Just your luck. You hit a blind second shot into a par-4 green and thought you striped it. Unfortunately, when you got over ...

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 ... Was deliberately deflected or stopped ...

It’s coming up on five years since the 2019 Masters. The tournament, of course, is most memorable for Tiger Woods thrilling ...

Luckily for Johnson, there was no penalty since the ball was not yet in play (Rule 6.2b). Thankfully, the Rules of Golf are fairly ... to find it or it's declared lost. The clock doesn't start ...

You saw it land in bounds and not in a penalty area ... Unfortunately, according to the Rules of Golf, a ball is not officially lost until a player, his or her caddie or partner searches for ...

A player may declare their ball to be unplayable at any time - except when it is in a water hazard. Even if another golfer considers it to be playable, the player is the judge. Sometimes it might be ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 17 is a specific Rule for penalty areas, which are bodies of water or other areas defined by the Committee where a ball is often lost or unable to be played. For one penalty ...

At least once a summer, I try to address the rules of golf in this column, because it is part of the game and is so often disregarded by causal golfers. One that is a must to know is the ...

The Rules of Golf are ... him his ball was not in play because he left his marker in place, and thus had hit a wrong ball — he needed to replace his ball, with a two-stroke penalty.

The Rules of Golf are tricky ... allowed to clean the ball when it is lifted except in four specific cases (see Rule 14.1c), but you only get to take advantage of that penalty-free cleaning ...

Lee Westwood was handed a bizarre penalty from a LIV Golf ... the ball before quickly realising it was not the one he had used off the tee, or the same make and mode, thus breaking the rules.

Will Zalatoris and Cam Davis were each penalized two shots for playing the wrong golf ball on the par-5 15th hole Sunday during the final round of The Sentry at Kapalua's Plantation Course. Rules ...