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You may have already heard the rumors: golf’s governing bodies, the United States Golf Association (USGA) and the Royal & Ancient (R&A), have reportedly agreed on a series of rules changes in order to simplify and speed up the game. I can’t wait for Dr. Robin Farran, who teaches Advanced Rules at the Golf Academy […]

Sewailo Golf Club is a course located on Tucson’s southwest side. It’s also managed by Troon Golf in Scottsdale, the same company that handles La Paloma Country Club where I work. That’s just part of the reason why I decided to include a review of the course back in August. Flash forward a few months, and

Dr. Robin Farran teaches Advanced Rules at the Golf Academy of America in Phoenix and is one of the USGA’s top Rules Officials. In this month’s Diary of a USGA Rules Official, Dr. Farran breaks out some of his USGA Workshop materials. As always, it’s a good idea to have the Rules of Golf handy: Practice Questions

Todd Sones is a Golf Digest Top 50 and Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor who usually teaches at White Deer Run Golf Club outside Chicago. But when winter hits, he moves indoors to the Buffalo Grove Golf & Sports Center. Todd also serves on the Golf Academy of America’s National Advisory Board and is a

Here it is! This is the study guide I put together to study for the five-test PGA Level 1 Battery. It’s not easy to condense 461 pages (747 if you count the PowerPoint slides from the Seminar Manuals), but it’s a lot easier to study just 22. This study guide is nothing sexy, but it’s effective.