Even experienced players who know the basics inside and out can get caught off guard by the lesser-known technicalities in the Rules of Golf. Whether you are playing a friendly weekend match or competing in a club championship, knowing these obscure rules will keep you compliant—and can occasionally save you a crucial penalty stroke.
Movable Obstructions is a short golf blog post that looks at markers and other man made items found on the course. Golf courses are full of colourful markers. These are in place specifically to mark boundaries and water hazards, etc because otherwise it would be difficult to see them. Some of these
The Best Golfing Apps 2.0 is a short golf blog post that looks at the best Apps in golf for Practice, GPS, Coaching and Rules. I know I have already written something similar to this before but the technology changes so fast. I thought that I really needed to go back to this and have… Read mo
The Teeing Area is a short golf blog post that looks at the basic rules of starting a hole. Every golfer should start each hole from the specific, marked out area. Golfers have several names for the area including, “the teeing ground”, “tee box”, “the tee” or just
Relief from Penalty Areas is a short Golf blog post attempting to answer the basics of dropping from Penalty Areas. What are Penalty Areas? According to The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, Penalty Areas are parts of the course that are defined by Red or Yellow marker posts. See Rule number
