After one of 2025’s biggest rules controversies, the USGA and the R&A made an update to its Model Local Rules.

The USGA and R&A are expected to announce early next week that they will be changing the rules to roll back distance in golf—and not just for elite players. The expected decision likely would make ...

The USGA and the R&A, golf's governing bodies, have formally announced a plan to roll back the distance that golf balls now travel, starting in 2028. The "rollback" decision is the result of years of ...

On Wednesday morning, the USGA and R&A announced a game-wide golf ball rollback. Meaning this change won't only affect golf's best players, but every amateur in the world. “The longest players, which ...

The R&A and USGA announced Wednesday that they have formed a joint committee in order to develop a single, world handicap system. Under the current system, more than 15 million golfers across 80 ...

Following a six-week feedback period, the USGA and R&A unveiled a new interpretation of the Rules of Golf and the use of green-reading materials on Monday. The interpretation limits the size and scale ...