACES GC	-8	18	4
9	CLEEKS GOLF CLUB	-6	18	4
10	RANGEGOATS GC	-3	18	4
11	KOREAN GOLF CLUB	-1	18	4
12	OKGC	+8	18	4
13	HYFLYERS GC	+10	18	4