With golf being an outdoor sport, sometimes the conditions won’t be perfect — even if you stripe it right down the fairway. For example, your ball might find a puddle from a recent storm or a hole ...

Many golfers are very familiar with the term GUR, which stands for Ground Under Repair, but perhaps fewer are quite so au fait with NPZ, which indicates a No Play Zone. But what is the difference?

What are "abnormal course conditions," and what are your options if your ball winds up in them? If you're uncertain, you're not alone. Of the thousands of rules-related questions that the USGA fielded ...

A fundamental principle in The Rules of golf is covered by Rule 8 – You should play the course as you find it. That means, wherever your ball comes to rest, you must normally accept the conditions and ...

Animal HoleAnimal Hole: Any hole dug in the ground by an animal, except for holes dug by animals that are also defined as loose impediments (such as worms or insects).(...Continued), Ground Under ...