The PGA Tour shared several rules changes with its players on Tuesday. Here's what you need to know about why the rules have been modified.

Golf usually speaks in absolutes. Players, commentators, and officials talk as if the rules are universally understood. But ...

We complain about poor etiquette, pace of play, and ignorance of the rules. Could we solve it by demanding golfers pass an ...

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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Your putt's two feet out when a wayward ball sends it flying. What happens next? We look at golf ball in motion rules ...

It’s bad enough that you pumped your tee shot into fescue so thick that it took you nearly the full three minutes to find it. But then comes the sobering realization that there’s no way you can ...

Watch pro-golf tournaments long enough and you'll be amazed at some of the breaks players seem to get thanks to the construction of grandstands, hospitality tents, TV towers and more. In fact, it's ...