Play the course as you find it and play the 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 ...

Tom Doak designed Stonewall’s Old and North courses on land located in Chester County, 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The Old Course, which opened for play in July 1993, challenges players from ...

Luke Clanton, 20, of Hialeah, Fla., has won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the leading male in the 2024 World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®. The McCormack Medal winner receives exemptions into the 2025 ...

As the sun rose over Manchester, England, it marked the beginning of an unforgettable journey for Angela Zhang and three of her teammates, who represented Team USA and the U.S. National Junior Team in ...

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 18 covers taking relief under penalty of stroke and distance. When a ball is lost outside a penalty area or comes to rest out of bounds, the required progression of playing from ...

Purpose of Rule: 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 ...

Net double bogey, and Net par. It is important that an accurate par be established for each hole on a golf course for both men and women, and these values should be printed alongside each hole on the ...

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 ...

Scoring either by gross scores (no handicap strokes applied) or net scores (handicap strokes applied). Most of the Rules apply in both forms of play, but certain Rules apply in only one or the other.

Purpose of Rule: Rule 8 covers a central principle of the game: “play the course as you find it.” When the player’s ball comes to rest, they normally have to accept the conditions affecting the stroke ...