Ambrose, Rules Guy is here to (clap, clap) pump you up! Or at least pump up your Rules knowledge. You cannot swing a weighted club under Rule 4.3(a)/6, as it gives you a potential advantage by ...

Rule 4 also discusses the golf ball. Again, the golf ball must conform to the Equipment Rules. A player may not deliberately alter the characteristics of his or her golf ball.

Among the countless changes to the Rules of Golf in the past five or six years is the terminology used to describe certain things or situations. For example, using the term “all square” in ...

While golf can have a complicated scoring system and many nuanced rules, the standard premise can be boiled down to three rules: Play the ball as it lies. Play the course as you find it If unable ...

The USGA and The R&A have unveiled a regular update to the Rules of Golf as they continue to make the Rules easier to understand and apply. The new Rules will go into effect on January 1, 2023. The ...

In 2023, the rules will be slightly more relaxed when it comes to the actual drop in this type of relief. In the altered rule, the ball can come to rest within one club-length of where it is dropped.

“Winter rules,” which are known in the Rules of Golf as Preferred Lies, are covered by Model Local Rule E-3. Here's what you need to know.

It's at those moments when you might wonder why the Rules of Golf doesn't allow you to take free relief.After all, Rule 16.3 allows you to remove an embedded ball anywhere in the general area of ...