The Rules of Golf are endlessly fascinating, and supply seemingly bottomless fodder for those of us who are interested in the game’s sometimes befuddling intricacies. GOLF’s Rules Guy column is 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 ...

When the Rules of Golf was updated in 2019, the USGA and R&A aimed to improve it in a manner in which they covered all aspects of the game while being as clear and succinct as possible. Yet, avid ...

1. What was the motivation to modernize the Rules of Golf? The Rules of Golf are normally revised in a regular four-year cycle that allows us to adapt them in response to the ongoing stream of Rules ...