The following scene happens every October. The names may or may not be changed in order to protect the individuals. "During play of the [specify hole number], any ground with temporary accumulations ...

You probably know the Rules of Golf allows you to remove loose impediments near your ball or even on your line of play (Rule 15.1). You can do it pretty much any way you want provided that doing so ...

Resident Rules of Golf expert Fergus Bisset joins Golf Monthly editor Neil Tappin to discuss the situations where you can practice on the golf course and perhaps more importantly, where you can't ...

Back in 2019, the LPGA Tour found itself in the spotlight for a curious ruling involving two tour players and a practice called "backstopping." If you've never heard the term, tour pros commonly use ...

In this video Neil Tappin and Jeremy Ellwood explain your options when you are faced with a plugged lie, or an embedded ball.

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 ...

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With hundreds of events and many thousands of rounds played across golf’s pro tours every year, rules violations abound. While the most common penalties rarely cause a stir, every season sees other ...