While golf has been played for more than 600 years, the earliest known written rules for the game date from 1744. This early code of “Articles & Laws in Playing at Golf” (known today as the “13 ...

Another change likely to have more of an impact on pro golf than the recreational game is a change to the back-on-the-line relief procedure used for penalty areas and unplayable ball relief.

What are the origins of the rules of golf? We broke down the original 13 rules and their modern counterparts.

The rules of golf are hard even for rules officials to keep straight, but that doesn’t mean there’s no pleasure in studying them.

We've heard all the knocks against golf -- that it can be too hard, too expensive, and take too long -- but the one we're least willing to accept is that the game is too stuffy. It's true, golf ...

Honesty, integrity, respect for the game of golf and other players are part of the fundamental cornerstones of the game of golf.

Golf is played in a round of 18 (or fewer) holes on a course by striking a ball with a club. Each hole starts with a stroke from the teeing area and ends when the ball is holed on the putting green ...

Golf's two governing bodies released a draft of modern rules Wednesday aimed at bringing common sense to what can be a complicated sport.