The USGA Nominating Committee has released its 2025 Executive Committee slate, which is again led by Fred Perpall of Dallas, Texas, who will be serving his final year as USGA president. Kevin Hammer ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Net double bogey, and Net par. It is important that an accurate par be established for each hole on a golf course for both men and women, and these values should be printed alongside each hole on the ...

You must fairly strike at the ball with the head of the club such that there is only momentary contact between the club and the ball and you must not push, scrape or scoop the ball. If your club ...

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

Purpose of Rule: Rule 8 covers a central principle of the game: “play the course as you find it.” When your ball comes to rest, you normally have to accept the conditions affecting the stroke and not ...

When starting a hole, if you play a ball from outside the teeing areaTeeing Area: The area you must play from in starting the hole you are playing. The teeing area is a rectangle that is two ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 20 covers what players should do when they have questions about the Rules during a round, including the procedures (which differ in match play and stroke play) allowing a player ...