It’s been a busy month for the Rules of Golf, and I would be surprised if Dr. Robin Farran didn’t have a little something to do with it. Dr. Farran teaches Advanced Rules at the Golf Academy of America in Phoenix and is one of the United States Golf Association’s (USGA) top Rules Officials. Late last month, […]
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Dear Younger Me, I can’t play golf anymore. I tried to swing the club the other day, but my body wouldn’t cooperate. The best I can do now is to sometimes take walks out on the course, but my eyes aren’t as good as they used to be, so I don’t see much. I have a
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During my physical examination, my doctor asked me about my physical activity level. I described a typical day: “Yesterday afternoon, I took a five-hour walk about seven miles along some pretty rough terrain. I waded along the edge of a lake. I pushed my way through brambles.” I continued, “I got sand in my shoes
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
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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
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