LIV Golf has announced that several rule changes are being planned. The league announced it is collaborating with golf’s traditional governing bodies, the USGA and The R&A, to overhaul its rules. This ...

USGA's Thomas Pagel says it's reviewing potential concerns over the phase-in of the change in the ball distance test ...

The governing bodies of golf are asking manufacturers and stakeholders whether a staggered approach or single date is better ...

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The imminent approach of the ball rollback may have just gotten a little less imminent. In a notice to manufacturers, the USGA and R&A announced that they are considering revising the timeline for ...

The United States Golf Association(USGA), working with The R&A, sets the equipment standards that define what players can use in competition. At elite events that adopt the Model Local Rule, a driver ...

On the day after Webb Simpson lost the money title, the rule that caused him to finish second has been changed. Rule 18-2b, concerning the ball moving after address, has been amended by both the R&A ...

The Royal & Ancient and U.S. Golf Association announced a rules change Tuesday that will reduce the size and shape of grooves in most clubs in 2010, the first time equipment has been scaled back in ...

Below is the full statement from the USGA pertaining to the adoption of Rule 14-1b, which will ban anchored strokes as of January 1, 2016 (Click here for a video explanation of the rule): ‘Last ...