Purpose of Rule: Rule 14 covers when and how you may mark the spot of your ball at rest and lift and clean your ball and how to put it back into play so that your ball is played from the right place.

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, ...

Many golf courses maintain a considerable acreage of mown and irrigated turf that experiences very little play. Turf reduction offers many potential benefits, but alternative landscape treatments can ...

Turfgrass And Environmental Research ...

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Sometimes in formats like match play or four-ball stroke play, you may start a hole but not finish it – perhaps your opponent concedes a putt, or you can’t improve on your partner’s score. In these ...

For over 25 years, the USGA Green Section has provided an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in an immersive internship experience. Many USGA Green Section interns have ...

Kendra Graham, of Baldwin Park, Fla., is in her sixth year on the USGA Executive Committee. She worked for the USGA in Rules and Competitions from 1987 to 2003 and has devoted a lifetime of service to ...

The resources below have been created to educate golfers on the 2024 updates to the World Handicap System, which went into effect in the United States on January 16th, 2024.

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 ...

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At the end of my eight years, a former green committee member reflects back on what advice he would offer to other green committee members based on his experience with a top 10 list of things that ...