This week’s Rules installment has to do with Rule 2: Match Play. As always, these scenarios are graciously provided by Dr. Robin Farran, who teaches Advanced Rules at the Golf Academy and is widely regarded as one of the top USGA Rules Officials in the country. The format in each of the following situations is
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Golf Course Design is turning into one of my favorite classes this semester because we’re designing our very own golf course. Topographic maps were handed out during week one, and now, the rest is pretty much up to us. I’ve already spent a few hours analyzing my map and then laying out a routing for my
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Ha Na Jang made the 1st hole-in-one on a Par 4 in LPGA Tour history Saturday at the Ocean Club Golf Course in the Bahamas.
A: A popular early-season event in which novice or occasional players do not yet have a handicap. In this instance, a player’s handicap is determined by deducting from his total gross score, the scores of his worst individual holes for 16 holes of the round +/- a certain stroke adjustment. The gross score shot, as
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My wife is a beginner golfer. She’s been playing for a little over a year now, and she’s getting better every day. We’ve gone out and played a few times in the past 12 months, and when we have, we’ve played longer courses that haven’t been as much fun for her because she doesn’t hit the ball
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