When your ball is lost or out of bounds, you usually only have one option for how to proceed, which is called playing under stroke and distance. Learn more in this short video. To learn more about golf’s new Rules,…
Abnormal course conditions include ground under repair, temporary water, immovable obstructions (cart paths, sprinkler heads, etc.), and animal holes. Learn more about these conditions and how to take relief from them in this short video. To learn more about golf’s…
Everyone knows you can’t ground your club behind the ball when playing a bunker shot, but what do the Rules actually restrict and allow when your ball lies in a bunker? Learn more in this short video. To learn more…
When your ball lies on the putting green, you have some special permissions that you don’t get anywhere else on the golf course. Learn more about those special permissions in this short video about the putting green. To learn more…
When you hit a shot that you think might result in a lost ball or in your ball coming to rest out of bounds, you have the option of playing a provisional ball to save time. Learn more about this…
The two central principles of the game of golf are to play the ball as it lies and play the course as you find it. Learn more about what these principles mean in this short video. To learn more about…
Loose impediments are unattached natural objects that the Rules do not consider part of the challenge of playing the game (examples include sticks, leaves, and blades of grass, as long as they are not fixed or growing, solidly embedded, or…
The flagstick can be either left in the hole, attended, or removed. Even when your ball lies on the putting green, there is no penalty if your ball strikes the unattended flagstick in the hole. Learn more in this short…
It’s all go for January after the R&A and USGA published their finalised Rules of Golf. So what’s coming in? Steve Carroll outlines the changes What’s in the 2019 Rules of Golf? A year after they were first unveiled, and…
Areas of desert, jungle, lava rock, etc. (in addition to areas of water) may now be marked as red or yellow “penalty areas.” For more about golf’s new Rules, effective Jan. 1, 2019, visit http://www.usga.org/rules.