The Rules of Golf get specific about what constitutes a stroke, and that comes into play in just this situation ...

Learn exactly what GUR stands for in golf, including why aeration holes don't count but bird nests do, according to Golf ...

In this video, Neil Tappin is joined by Golf Monthly Rules Guru Jezz Ellwood to discuss why the rules of golf are so ...

One of golf's oldest cheats tricks is to sole a club behind the ball in the rough and then "decide" to use another club to hit the shot. The initial club's weight makes the grass sit down giving the ...

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 ...

As we all know (or should know), the maximum number of clubs in a bag is 14. If you have a 15th (or more!), it's a penalty under Rule 4.3b in The Rules of Golf. In stroke play, it's two shots for each ...

The Rules of Golf explain whether you have to use your putter to move a ball marker out of the line of another golfer on the ...

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. I’ve heard that if your ball is in a bunker, you can ...

NCG's Matt Chivers is tired of having the rules of golf explained to him when a incident with the game's laws occurs on tour.

A round must be played by the Rules of Golf to be acceptable for handicap purposes, subject to the following: (i) Organized Competitions. In a situation where a player is disqualified from a ...