USGA CEO Mike Whan provided an update on golf ball rollback testing and said getting prototype balls from manufacturers has created a clearer picture for possible implementation ...

Dan Rapaport has suggested that the R&A and USGA need to step in with a new rule, as long putters remain a controversial ...

The USGA and the R&A regulate golf balls under the Equipment Rules to control distance and overall performance. The goal isn’t to stop innovation; ...

Most golfers associate Rule 18.1 — the stroke-and-distance rule — with a familiar sinking feeling: a tee shot or approach sailing into oblivion. Reload, take your penalty and move on, muttering to ...

After one of 2025's biggest rules controversies, the USGA and the R&A made an update to its Model Local Rules. The post After one of 2025's biggest rules controversies, USGA, R&A make update appeared ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – There comes a moment in every discussion when dialogue can go in one of two directions, and golf has reached that tipping point. Either the conversation can careen down an unproductive ...

Over the course of a year, Todd Stice estimates the USGA receives upwards of 20,000 rules questions, either via phone call, email or the Rules of Golf app. Many of them are fairly common according to ...

The USGA and the R&A decide whether a club is conforming or non-conforming. In competition, if you make a stroke with a ...