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 ...

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 ...

The answer is yes under Rule 19.2/4. As long as you haven't put a ball in play, you're still allowed to take free relief as outlined in Rule 16.1. And it wouldn't have mattered if the ball was in the ...

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 ...