Rules of golf

October 28th, 2021

Golf’s 10 most misunderstood rules

Kendall Dunovant, R&A, Rules of Golf, USGA

October 27th, 2021

Sweeping changes approved to golf’s amateur rules: Here’s what you need to know

Starting in 2022, the relaxed rules will allow amateurs to receive payments for expenses and earn money for use of their name, image and likeness

October 13th, 2021

REINING IT IN: Golf’s ruling bodies take next step in limiting driver length

Regarding Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson and their lust for 48-inch drivers, golf’s ruling bodies have only one thing to say: Not so fast.

October 11th, 2021

WATCH: Why Phil Mickelson wasn’t penalised under the rules when his ball moved in the pine straw

Phil Mickelson has the ability to make golf look easy, even when he’s making it hard on himself. Case in point: the par save Lefty made on the 16th hole Sunday (Monday morning AEDT) en route to victory at the Constellation Furyk & Friends.

July 23rd, 2021

Is golf’s greatest equipment myth true? An investigation into foreign substances and driving distance

Is golf’s greatest myth not fiction, but fact? We set out to find an answer.

June 12th, 2021

Australia’s Mark Hensby WDs from Palmetto after calling a 10-STROKE penalty on himself!

May 21st, 2021

PGA Championship 2021: Rare pace of play penalty strikes at Kiawah

The last notable slow-play penalty in a men’s Major came in the 2013 Masters, when then-14-year-old Tianlang Guan was assessed a one-stroke penalty in the second round after being warned four times.

May 4th, 2021

Lucky breaks

The 10 Rules of Golf you should be taking advantage of to shoot lower scores.

April 18th, 2021

BAD BREAK: Si Woo Kim penalised after watching ball on lip for more than a minute

Without actually having putted in the ball in the hole, Kim was told he would need to add a stroke to his score

February 27th, 2021

An incorrect ruling cost Annika Sorenstam a shot at Gainbridge LPGA, while she sits on the cut line

The LPGA Tour released a statement explaining the controversial – and incorrect – ruling

Here’s why Maverick McNealy was the victim of a frustrating penalty while in contention at Pebble Beach

Rules review

PGA of America to permit distance-measuring devices at its 2021 championships

A score to settle

The 13 Rules of Golf you should be taking advantage of to shoot lower scores

Lexi Thompson got accused of improving her lie by social media, R&A explains why she wasn’t at fault

August 16th, 2020

This PGA Tour pro’s putt took more than 20 seconds to drop. Why wasn’t it a penalty?

Just how long is a player allowed to wait to see if a putt that hangs on the lip is going to drop before being hit with a penalty?

July 20th, 2020

Why Jon Rahm wound up getting a two-stroke penalty for the best shot of his career

Sadly for Rahm, the shot of his career (so far) will have an asterisk by it. The good news? He’s got a lot more time to produce more highlights.

April 1st, 2020

Did you know: The Original Rules of Golf fit on one (big) page

That original set included just 13 rules, as opposed to the 24 there are today, each with their own subset of rules.

March 12th, 2020

Flub Club

Ten of the strangest rules snafus of 2019.

February 7th, 2020

How Many Strokes Am I Getting Now?

Welcome to the new World Handicap System.

October 16th, 2019

Pro receiving penalty for NOT taking mulligan is the weirdest rules controversy of 2019

Even by their byzantine and bizarre nature, it’s been a rough go for the Rules of Golf in 2019. Still, this story involving Jesper Parnevik and a mulligan not taken puts other oddities to shame.

