One of the biggest changes to the Rules of Golf, perhaps since the death of the stymie, awaits in the not-too-distant future. The USGA and R&A are implementing new procedures for testing golf balls ...

I hit my ball into a pile of leaves, now what? This involves what the Rules of Golf calls “loose impediments.” In other words, any unattached, natural objects that can be easily removed – things like ...

It's officially golf's silly season in many spots around the country, and that usually means playing different types of golf than you're used to playing. Aside from events where you're only using a ...

For example, when a player’s ball comes to rest near a drain in a bunker, the player may use a tee to probe the sand to ...

You left the golf course with an 84 and when you woke up the next day, the Golf Handicap Information Network (GHIN) treated it like an 81. How is that possible? When the World Handicap System was ...

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 ...

Veteran golf caddies share the most important unwritten golf rules for all players. Key advice: Avoid unwanted commentary, don't crowd lost ball searches, respect the course. Maintain pace-of-play by ...

The global AI in sports market reached USD 1.2 billion in 2024 and is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 14.7 percent through 2034. Golf, due to its individual structure and technical ...

Golfers often swap out balls in the middle of the round, but not necessarily because they want to. Errant shots go AWOL, which forces new balls to be put into play. What happens, though, if you ...

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