How could we play golf without equipment? Most sports rely on something besides our God-given parts, and golf is certainly one of those...

I’ve been round and round on this edition of the Rules Blog. “Finished” writing this entry about 6 weeks ago and I’ve been chewing on...

Yeah, one of my favorite topics. Bunkers are a special place on the golf course with special rules and demands the player play a...

In my discussion of Rule 11, part 1, we talked exclusively about accidental deflection of balls in motion – ‘cause stuff happens. In...

I understand why Rule 11 needs to be in the book, but we’re going to be talking about some pretty odd stuff in this blog entry, and...

And we’ve made it to double digits (Rule 10) after 2 years. What an accomplishment… Seriously, I hope some of this helps to anchor your...

Probably my last picture of Pebble Beach - the fabulous and often forgotten 9th hole - the last hole that runs along the coast until...

One of the nice things about the new rule book is that there are titles for each rule. In the case of the 8th, it’s “Course Played as it...

Here we are - another hole that'll take your breath away - the 106-yard 7th at Pebble Beach. If someone had to twist my arm I'd probably...

Practice is encouraged in golf. It’s a hard game and we have to keep our skills sharp. You think you find a key to your swing one week,...

I’m not going to spend too much time talking about match play (all right, as I look at the finished blog entry this did run a little...

Rule 3 is all about competitive golf and how committees can run a competitive golf event. It’s pretty dry stuff, really, but there are...

Rule 2 is everything to do with defining a Golf Course – where you can play and where you can’t. In fact, section 2.1 of this rule goes...

Once again I find myself back on the soap box. I get irritated, but maybe it's just temporary insanity. There's an undercurrent of...

The 2019 rule book is intended to make the game of golf easier and encourages a faster pace of play. There's probably one obvious timing...

On the green! New rules apply…. There may be no region of the course that has more rule changes associated with it than the putting...

I was saving a blog entry for this week on the changes to taking relief under the new rules, and I’m glad I waited until after the Waste...

I'm going to begin my discussion of the 2019 rules changes by talking about the rule changes that give a break - things that are no...

Your neighborhood golf course is still there in 2019, but there are different names for some of the areas on the course (the diagram...

I've been talking about this for a couple of years - the rules of golf have undergone a fundamental and complete rewrite. Why was that...