With its 125th U.S. Open Championship on the horizon, the USGA has teamed with Oakmont Country Club and the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association to invest in the area’s public golf courses and ...

Whether it’s reevaluating what a successful round or hole means for your game or moving up or back a set of tees depending on the course you play, there are multiple ways you can use your Handicap ...

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Purpose of Rule: Rule 4 covers the equipment that players may use during a round. Based on the principle that golf is a challenging game in which success should depend on the player’s judgment, skills ...

Welcome to the 10th U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship hosted by Plainfield Country Club & Echo Lake Country Club. Please find the below links to help with your experience!

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You must fairly strike at the ball with the head of the club such that there is only momentary contact between the club and the ball and you must not push, scrape or scoop the ball. If your club ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 14 covers when and how you may mark the spot of your ball at rest and lift and clean your ball and how to put it back into play so that your ball is played from the right place.

Play the course as you find it and play your ball as it lies. Play by the Rules and in the spirit of the game. You are responsible for applying your own penalties if you breach a Rule, so that you ...

Purpose of Rule: This Rule allows you to do things on the putting green that are normally not allowed off the putting green, such as being allowed to mark, lift, clean and replace your ball and to ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 19 covers your relief options for an unplayable ball. This allows you to choose which option to use – normally with one penalty stroke – to get out of a difficult situation ...

Purpose of Rule: Rule 8 covers a central principle of the game: “play the course as you find it.” When your ball comes to rest, you normally have to accept the conditions affecting the stroke and not ...