The Rules of Golf explains what to do if anyone accidentally hits a moving ball with the flagstick—and if someone does it on ...

What do you do if your ball embeds in a bunker lip? Can you take free relief, or must you play it as it lies? Rules Guy has the answer. The post Rules Guy: My ball embedded in a bunker lip. Can I take ...

The rules makers at the USGA and R&A added that word because there are some instances when you don't have to play it as it ...

Rules of Golf Review: I took the club back and my ball dropped farther into the rough. Is that a penalty? Whether a golf ball is sitting in tall grass, pine straw, leaves or some other form of ...

In this video, Neil Tappin is joined by Golf Monthly's Rules Guru Jezz Ellwood to discuss the 6 Rules Most Golfers Don't Know ...

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 ...

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