The most-read rules question of 2025 involved a relatively mundane topic: Is it legal to stand directly behind someone when ...

The Rules of Golf are tricky! Thankfully, we’ve got the guru. Our Rules Guy knows the book front to back. Got a question? He’s got all the answers. In a lot of your rulings, you refer to Local Rules ...

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The Rules of Golf are tricky! Thankfully, we’ve got the guru. Our Rules Guy knows the book front to back. Got a question? He’s got all the answers. A playing partner carries a training aid — a ...

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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 ...

True story: An amateur golfer had his son clean his golf clubs the night before a round. The son, not a golfer, wanted to do a really good job and make them nice and shiny. He used Armor All on the ...

It doesn't really matter whether you live on that side of the street or this side of the street. We're all here to play golf.” ...

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 ...