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Purpose of Rule: Rule 4 covers the equipment that you may use during your round. Based on the principle that golf is a challenging game in which success should depend on your judgment, skills and ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 14 covers when and how you may mark the spot of your ball at rest and lift and clean your ball and how to put it back into play so that your ball is played from the right place.

The USGA Library collection is the world's largest and most significant related to golf history, containing more than 100,000 individual items in more than 25 languages documenting golf's development ...

You must fairly strike at the ball with the head of the club such that there is only momentary contact between the club and the ball and you must not push, scrape or scoop the ball. If your club ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 5 covers how to play a round – such as where and when you may practise on the course before or during your round, when your round starts and ends and what happens when play has ...

Handicap allowances are designed to provide equity in different formats of play, over both 9 holes and 18 holes. The National Association is responsible for establishing handicap allowances, or it can ...

Rawleigh Grove, Vice President and General Counsel for Karsten Manufacturing Corporation, parent company of Ping, Inc., has headed legal for one of the most prominent global golf brands for over two ...

When starting a hole, if you play a ball from outside the teeing areaTeeing Area: The area you must play from in starting the hole you are playing. The teeing area is a rectangle that is two ...

The USGA is the global leader in golf course sustainability practices, including the research and development of turfgrass that requires less water.

What are the changes associated with Phase 2 of the USGA Handicap Review Tool? Which reports should a golf club run to identify any individual players who may require a Handicap Review?

The Equipment Database identifies golf balls and clubs that have been submitted and evaluated for conformance to the Rules of Golf by the United States Golf Association and/or The R&A. 3) Clubs ...