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When playing preferred lies, is it legal to place your ball in the first cut when you've landed in the fairway? Rules Guy has ...

The 2×2 rule is a Local Rule that provides relief from sprinkler heads and other immovable obstructions when certain conditions are met. If the R&A, PGA Tour and LPGA Tour acknowledge and use the 2×2 ...

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Better late than never won’t make up for the fact that the Rules of Golf were a bit unkind to Shane Lowry in 2025. But we have to think the Irishman is taking some solace in a pair of changes from the ...