Dr. Robin Farran is at it again! Not only is he already widely regarded as one of the preeminent USGA Rules Officials in the country, this semester he’s back teaching Advanced Rules at the Golf Academy. Dr. Farran sends out incidents like the one you’re about to read below some 50 weeks a year to over than
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It’s hard to believe it’s been a little more than a year since I first enrolled at the Golf Academy of America in Phoenix. So much has happened in the last 12 months, and the time has just flown by! It seems like just yesterday I was standing in line to have my picture taken for
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Jordan Spieth just shot 30-under par to win the Hyundai Tournaments of Champions by eight strokes over Patrick Reed. Looks like he’s picking up right where he left off!
The other day, I got an email from my friend David Hammond regarding Rule 25-1. He told me jokingly that I needed to learn the Rule about burrowing owls. I had no idea what he was talking about, so I did a little research. As it turns out, he was right (Not that we didn’t
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Because he didn’t compete in the minimum number of events (15) during the 2014-2015 season, two-time major champion Martin Kaymer has lost his playing privileges on the PGA Tour. He can’t apply for membership again until the 2016-2017 season even though he earned a five-year Tour exemption for winning the 2014 U.S. Open.