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The USGA and the R&A confirmed that the ball rollback rule will come into effect from 2028 for the pros. Amateurs will be affected by the changes from 2030 onwards. It took them five years to conduct ...

The imminent approach of the ball rollback may have just gotten a little less imminent. In a notice to manufacturers, the USGA and R&A announced that they are considering revising the timeline for ...

Animal HoleAnimal Hole: Any hole dug in the ground by an animal, except for holes dug by animals that are also defined as loose impediments (such as worms or insects).(...Continued), Ground Under ...

Dec 6 (Reuters) - Golf's longest hitters will be reeled in under new rules announced on Wednesday by the R&A and USGA that will limit the distance balls struck by the game's elite players can travel ...

Craig Winter, USGA Senior Director, Rules of Golf and Amateur Status, wants to make things perfectly clear: Do not call this the Matt Fitzpatrick rule. For one thing, Model Local Rule G-9 has been in ...

Golf tournament rules officials have been known to describe their jobs as hours of boredom interrupted by moments of sheer terror. Luckily, those moments don’t last ...

Over the course of a year, Todd Stice estimates the USGA receives upwards of 20,000 rules questions, either via phone call, email or the Rules of Golf app. Many of them are fairly common according to ...

As part of its latest additional clarifications to the Rules of Golf, the USGA released new guidance on Model Local Rule G-6, which prohibits the use of motorized transportation. MLR G-6 states: ...

Dec 6 (Reuters) - Golf's longest hitters will be reeled in under new rules announced on Wednesday by the R&A and USGA that will limit the distance balls struck by the game's elite players can travel ...

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