You probably know the Rules of Golf allows you to remove loose impediments near your ball or even on your line of play (Rule 15.1). You can do it pretty much any way you want provided that doing so ...

Editor’s note: Each week, Ray Herzog, a rules expert from the San Diego Golf Academy in Orlando, Fla., will be answering reader-submitted questions involving the Rules of Golf. Look for Ray’s Q&A ...

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 ...

Rules are rules. But their ramifications vary. Sometimes they seem to conspire against us, piling on a penalty at the worst possible moment. Other times, they smile openly in our favor. Think back to ...

The new Rules of Golf have been finalized, with four tweaks. Rolled out last year as a “modernization” to make the game easier to understand at all levels, golf’s governing bodies announced Monday ...