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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

keywords:: golf rules,; golf instruction,; Golf Digest,; anchoring ban,; usga

Golf Tours & News / Local Knowledge

By Alex Myers Earlier this week, Keegan Bradley said he would fight a potential ban on anchoring putters, and he encouraged fellow tour pros to join his cause. But would he and other golfers...

Friday, 11/2/2012 at 4:28PM

Posted by Alex Myers

keywords:: alex myers,; anchored putter,; anchoring ban,; belly putter,; doug barron

Magazines / #Reaction

By Bob CarneyGolf World Reader Ron Lowry of Marietta, GA, who wrote to us after the Webb Simpson penalty at the Zurich Classic in May, is once again irate, this time over the penalty to...

Thursday, 8/16/2012 at 5:49PM

Posted by Bob Carney

keywords:: Carl Pettersson,; PGA Championship,; USGA,; golf rulings,; rules of Golf

Magazines / #Reaction

At Golf World, we love having our fans help us write our magazine. That's why we've enjoyed seeing our Front 9 Punchline Contest grow over the last 10 months. If you're new to the game,...

Wednesday, 7/11/2012 at 2:43PM

Posted by Steve Hennessey

keywords:: Facebook,; Front 9 Contest,; Golf World,; Greenbrier Classic,; Phil Mickelson

Magazines / Survey results

To determine just how honest the average avid golfer is, we surveyed 2,015. The results may surprise you.

March 2012

By Max Adler

keywords:: honesty survey,; Max Adler,; Golf Digest,; Luke Simmering,; survey

Golf Tours & News / Local Knowledge

Are the governing bodies of golf become kinder and gentler? You could make that argument after looking at the changes the USGA and R&A announced today to the new edition of the Rules of Golf,...

Monday, 10/24/2011 at 6:33AM

Posted by Sam Weinman

keywords:: r&a,; revisions to rules,; rules of golf,; ryan herrington,; usga

Magazines / Editors' Blog

When Andrea Kraus, a 50-year-old first time competitor in the USGA Senior Women's Open this month was disqualified because her caddy used a piece of yarn attached to a divot tool to gauge the wind...

Wednesday, 9/28/2011 at 8:55AM

Posted by Bob Carney

keywords:: Andrea Kraus,; Geoff Shackelford,; Golf World,; USGA Senior Women's Amateur Championship,; rules of golf

We continue to get lots of interest in our Beginners Guide, which indicates that there are many golfdigest.com visitors who want to take up, or intensify your involvement, in the game. We've also got dozens...

Wednesday, 7/6/2011 at 9:57AM

Posted by Bob Carney

keywords:: beginner golfers,; fun on the golf course,; get golf ready,; golf,; golf etiquette

Magazines / Editors' Blog

Webb Simpson's 15th-hole one-stroke penalty, incurred Sunday when his ball moved as he was about to tap it in, drew some readers' ire. Rule 18 2-b is also one of the rules the USGA and...

Monday, 5/2/2011 at 9:11PM

Posted by Bob Carney

keywords:: Bubba Watson,; Rule 18 2-b,; Rules of Golf,; Webb Simposon,; Zurich Classic

Magazines / Editors' Blog

We receive loads of letters from you about the seeming inequity of disqualifying a tour player who's turned in a card based a call from a television viewer. It seems unfair to many of you...

Thursday, 4/7/2011 at 2:54PM

Posted by Bob Carney