Fifteen years of golf, thousands spent in lessons and equipment, yet he's grinding metal on asphalt because nobody ever ...

Ask golfers how the Rules of Golf impact their round, and almost all will say that they add strokes to their score. It’s not an unreasonable perspective. We are conditioned, especially in sports, to ...

Now, on to the rules question at hand: What do you do when you hit the ball on to the wrong green? It doesn't happen a lot, ...

Golf's "leaf rule" is in full bloom as the year turns to fall. Here's what that means, and here are a few other items to ...

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A few years ago, the USGA set out on a mission to simplify and soften some of the unusual and harsh rules involved in the game of golf. As the sport’s ruling body, the organization was able to ...

OAKMONT, Pennsylvania, June 13 (Reuters) - The rules of golf can be complex but at this week's U.S. Open an interactive artificial intelligence avatar is offering a glimpse into how golfers can get ...

Outgoing USGA president Fred Perpall was in attendance at the U.S. Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest in Dallas last month. Perpall’s appearance at the club where he is a founding member wasn’t the last ...

The walk-up, sometimes a sprint, has become iconic. When playing a casual round of golf, it's become somewhat of a challenge — approaching a ball, club in hands, and attempting a hockey-like slap-shot ...

Although it’s never happened before, players competing in the Ryder Cup do face the threat of being disqualified if certain ...

In all fairness to the USGA and R&A, a major revision to the Rules of Golf was already in the works when the U.S. Open came to Oakmont Country Club in 2016. Still, it’s somewhat amusing to think that ...