Rolled out last year as a “modernization” to make golf easier to understand, the governing bodies announced Monday the new set of rules will take effect Jan. 1. The new Rules of Golf have been ...

Players sound off on the proposed changes to the Rules of Golf in this week’s edition of Top Quotes of the Week. “Lots of thought & hard work by @USGA and @RandA to modernize our rules. Great work to ...

It can sometimes seem that the Rules of Golf are out to get you and not devised to be fair or work at all in your favor (ball ...

As much as the USGA and R&A have done to simplify the Rules of Golf, there never seems to be a shortage of gaffes occurring on the professional tours and at major amateur events. In 2025, there seemed ...

In this video, Neil Tappin is joined by Golf Monthly Rules Guru Jezz Ellwood to discuss why the rules of golf are so complicated. Because golf takes place in a natural landscape, there is a ...

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Imagine this: You’re feeling great about your game one day. Everything’s in sync — your form, your rhythm, your swing tempo. All that work on the range? Finally paying off. You step onto the tee, line ...

Disqualifications are common in the upper rungs of professional golf. The causes range from sloppy accounting on scorecards to players unwittingly gaming non-conforming equipment, but rarely are pros ...

The U.S. Golf Association and the R&A announced Monday changes to the Rules of Golf and the Rules of Amateur status. Under the new Rules of Golf, which will be in effect from 2012-15, a player is no ...