Leaderboard

RBC Heritage - 2024

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
T1	Tom Hoge	-11	F	2
T1	Sepp Straka	-11	F	2
T3	Patrick Rodgers	-10	F	2
T3	Collin Morikawa	-10	15	2
T5	Patrick Cantlay	-9	F	2
T5	Ludvig Åberg	-9	17	2
T5	J.T. Poston	-9	4	2
T8	Stephan Jaeger	-7	F	2
T8	Tom Kim	-7	F	2
T8	Seamus Power	-7	F	2
T8	Sungjae Im	-7	F	2
T8	Rory McIlroy	-7	17	2
T13	Thomas Detry	-6	F	2
T13	Matt Fitzpatrick	-6	18	2
T13	Xander Schauffele	-6	15	2
T13	Austin Eckroat	-6	12	2
T13	Mackenzie Hughes	-6	8	2
T13	Jason Day	-6	7	2
T13	Byeong Hun An	-6	7	2
T13	Sahith Theegala	-6	2	2
T21	Adam Hadwin	-5	F	2
T21	Alejandro Tosti	-5	13	2
T21	Chris Kirk	-5	8	2
T21	Russell Henley	-5	5	2
T21	S.W. Kim	-5	4	2
T26	Akshay Bhatia	-4	F	2
T26	Will Zalatoris	-4	F	2
T26	Taylor Moore	-4	F	2
T26	Cam Young	-4	10	2
T26	Tony Finau	-4	9	2
T26	Eric Cole	-4	7	2
T32	Brendon Todd	-3	F	2
T32	Denny McCarthy	-3	F	2
T32	Brian Harman	-3	F	2
T32	Brice Garnett	-3	14	2
T32	Adam Svensson	-3	11	2
T32	Emiliano Grillo	-3	9	2
T32	Sam Burns	-3	8	2
T32	Scottie Scheffler	-3	2	2
T32	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-3	-	2
T32	Chandler Phillips	-3	-	2
T42	Peter Malnati	-2	F	2
T42	Corey Conners	-2	F	2
T42	Harris English	-2	F	2
T42	Erik van Rooyen	-2	12	2
T42	Cam Davis	-2	6	2
T42	Justin Thomas	-2	-	2
T48	Rickie Fowler	-1	F	2
T48	Nick Taylor	-1	18	2
T48	Webb Simpson	-1	14	2
T48	Adam Schenk	-1	9	2
T48	Andrew Putnam	-1	5	2
T48	Lucas Glover	-1	4	2
T48	Jordan Spieth	-1	3	2
T48	Max Homa	-1	1	2
T56	Grayson Murray	E	F	2
T56	Shane Lowry	E	F	2
T56	Erik Barnes	E	12	2
T56	Matthieu Pavon	E	12	2
T56	Kurt Kitayama	E	8	2
T56	Wyndham Clark	E	2	2
T56	Tommy Fleetwood	E	1	2
63	Justin Rose	+1	F	2
T64	Jake Knapp	+2	F	2
T64	Lee Hodges	+2	11	2
T64	Kevin Kisner	+2	-	2
T67	Nick Dunlap	+5	14	2
T67	Keegan Bradley	+5	4	2
69	Gary Woodland	+6	14	2

Miami 2024 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Dean Burmester	-11	18	3
2	Sergio Garcia	-11	18	3
3	Matthew Wolff	-10	18	3
T4	Marc Leishman	-8	18	3
T4	Jon Rahm	-8	18	3
T4	Tyrrell Hatton	-8	18	3
T7	Bryson DeChambeau	-7	18	3
T7	Louis Oosthuizen	-7	18	3
T9	Abraham Ancer	-6	18	3
T9	Thomas Pieters	-6	18	3
T9	Joaquin Niemann	-6	18	3
T9	Patrick Reed	-6	18	3
T9	Talor Gooch	-6	18	3
T14	Carlos Ortiz	-5	18	3
T14	Paul Casey	-5	18	3
T14	Richard Bland	-5	18	3
17	Adrian Meronk	-4	18	3
T18	Caleb Surratt	-3	18	3
T18	Brendan Steele	-3	18	3
T18	Peter Uihlein	-3	18	3
T21	Harold Varner III	-2	18	3
T21	Cameron Tringale	-2	18	3
T21	Scott Vincent	-2	18	3
T24	Kevin Na	-1	18	3
T24	Dustin Johnson	-1	18	3
T24	Kieran Vincent	-1	18	3
T27	Sebastian Muñoz	E	18	3
T27	Jason Kokrak	E	18	3
T29	Graeme McDowell	+1	18	3
T29	Ian Poulter	+1	18	3
T29	Henrik Stenson	+1	18	3
T32	Matt Jones	+2	18	3
T32	Branden Grace	+2	18	3
T32	Bubba Watson	+2	18	3
T32	Mito Pereira	+2	18	3
36	Anirban Lahiri	+3	18	3
T37	Danny Lee	+4	18	3
T37	Charl Schwartzel	+4	18	3
T39	David Puig	+5	18	3
T39	Martin Kaymer	+5	18	3
T39	Eugenio Chacarra	+5	18	3
T39	Kalle Samooja	+5	18	3
T43	Charles Howell III	+6	18	3
T43	Hudson Swafford	+6	18	3
T45	Lee Westwood	+7	18	3
T45	Brooks Koepka	+7	18	3
47	Phil Mickelson	+8	18	3
T48	Sam Horsfield	+9	18	3
T48	Pat Perez	+9	18	3
50	Andy Ogletree	+11	18	3
T51	Jinichiro Kozuma	+15	18	3
T51	Lucas Herbert	+15	18	3
53	Anthony Kim	+21	18	3
54	Ben Campbell		18	3
	Cameron Smith	+3		1