The Rules of Golf are changing again, and this time, it really is for the better. The topic involved is video evidence, and specifically the events of the past year that have affected Dustin Johnson, Anna Nordqvist, and most recently, Lexi Thompson. Earlier this month, Thompson received a four-stroke penalty in the middle of the final …
My wife calls Jimmy Walker “The Insect.” So I guess it’s just a little funny that he recently revealed he’s battling Lyme disease.
Sergio Garcia’s first major championship win at the Masters comes on what would have been fellow Spaniard Seve Ballesteros’ 60th birthday.
Dr. Robin Farran teaches Advanced Rules at the Golf Academy of America in Phoenix and is one of the USGA’s top Rules Officials. You have to wonder what he would say about Lexi Thompson’s delayed four-stroke penalty over the weekend! Dr. Farran is always emailing out different scenarios and actual rulings. In this month’s Diary of a USGA Rules …
Nothing slows your momentum quite like getting a four-stroke penalty in the middle of the final round of a major! What the heck is wrong with golf rulings these days? Let’s agree on something: when one round ends and the next one begins, no more rulings from the previous round should be allowed.