New additions will normally be updated on a quarterly basis each January, April, July, and October and the next quarterly update will be in early April 2026. - If a sprinkler head is popped up, the ...

The USGA (United States Golf Association) app is available for download for free on iOS and Android. Use it for full coverage of the 2022 U.S. Amateur at Ridgewood Country Club and 2022 U.S. Senior ...

Learn more about the 2023 updates to the Rules of Golf below. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to reach out to the Rules Department any time at [email protected] or 908-326-1850.

Since its founding in 1920, the Green Section has led the USGA’s efforts to improve golf course playing conditions and sustainability through research, education, course consulting, technology tools ...

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There is no longer a penalty if a ball played from the putting green hits a flagstick left in the hole. Players are not required to putt with the flagstick in the hole; rather, they continue to have ...

The following are the main changes to the Rules of Golf that took effect on January 1, 2019. The items covered on this page are organized into nine categories. Within each individual item, you will ...

The proposed new Rules retain the stroke-and-distance procedure as the only relief option for a ball that is lost outside a penalty area (formerly known as a water hazard) and a ball that is out of ...

Anyone who has followed the evolution of the Rules of Golf knows that the Rules have been far from static. Among the countless additions, removals and edits over the years is something that was known ...

A strict prohibition on touching or moving loose impediments or touching the ground in a water hazard has never been practical, and so a series of exceptions had to be recognized in previous Rule 13-4 ...

Sand Valley Resort, in Nekoosa, Wis., has been chosen by the USGA as the host site for four USGA championships, beginning with the U.S. Mid-Amateur in 2026. The 2029 U.S. Junior Amateur, 2030 U.S.

A player is allowed to keep using and/or to repair any club damaged during the round, no matter what the damage and even if the player damaged it in anger. A player is not allowed to replace a damaged ...