The PGA Tour shared several rules changes with its players on Tuesday. Here's what you need to know about why the rules have ...

“We have a copy and paste type of thing we do because we get the same question a lot,” Stine says.

After one of 2025's biggest rules controversies, the USGA and the R&A made an update to its Model Local Rules. The post After ...

Moving forward, tournament committees will have more freedom when applying MLR G-6, which prohibits the use of motorized ...

USGA and the R&A have updated the controversial Model Local Rule involving carts. As per the updated ruling, a player will be ...

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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 ...

Just as the rules allow you to clear loose impediments from your path, they also entitle you to put them back where they were.

The USGA and the R&A confirmed that the ball rollback rule will come into effect from 2028 for the pros. Amateurs will be ...