Is it permissible to use a tee to probe the depth of a bunker before making a swing? Rules Guy has the answer.

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You can use any style you want with a putter in your hand, but you must follow these five rules, says Ben Crenshaw.

(“A Local Rule that gives a player the option to replay the stroke for a ball that hits a power line is not authorized,” according to the Rules of Golf.) That was a source of frustration for ...

In the case of a tee shot, a golfer can re-tee from the teeing ground in the same or new position ... golf outside of a blatant disregard for the Rules of Golf. The golfer can lift and clean their ...

There's that tell-tale glob of mud close to your ball. You're surrounded by wormcasts. What can you do about them? Our expert ...

Discovering that your ball is wedged up against the trunk of the tree and preventing you from hitting any sort of shot is even worse. But here is a lesson in keeping your wits about you and using the ...

Mike Whan, the chief executive of the USGA, has outlined the concerns he has for the game of golf after the ball is rolled ...

Unique to golf at the Olympics, however, is that ties must be broken not just to determine a winner, but also - if necessary - to determine the silver and/or bronze medalists. If player X finishes in ...

PGA Tour members were written to by the Players Advisory Council this week outlining the huge changes that will likely come ...

so preferred lies rules don't apply there. Everywhere else on the golf course that isn't the fairway or green of the hole the ...

Excessively digging feet into soft ground to gain a firmer foundation for the stanceStance: The position of a player’s feet and body in preparing for and making a stroke.(...Continued). 8.1a/7 – ...