Golf rules 2024: Golfers can ground their club in a hazard, or penalty area
When I grew up playing golf, one of the first things I learned on an actual golf course was that I couldn’t ground my club in a water hazard. It didn’t matter if it was a lateral water hazard or a regular water hazard. It didn’t matter if the ball was in grass in a […]
Why you don’t hear or see ‘All Square’ any longer in golf match play, instead hear ‘tied’
In match-play golf, when a match is even, we’ve said forever that the match is “All Square.” However, with the new Rules of Golf introduced in 2019, the term “All Square” has been removed from match-play vocabulary. From here on out, when a match-play golf contest is even, we’re now supposed to use the more […]
R&A and USGA announce changes in Rules of Golf for 2023
Set to take effect Jan. 1, 2023, the USGA and the R&A want to make the rules more inclusive and sustainable.