The USGA and the R&A decide whether a club is conforming or non-conforming. In competition, if you make a stroke with a ...

The answer is yes under Rule 19.2/4. As long as you haven't put a ball in play, you're still allowed to take free relief as ...

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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 ...

Golf is hard enough that introducing "stingy" flagsticks at a golf course seems just plain cruel. Granted, if you're putting, you should always pull the flagstick out as you gain virtually no ...

Let’s get straight to it: there’s a good chance at least one club in your bag isn’t doing what you think it is. Maybe more than one. In fact, if you haven’t been fit, or haven’t been fit recently, ...