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With the USGA's new ban on anchored putting, we look back at some of the other noteworthy rules changes in golf history.

May 21, 2013

By Alex Myers

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Magazines / Rules

What to know about nine-hole handicaps.

June 2013

By Dean Knuth

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Golf Tours & News / Golf World

John Paramor wasn't picking on a teen when giving Tianlang Guan a slow-play penalty. He was merely doing his job

April 22, 2013

By John Feinstein

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Golf Tours & News / Golf World

The scrambling, confusion and intrigue behind Tiger Woods' two-shot penalty underscores the peculiarities of the rules-making world -- and larger tensions among the game's power brokers as a decision on anchoring looms

April 22, 2013

By Geoff Shackelford

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Golf Instruction

We asked golfers for their thoughts on the game's rules, including the USGA/R&A's proposed ban on anchored putting.

December 2012

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Golf Tours & News / Local Knowledge

By Alex Myers "Playing through" is a common occurrence at golf courses, requiring a simple two-step process: 1.) The group behind plays through; 2.) The group in front allows the group behind to pass them....

Wednesday, 9/19/2012 at 2:52PM

Posted by Alex Myers

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Golf Tours & News / Local Knowledge

AKRON, Ohio -- Dustin Johnson said he laughed when he heard the news. "Then I just said, 'You're welcome,'" to his fellow tour professionals. The PGA of America announced on July 25 that during...

Friday, 8/3/2012 at 9:50AM

Posted by Alex Myers

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Magazines / Editors' Blog

Whether we write about it in Golf World or Golf Digest or not, the long-putter debate rolls on. We got a particularly passionate letter on the subject recently and we thought we'd share. As with...

Friday, 3/16/2012 at 7:43PM

Posted by Bob Carney

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Magazines / Editors' Blog

Two of three participants in Sunday's playoff, and the eventual winner, Bill Hass, used longer-than-standard putters. Word that the USGA may be re-thinking the rules regarding the anchoring of long putters, reported in Golf World's...

Friday, 2/17/2012 at 4:24PM

Posted by Bob Carney

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Magazines / Editors' Blog

We don't get many of these letters. Those who write us are, for the most part, wedded to the game, addicted in some cases, obsessed with getting better. Not reader Dean Wilson, who, by the...

Wednesday, 1/18/2012 at 9:28AM

Posted by Bob Carney