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The United States Golf Association(USGA), working with The R&A, sets the equipment standards that define what players can use in competition. At elite events that adopt the Model Local Rule, a driver ...

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 ...

If the R&A, PGA Tour and LPGA Tour acknowledge and use a Local Rule, how does it become a universal rule? Rules Guy has the answer.

The United States Golf Association(USGA) governs the sport across the country and sets standards designed to keep the game fair and uniform. One of its key responsibilities is updating the Rules of ...

In all fairness to the USGA and R&A, a major revision to the Rules of Golf was already in the works when the U.S. Open came to Oakmont Country Club in 2016. Still, it’s somewhat amusing to think that ...