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Rules

July 18th, 2026

Open Championship 2026: The surreal scene at Birkdale after Bryson DeChambeau’s controversial penalty

Birkdale, Bryson DeChambeau, dark, Joel Beall, Media, officials, Open Championship, Penalty, R&A, reporters, rules, surreal

July 18th, 2026

Open Championship 2026: Bryson DeChambeau appears FURIOUS during tense ruling with R&A officials, hit with two-shot penalty

DeChambeau was informed by R&A officials after the round that he may have committed a two-stroke penalty at the fifth hole.

July 18th, 2026

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.

June 3rd, 2026

Rules Review: 5 bunker rules every golfer should know

No one wants to be in the sand, but don’t make it worse by not knowing how to get out penalty-free.

December 16th, 2025

Costly penalty puts Q-School leader in tailspin that keeps him from earning PGA Tour card

As always with Q School, there was plenty of heartbreak for those not earning PGA Tour cards.

September 17th, 2025

Player gets bumped from US Mid-Amateur when caddie mistakenly commits unusual rules violation

September 9th, 2025

Cypress Point Club’s list of rules for guests is no joke

Nothing stirs up the Golf Twitter masses quite like a set of rules for guestsm or members, at a private country club.

August 24th, 2025

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

A British pro finds himself in hot water with the DP World Tour and his fellow players after incriminating video has surfaced showing he failed to replace a ball after it moved two weeks ago at the Nexo Championship at Trump International in Scotland.

July 25th, 2025

Rules: Muddy And Murky

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

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.

US Open 2025: How Bryson DeChambeau barely avoided an all-time boneheaded penalty

US Open 2025: USGA’s response to driver testing – ‘We just don’t see high numbers of failures’

‘Kind of stupid’ and ‘crapshoot’: Scheffler, Schauffele question rules decision after mud balls at PGA Championship

Masters 2025: Min Woo Lee PENALISED at Augusta National

The Most Memorable Rules Incidents In Masters History

Two Rules You Wish You Could Change (But Can’t)

October 18th, 2024

Here’s why Joel Dahmen was penalised 4 STROKES(!) to start the Shriners Children’s Open

There are tough starts to tournaments, then there are Joel Dahmen’s first two holes Thursday at the Shriners Children’s Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas.

October 17th, 2024

Rules Review: My ball hit a power line and fell into the rough. Do I have to play it as it lies?

When having to hit a shot from a tee or fairway that has power lines in the way, the question of what happens if you should strike one is worth asking.

October 5th, 2024

VIDEO: Taiheiyo Club’s 18th has a quirky water bunker. Do you know what the rules allow?

Your ball rolls into the water bunker… What do you do? 

August 28th, 2024

Rules: Shifting Sands

My ball is in a bunker again. What are my options?

Cart rules in question at Senior British Open as 1 is allowed to ride, while 4 others were refused

July 26th, 2024

Cart rules in question at Senior Open Championship as 1 is allowed to ride, while 4 others were refused

To walk or not to walk, that was the question for five members of the field in this week’s Senior British Open at Carnoustie.

July 24th, 2024

Rules: Moving Pieces

My ball just moved. What happens now?

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