Back to the subject of a ball moving before you make a stroke, the Rules of Golf now says under Rule 9.2b that there are only ...

Ask golfers how the Rules of Golf impact their round, and almost all will say that they add strokes to their score. It’s not an unreasonable perspective. We are conditioned, especially in sports, to ...

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Golf is hard enough that introducing "stingy" flagsticks at a golf course seems just plain cruel. Granted, if you're putting, you should always pull the flagstick out as you gain virtually no ...

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There's your score, and then there's your score for handicap purposes. Here's the difference and how to calculate them both ...