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Even though you are world number 3, you cannot always avoid incurring a penalty. Lydia Ko realized this recently. I Dana Open on the LPGA she had t…

We don’t see this too often. A professional golfer shooting 83? But that was exactly what happened to Julien Brun in the third round (Saturday) of …

Once again there was an interesting Rules incident on the PGA Tour, this time during the Wells Fargo Championship! 1. Video. First, see a video of w…

Sometimes you simply have to be impressed by the integrity of a player. That was the case in the recent US Open qualifier, when Tommy Kühl – a fift…

Patrick Reed has a lot of things going on, including conflicts with both McIlroy and journalists. Despite it all, he plays excellent golf, which ga…

Hi all! I just wanted to tell you about a peculiar incident from last year’s (2022) Waste Management Phoenix Open. 1) Video. Hayden Buckley made …

Hi all. I just wanted to show you a video underlining how easy it is to play golf! The player in the video is Sungjae Im who was playing Shriner…

Hi all. You might be aware of the fact that we have quite a few new Rules of Golf as of January 1st 2023! 1) Self-standing putters. One of the ne…

A few weeks ago, Jiyoo Lim played in the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific Championship and she played very well. After five holes of the first round she w…

Hi all! Finally! The new 2023-Rules of Golf have been announced by The R&A and the USGA. There are not a lot of substantial changes this tim…

We all know that many things can happen on the golf course! But this situation is still quite special: In Germany, a snail crawled onto a golf ball (s…

The Tour School is quite a challenge, no matter where you play. In late September a player (american Blake Abercrombie) only played one hole in Sta…

In July, Will Zalatoris played Scottish Open on the DP World Tour where he was involved in an interesting Rules incident during the first round. Za…

There has been a lot of focus on Phil Mickelson’s involvement in LIV Golf. Recently, the focus was on something different, though, when he played a LI…

We all know, that the Rules of Golf do not allow for Mulligans. You are never allowed a free do-over (unless you e.g. hit the rare overhead electrical…

As you might know, Rory McIlroy won the FedEx Cup recently (and $18 million) after an amazing round on Sunday, when he succeeded in overtaking Scottie…

Hi all! In November 2022 The Oswald Academy starts conducting online week-long workshops about the Rules of Golf. Here is what will be included:…

Sunday morning, August 14th, Cameron Smith incurred a two-stroke penalty for a Rules incident Saturday in FedEx St. Jude Championship. During play …