There are things you can do to make your next shot easier as found in the Rules of Golf, but there are a lot of things you can’t do. Rule 8.1 covers actions players can’t do to because they would ...

Your approach shot caroms off a firm green and rolls off, stopping in deep rough. The only option for your next play would be some kind of flop shot. To execute a flop, you'd have to set up in a wide, ...

There is a phrase in the Rules of Golf that is important to remember and apply when you can't see where your ball came to rest—it's "known or virtually certain." The phrase is the benchmark that must ...

PINEHURST, N.C. — Winning at the highest levels of professional golf requires a little luck. Any pro will tell you that. A gassed chip that rattles the flagstick and drops. A fluffy lie in the rough.

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 ...

Please allow me to try and explain what is an immovable obstruction once more. They are basically artificial, fixed objects ...