John Reginald “Reg” Murphy, a former USGA president and career newspaper editor and publisher, died on Nov. 9 at the age of 90 in his adopted hometown of St. Simons Island, Ga. Murphy served as the ...

The USGA Experience and World Golf Hall of Fame will be extending the hours of the building on Monday, Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day. Admission will be free to all veterans and their family ...

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 ...

Have your Handicap ID (e.g., GHIN #) and email address associated with your account ready. When you sign up for a Handicap Index through USGA.org, you’ll receive membership to your local Allied Golf ...

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Purpose of Rule: Rule 18 covers taking relief under penalty of stroke and distance. When your ball is lost outside a penalty area or comes to rest out of bounds, the required progression of playing ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 23 covers Four-Ball (played either in match play or stroke play), where you and your partner compete as a side with each of you playing a separate ball. Your side’s score for a ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 14 covers when and how the player may mark the spot of a ball at rest and lift and clean the ball and how to put a ball back into play so that the ball is played from the right ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 8 covers a central principle of the game: “play the course as you find it.” When the player’s ball comes to rest, they normally have to accept the conditions affecting the stroke ...