Ten of the Best: Golden rules of golf
If you're confused by the sheer number of golf rules then check out the most important top ten
In the complex game of golf there are so many different situations and incidents occurring on a daily basis that you wouldn't even think of giving a rule to, but they all need to be written down somewhere.
Incredibly, the official interpretation of the rules has 34 main sections, 2000 explanatory sub-sections, and runs over a 582 page document, with the addition of 132 pages of indexing. Enough to make your brain fry.
In this article we've outlined the ten most common rules you're likely to come across during a round of golf, taking the results from the USGA and GOLF Magazine's collaboration of 1982, with the current update undertaken by Links Magazine in partnership with the USGA.
