Let's be honest: rules language can still be hard to process. Luckily for you, we have everything you need to know about the new Rules of Golf right here.
Six years in the making and 12 months after a first draft was circulated to the golf world for comment, officials with the USGA and R&A have settled on a new, modernised version of the Rules of Golf that will go into effect January 1, 2019.
Lexi Thompson has made it quite clear that she doesn't want to talk anymore about the delayed four-shot penalty she incurred at this year's ANA Inspiration – and it's pretty easy to see why.
Starting January 1, these associations collectively will no longer field rules inquires from viewers watching golf-tournament broadcasts on TV or streaming online as part of a new set of video review protocols.
