Rules & Formats
Team Golf Formats: Scramble, Best Ball, Foursomes and More
How scramble, four-ball, foursomes, greensomes, Chapman and shamble work, when to use each, and the World Handicap System's recommended allowances.
Rules & Formats
Rules & Formats
Penalty Areas, Out of Bounds and Lost Balls: Your Relief Options
Red and yellow penalty areas, stroke-and-distance for out of bounds and lost balls, the provisional ball and the optional Local Rule E-5, explained clearly.
Rules & Formats
How the World Handicap System Works
The World Handicap System explained: Handicap Index, best 8 of 20, Course and Slope Rating, Course vs Playing Handicap, net double bogey and how to get one.
Rules & Formats
Stroke Play vs Match Play: How the Two Main Formats Differ
How stroke play and match play decide a winner, what "3 and 2", "all square" and "dormie" mean, how strategy changes, and which big events use each.
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The Rules of Golf: Essentials Every Golfer Should Know
The core principles of the Rules of Golf and the rules you will use most: the teeing area, playing it as it lies, searching, dropping, 14 clubs and the scorecard.
Rules & Formats
Golf Scoring Explained: Par, Birdies, Bogeys and Beyond
How a golf score is counted: strokes, par for a hole and a course, birdies, eagles and bogeys, penalty strokes, and what -4 or E means on a leaderboard.