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 ...

17.1 Options for Ball in Penalty Area 17.1a/1 – Ball Is in Penalty Area Even if Penalty Area Is Improperly Marked If stakes defining a body of water as a penalty ...

The area for the drop depends on a number of factors, including whether the penalty area is marked red or yellow. For example, in many cases, water on either side of a hole is marked with red ...

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 ... your drive into a rocky area with high fescue.

It’s been going on three years now that Scottie Scheffler has made golf look really easy, even when it can be really hard.

It’s a time of temporary rules. We look at three winter rules for golf that can confuse players and committees and how they ...

For clarity, here is the wording of Rule 6.3c (1) that describes what happens when a wrong ball is played: “In stroke play, the player gets the general penalty ... Editor at Golf.com and ...

It is one of golf's most frequent rules situations but do you know everything about ground under repair? Our rules expert is ...