Golf

Use this golf guide to learn more about scoring, equipment, technique, tournaments and top players to improve your game on the green.

  • Nearest Point of Relief: When You Need to Find It, How to Determine It
  • 'The Big Break' Series: All the Winners, Cast Members and Seasons
  • 3 Rulings for When Your Golf Ball Is Stuck in a Tree
  • Low Trajectory on Iron Shots? Focus on Impact Position
  • Big-Screen Swings: 12 Favorite Golf Movies
  • Golf Puns, One-Liners and Other Fast Laughs
  • 17 Quick and Easy Tips for Beginning Golfers and High-Handicappers
  • Using the Callaway System Method for a 1-Day Golf Handicap
  • What Do Red Stakes or Red Lines Mean on a Golf Course?
  • Golf Shots That Curve Right During Flight
  • Yardage Guidelines for Par-3s, Par-4s and Par-5s in Golf
  • The Meaning of Colored Stakes and Lines on the Golf Course
  • Your Golf Shot Hits Overhead Power Lines: What's the Ruling?
  • Anchoring Ban in Golf and Grips/Strokes It Permits and Prohibits
  • Rules FAQ: Using Golf Clubs to Align Stance for Stroke
  • Are You Allowed to Move a Golf Ball Out of Divot Hole Without Penalty?
  • Correct Grip Pressure for Swinging the Club
  • Ball Markers: Do the Rules Specify What Should (or Shouldn't) Be Used?
  • How to Improve Golf Scores and Play
  • What Is the Highest Handicap a Golfer Can Have?
  • Ladies European Tour: The LET's Big Winners and History
  • How to Hit a Punch Shot in Golf
  • Jack Nicklaus in the Majors
  • How to Stop Skying Your Driver
  • US Open Scoring Records: Golfers Going Low
  • Basic Golf Rules: A Quick Intro to the Rules of Golf
  • Golf Basics: Tips on the Fundamentals of the Game
  • How to Fix Golf Shots Going on a Straight Line, but to the Left
  • "Big Break Prince Edward Island" Contestants
  • The Feathery: Early Golf Balls Now Treasured Collectibles
  • US Open Aces: Every Hole-in-One in Tournament History
  • 21 Fun Tee Markers from Pro Golf That Will Make You Smile
  • What Do Yellow Stakes or Yellow Lines Mean on a Golf Course?
  • The Lowdown on Golf's Lowlifes
  • Basics of Ball Flight in Golf
  • How 'Big Break' Champions Fared With Exemptions Earned on Show
  • Hitting Golf Shots Right of the Target But On Straight Line
  • Need New Putting Approach? Try Taking Your Eyes OFF the Ball
  • Jack Nicklaus Career Wins
  • Tips on Hitting Driver From the Fairway
  • Jack Nicklaus Quotes
  • What You Need to Know About Golf's World Handicap System
  • The Ruling When One Golf Ball Collides With Another
  • The Maximum Amount of Clubs Allowed in Your Golf Bag
  • Golf Demo Days: What They Are and How to Find Them
  • Looking Back at Balata Golf Balls (And Explaining What 'Balata' Is)
  • How to Play a Florida Scramble Golf Tournament
  • Explaining the Pinehurst Format (aka Pinehurst System)
  • Putting Across Sprinkler Heads in Golf: Free Relief?
  • Are Cavity Back Irons for High-Handicappers and Musclebacks for Low?
  • Golf's Nassau: Explaining the Tournament Format and Betting Game
  • Is It OK to Draw Line on Golf Ball to Help With Alignment?
  • What's the Ruling: Accidentally Hitting Golf Ball With Practice Swing
  • What Is a Double Eagle in Golf?
  • What Is a Provisional Ball?
  • X-Out Balls in Golf
  • What Is the Meaning of 'Par'?
  • Golf's Rule 16 (Free Relief — Non-Movable Items, Abnormal Conditions)
  • Most Popular Golf Betting Games and Side Bets
  • Rule 27: Ball Lost or Out of Bounds; Provisional Ball (Rules of Golf)
  • How Is Golf Handicap Index Calculated? Here's the Formula
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