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The Rules of Golf

Our Experts Explain the Rules of Golf USGA rules experts provide insight and explanations on rules decisions and interpretations. The experts will also address commonly asked rules questions.

Handicapping

The USGA Handicap System™ enables golfers of all skill levels to compete on an equitable basis. USGA experts will help explain "The USGA Handicap System" manual – the USGA's handicapping equivalent of "The Rules of Golf" and address commonly asked questions. This section of the site will also features a Course Handicap™ calculator that allows players to convert their Handicap Index to the Course Handicap for any course that has been properly rated.

Equipment

The USGA tests balls, clubs, and other equipment for conformity to the Rules of Golf. Here, the Research and Test Center staff explains how golf equipment is tested, discusses its research about why and how golf equipment works the way it does and describes the USGA’s role in establishing equipment standards for the game of golf.

Rule of the Day

6-6d/2 Total Score Recorded by Competitor Incorrect
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In stroke play, a competitor returns his score card to the Committee. The hole-by-hole scores are correct, but the competitor records a total score which is one stroke lower than his actual total score. Is the competitor subject to penalty?

No. The competitor is responsible only for the correctness of the score recorded for each hole -- Rule 6-6d. The Committee is responsible for the addition of scores -- Rule 33-5. If the competitor records a wrong total score, the Committee must correct the error, without penalty to the competitor.

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Today in Golf History

Mar 10, 2010

1912 Birthday Of John Fischer, 1936 U.S. Amateur Champion

Cincinnati native Johnny Fischer made a career-long habit of playing his best golf when it mattered most. He won the 1932 NCAA individual championship, then contested at match play, by making birdies on three of the last four holes to win, 2 and 1. In the 1936 U.S. Amateur at Garden City (N.Y.) Golf Club, Fischer beat Chick Evans and Johnny Goodman on his way to the final, but trailed Scotland's Jack McLean by one hole with three to play. Fischer halved the 34th hole with a stymie, then managed to birdie the last two holes in regulation and the first hole in sudden death to win in 37 holes. At the 1938 Walker Cup, Fischer was 4 down to Leonard Crawley after the first 18 holes, but made seven consecutive threes beginning at the 26th hole to prevail, 3 and 2.

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