You probably know the Rules of Golf allows you to remove loose impediments near your ball or even on your line of play (Rule 15.1). You can do it pretty much any way you want provided that doing so ...

Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you become a smarter, better golfer. Hitting a drive out of bounds is one of the worst feelings in golf. Watching ...

So you want to take an unplayable drop but do you know exactly how to do that and where and when the rule applies? In this video rules expert Fergus Bisset is joined by Depute Editor Joel Tadman to ...

Editor’s note: Each week, Ray Herzog, a rules expert from the San Diego Golf Academy in Orlando, Fla., will be answering reader-submitted questions involving the Rules of Golf. Look for Ray’s Q&A ...

The process of getting a ball back in play while taking a drop, either from a penalty area or from free relief, might seem a little silly to a casual golf fan. Rule 14.3 covers all the things that ...

Rickie Fowler ran afoul of the new knee-height drop rule last week at the WGC-Mexico Championship, and he had some choice words after receiving a penalty for dropping from shoulder height. “I think, ...