Official Golf Rules

Though Musselburgh, Scotland is home to The Old Links, oldest golf course in the world, golf is rumored to have begun in the Netherlands in 1297. After seven hundred years it still follows the same basic premise: hit a ball into a hole using a stick and the person who hits it the least to get it into that hole wins. Today a golfer may have any number of sticks, called clubs, made up of wood, graphite, or titanium. Each club has a specific use depending on the type, whether it is the driver for the opening long ball hit, the wedge for shots out of the sand trap, the putter for the last, relatively short shot into the hole located on the green, or a variety of irons for anything in between.

Golf is a game of finesse more than brute force, consequently not only is technique keenly important but also a fine set of rules has been established that anyone from John Q. Public to Greg Norman and Tiger Woods must adhere to.

In this free video learn from Official Golf Rules from Gen Mortensen, Head Rules Official of the Oklahoma Golf Association. Learn basic golf rules concerning: match and stroke play, golf clubs, the golf ball, discontinuance of play, pace of play, teeing ground, identifying the ball, golf etiquette and safety, playing the ball as is, a golf ball in the bunker or hazard, putting green, a ball at rest, ball substitution, ground under repair and establishing a relief point, order of play, loose impediments, relief from the cart path, the caddy, out of bounds, and water hazards.