U.S. Amateur Results: 1895 to Present• Record qualifying score, championship proper (2017) * Record stroke-play score (1970) ^ Record entry (2023) 1895 (Oct. 1-3 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

New Rule: Rule 17.1d removes the option to take relief on the opposite side of a red penalty area (the new term that includes what was previously called a lateral water hazard): This means that, when ...

The USGA's new Rules of Golf will go into effect on January 1, 2023. Explore additional resources on these changes here.

There is no longer a penalty if a ball played from the putting green hits a flagstick left in the hole. Players are not required to putt with the flagstick in the hole; rather, they continue to have ...

World Handicap System resources dedicated to the 2024 revision.

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 ...

New Rule: Under Rule 13.1d, there is no longer a penalty if a player (or opponent) accidentally causes the player’s ball to move on the putting green. Reasons for Change: The shape, slope and ...