John Reginald “Reg” Murphy, a former USGA president and career newspaper editor and publisher, died on Nov. 9 at the age of 90 in his adopted hometown of St. Simons Island, Ga. Murphy served as the ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 10 covers how to prepare for and make a stroke, including advice and other help the player may get from others (including caddies). The underlying principle is that golf is a ...

The USGA Experience and World Golf Hall of Fame will be extending the hours of the building on Monday, Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day. Admission will be free to all veterans and their family ...

Mack Edwards of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Sahana Mantha of Charlotte, North Carolina, have been named the 2024 recipients of the USGA-AJGA Presidents’ Leadership Award, the United States Golf ...

Charlotte (N.C.) Country Club has been chosen by the USGA as the host site for the 2028 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship and 2033 U.S. Senior Open Championship. “The USGA is excited to return to ...

If an 18-hole round is being played over the same 9 holes from the same tees and there is no 18-hole Course Rating, the 18-hole Course Handicap is calculated as follows: Rounding to the nearest whole ...

Purpose of Rule: This Rule allows you to do things on the putting green that are normally not allowed off the putting green, such as being allowed to mark, lift, clean and replace your ball and to ...

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.

Purpose of Rule: Rule 5 covers how to play a round – such as where and when a player may practise on the course before or during a round, when a round starts and ends and what happens when play has to ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 18 covers taking relief under penalty of stroke and distance. When a ball is lost outside a penalty area or comes to rest out of bounds, the required progression of playing from ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 7 allows you to take reasonable actions to fairly search for your ball in play after each stroke. But you must be careful, as a penalty will apply if you act excessively and ...