In the wake of multiple controversies surrounding television viewers calling-in to report rules violations by professional golfers (notably the Lexi Thompson fiasco earlier this year), golf’s authorities have announced that they have taken the phone off the hook. A working group led by The R&A and the USGA has unanimously agreed to adopt a new […]
The R&A and the USGA today announced the introduction of a new Local Rule that eliminates the penalty when a ball is accidentally moved on the putting green. The Local Rule will be available for any committee in charge of a competition to use starting 1 January 2017. It will be adopted by The R&A […]
Golf’s governing bodies have relaxed rules regarding wind, hole-in-one prizes, contracts, late starts and more. The United States Golf Association (USGA) and the R&A have announced the publication of the new Rules of Golf for 2012-15. Changes in the Rules – which for the first time have been designed, published and presented jointly by golf’s […]
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