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LIV Golf has announced that several rule changes are being planned. The league announced it is collaborating with golf’s traditional governing bodies, the USGA and The R&A, to overhaul its rules. This ...

The following scene happens every October. The names may or may not be changed in order to protect the individuals. "During play of the [specify hole number], any ground with temporary accumulations ...

After one of 2025's biggest rules controversies, the USGA and the R&A made an update to its Model Local Rules. The post After one of 2025’s biggest rules controversies, USGA, R&A make update appeared ...

The imminent approach of the ball rollback may have just gotten a little less imminent.

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 ...