GolfMagic has teamed up with England Golf's Rules of Golf Manager Sam Barker-Sabido to answer 11 of your most common golf rules questions.

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 ...

There is a phrase in the Rules of Golf that is important to remember and apply when you can't see where your ball came to rest—it's "known or virtually certain." The phrase is the benchmark that must ...

The process of getting a ball back in play while taking a drop, either from a penalty area or from free relief, might seem a little silly to a casual golf fan. Rule 14.3 covers all the things that ...

If you ever get the privilege of playing at Sunningdale Golf Club outside of London, one thing you'll notice is that there are water bowls for dogs all over the property. The message is that like many ...

Golf usually speaks in absolutes. Players, commentators, and officials talk as if the rules are universally understood. But in reality, the golf community is often submerged in confusion. Back in June ...

The Rules of golf are comprehensive and it’s important for all players to have a good understanding of them in order to maintain the integrity of the game. Although most of the Rules are fairly ...

Over the course of a year, Todd Stice estimates the USGA receives upwards of 20,000 rules questions, either via phone call, email or the Rules of Golf app. Many of them are fairly common according to ...