Downloadable ResourcesOverview of the Rules Modernization Initiative: Goals, Changes and Process for Implementation in 2019 ...

New USGA research, combined with a growing effort by golf facilities, reveals a formula for an improved golfer experience.

Net Double Bogey explainerSince its founding in 1920, the Green Section has led the USGA’s efforts to improve golf course playing conditions and sustainability through research, education, course ...

Major ChangesThe following are the main changes to the Rules of Golf that took effect on January 1, 2019. The items covered on this page are organized into nine categories. Within each individual item ...

New Rule: Under Rule 4.1: A player is allowed to keep using and/or to repair any club damaged during the round, no matter what the damage and even if the player damaged it in anger. A player is not ...

The USGA Green Section explains how to properly repair ball marks.

When you hit a shot that you think might result in a lost ball or in your ball coming to rest out of bounds, you have the option of playing a provisional ball to save time.

As part of its commitment to stage golf’s greatest championships at the nation’s most iconic venues, the USGA has awarded five more U.S. Open Championships and four U.S. Women’s Open Championships to ...

The “Be My Champion” series is part of the U.S. National Development Program and is a resource for parents, coaches and supporters of young golfers. Vision 54 co-founders Pia Nilsson and Lynn Marriott ...

Major Proposed ChangesThese are the proposed changes expected to have the most impact on the game and to be of most interest to golfers and those who follow the game. The 33 items covered on this page ...

A strict prohibition on touching or moving loose impediments or touching the ground in a water hazard has never been practical, and so a series of exceptions had to be recognized in previous Rule 13-4 ...

There is no longer a penalty for merely touching the line of play on the putting green (the term “line of play” applies everywhere on the course including the putting green, and the term “line of putt ...