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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 ...

LIV Golf has announced that several rule changes are being planned. The league announced it is collaborating with golf’s traditional governing bodies, the USGA and The R&A, to overhaul its rules. This ...

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 ...

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 ...

Call it the Paul Mitzel update. Or the Akshay Bhatia one. Or the Korn Ferry sixsome update. Any of those could work. Each refers to incidents in which a player or the player's caddie claimed to have ...

The United States Golf Association(USGA), working with The R&A, sets the equipment standards that define what players can use in competition. At elite events that adopt the Model Local Rule, a driver ...

OAKMONT, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -The rules of golf can be complex but at this week's U.S. Open an interactive artificial intelligence avatar is offering a glimpse into how golfers can get instant ...