John Harris, the last mid-amateur golfer to win the U.S. Amateur and a four-time USA Walker Cup Team member, died on Sept. 17 after battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia, a type of blood cancer that affects ...

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Bermudagrass is a warm-season grass. As nighttime temperatures dip into the 60s and daylight hours shorten, growth slows considerably. The turf produces fewer lateral stolons and tillers – instead, ...

A Playing Handicap is the actual number of strokes you receive or give during a round, and it’s the number used for scoring in a game or competition. While it’s often the same as your Course Handicap, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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