In 2025, the USGA and LPGA rewrote the rules of who could compete in elite women’s golf. The policy was framed as protecting ...

Hailey Davidson sues LPGA and USGA after new rules barred her from a US Women’s Open qualifier, raising questions on fairness and inclusion.

On March 19 she filed suit in New Jersey against the U.S. Golf Association, the LPGA, Hackensack Golf Club and three LPGA officials, alleging she was refused entry into a U.S. Women’s Open sectional ...

A lawsuit has been filed against the LPGA and the USGA over player eligibility rules in 2026. Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson has filed a lawsuit over the rules that prohibit her and others from ...

FAR HILLS, N.J. - The United States Golf Association and Royal & Ancient have independently determined a rule that sets a uniform, worldwide standard for spring-like effect in driving clubs. This rule ...

Most golfers associate Rule 18.1 — the stroke-and-distance rule — with a familiar sinking feeling: a tee shot or approach sailing into oblivion. Reload, take your penalty and move on, muttering to ...

As part of its latest additional clarifications to the Rules of Golf, the USGA released new guidance on Model Local Rule G-6, which prohibits the use of motorized transportation. MLR G-6 states: ...

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Dan Rapaport has suggested that the R&A and USGA need to step in with a new rule, as long putters remain a controversial ...

PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp says the Tour has not made a decision on the USGA and R&A plan to roll back golf ball distance starting in 2028.