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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: ...

Over the course of a year, Todd Stice estimates the USGA receives upwards of 20,000 rules questions, either via phone call, email or the Rules of Golf app. Many of them are fairly common according to ...

SAN DIEGO – PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem is asking the USGA to review the Rules of Golf after two prominent players were disqualified for rules violations that were reported after they signed ...

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 ...

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Rules are rules. But their ramifications vary. Sometimes they seem to conspire against us, piling on a penalty at the worst possible moment. Other times, they smile openly in our favor. Think back 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 ...