Whether a golf ball is sitting in tall grass, pine straw, leaves or some other form of underbrush, you have to be careful when you address the ball or you might risk accidentally causing it to move.

The Rules of Golf are tricky! Thankfully, we’ve got the guru. Our Rules Guy knows the book front to back. Got a question? He’s got all the answers. Last week in our league a player hit the wrong ball.

At the 2025 RBC Heritage, Justin Thomas was hit with a one-stroke penalty for accidentally moving his ball while trying to remove a loose impediment in a waste area on the second hole. It was a costly ...

The Rules of Golf are tricky! Thankfully, we've got the guru. Our Rules Guy knows the book front to back. Got a question? He's got all the answers. My playing partner stubbed his chip shot from the ...

There is a phrase in the Rules of Golf that is important to remember and apply when you can't see where your ball came to rest—it's "known or virtually certain." The phrase is the benchmark that must ...

The process of getting a ball back in play while taking a drop, either from a penalty area or from free relief, might seem a little silly to a casual golf fan. Rule 14.3 covers all the things that ...

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In a performance worthy of a Screen Actors Guild card, a golfer who tries to hit the ball but misses it entirely might get away without adding a stroke to his or her card by simply pretending it was a ...