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When there's a sprinkler head between your ball and the green, you may be entitled to free relief - but only in certain ...

As part of its latest additional clarifications to the Rules of Golf, the USGA released new guidance on Model Local Rule G-6, which prohibits the use of motorized transportation. MLR G-6 states: ...

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 ...

Most golfers associate Rule 18.1 — the stroke-and-distance rule — with a familiar sinking feeling: a tee shot or approach sailing into oblivion. Reload, take your penalty and move on, muttering to ...

On the day after Webb Simpson lost the money title, the rule that caused him to finish second has been changed. Rule 18-2b, concerning the ball moving after address, has been amended by both the R&A ...

Geoff Yang, an Augusta National member and a longtime USGA rules official, is in his first year as the chairman of the ...

The incident occurred on the par-5 2nd hole at Augusta National, where Olazábal, 60, found trouble after his tee shot came to ...