The United States Golf Association is the first governing body to provide players from the LIV Golf League a direct pathway into a menโs major championship.
As of January 1, 2025, in competitions where the Model Local Rule is in effect, visible cracks to the face and clubhead now also constitute โbroken or the damage significantโ enough to allow the club to be removed (providing it was not caused by player abuse).
While most people see the rules as limiting what golfers can do on the course, a broader understanding of golfโs dos and donโts allows players to take advantage of opportunities the rules also present โ and keep your scorecard from blowing up in the process.
Gole, 56, in the midst of a stellar 2024 that includes six earlier victories, one of them in the R&A Womenโs Senior Amateur, defeated Canadian Shelly Stouffer, 3&2.
Clad in a clean black t-shirt, a pair of jeans and one notable piece of bling, DeChambeau was seen jumping the queue at a Nashville club with the US Open trophy as his VIP pass.
To the untrained eye, it looked like McIlroy had missed a โgimmeโ with a US Open trophy on the line. Rahm, who was watching on the couch like the rest of us after withdrawing early in the week due to injury, believes it was anything but.