United States Golf Association

Local Rules: What are they, and why do they exist?

This content was first published in Golf Journal, a quarterly print publication exclusively for USGA Members. To be among the first to receive Golf Journal and to learn how you can help make golf more ...
GOLF.com

After one of 2025’s biggest rules controversies, USGA, R&A make update

Call it the Paul Mitzel update. Or the Akshay Bhatia one. Or the Korn Ferry sixsome update. Any of those could work. Each refers to incidents in which a player or the player’s caddie claimed to have ...
United States Golf Association

A Brief History of Revisions to the Rules of Golf: 1744 to Present

While golf has been played for more than 600 years, the earliest known written rules for the game date from 1744. This early code of “Articles & Laws in Playing at Golf” (known today as the “13 ...
Golf Channel

College notebook: Rules have changed, but Oklahoma State still rules

During the college golf season, GolfChannel.com will check in weekly to update what’s happening in the world of college golf. While PGA Tour players and the USGA continue their “collaborative efforts” ...