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Rules School

Feb 26, 2020

Rule 10 covers how to prepare for and make a stroke, including advice and other help the player may get from others (including caddies). The underlying principle is that golf is a game of skill and personal challenge. 


Feb 25, 2020

Rule 8 covers a central principle of the game: "play the course as you find it".


Feb 25, 2020

Rule 9 covers a central principle of the game: "play the ball as it lies".


Feb 21, 2020

Rule 7 allows the player to take reasonable actions to fairly search for his or her ball in play after each stroke. 


Feb 19, 2020

Rule 6 covers how to play a hole - such as the specific Rules for teeing off to start a hole, the requirement to use the same ball for an entire hole except when substitution is allowed, the order of play, (which matters more in match play than stroke play) and completing a hole.