Golf rules strike again as high schoolers DQ’d over scorecard

Golf’s rules strike again: a dozen Oregon high schoolers were disqualified because of a misprinted scorecard. Devil Ball Golf

Golf rules strike again as high schoolers DQ’d over scorecard

Golf’s rules strike again: a dozen Oregon high schoolers were disqualified because of a misprinted scorecard. Devil Ball Golf

Bizarre rules violation costs player a tournament on a four-inch putt

A U.S. Junior Girls’ match has ended on one of the cruelest possible rules decisions in golf. Erica Shepherd and Elizabeth Moon were playing for a spot in the U.S. Girls’ Junior finals at the Boone Valley Golf Club in Augusta, Mo. The head-to-head match had gone to extra holes, and on the 19th hole, […]

Mixed reaction from pros as USGA, R&A announce drastic proposed rules overhaul

Your browser does not support iframes. The Rules of Golf are set to change in a big way, with the USGA and R&A announcing Wednesday that they will overhaul the rules in time for the 2020 edition of the rulebook. A lot of changes are coming, starting with reducing the number of rules in the […]

Poulter wants Euro Tour membership rules to remain the same

Despite having to fly halfway around the world last week to save his European Tour membership, Ian Poulter doesn’t think the Tour or its chief executive Keith Pelley should change its rules for determining who is and isn’t a member. Two Sundays ago, Poulter fell out of the top 50 in the Official World Golf […]

PGA keeps same bunker rules in 2015 as 2010 at Whistling Straits

The bunker that was site of Dustin Johnson’s shocking demise on the 72nd hole of the 2010 PGA Championship may be covered, but the PGA of America will still apply the same definition of a bunker five years later at Whistling Straits. The PGA of America has already released and posted supplementary rules for next […]

The Open Championship Day 1: Rory rules Thursday

The Open Championship is underway! Here’s your complete roundup of the first day. Getting to the top of the leaderboard at the Open Championship is one thing. Staying there is something else entirely. Rory McIlroy, who oscillates between brilliance and madness on the golf course, tipped off the Open Championship in fine fashion on Thursday, […]

Simon Dyson could be expelled from the European Tour for rules violation at BMW Masters

If you break a rule on the PGA Tour, you risk getting called out by a golf personality, but on the European Tour, it could mean never playing one of their events again. That is the case with Simon Dyson, the 35-year-old Englishman who was disqualified last week at the BMW Masters for tapping down […]