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Huggan: Before too long, Augusta’s mildly amusing rules gravitate to irritating
Especially for the millions of golf fans around the world who have never been fortunate enough to attend a Masters Tournament, this column has the potential to sound a bit weird, but here goes.
10 Apr 2025
Detry sets tone as Cantlay lurks at Pebble Beach
Patrick Cantlay spent about as much time on the phone as the golf course this week as a PGA Tour board member trying to nail down a deal for a $US3 billion investment, and it didn't seem to affect his day job at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
2 Feb 2024
Golf's bombers to be reeled in by ball rollback
Golf's longest hitters will be reeled in under new rules that will limit the distance balls struck by the game's elite players can travel, starting from January 2028.
7 Dec 2023
Slow players forewarned ahead of Aussie Summer
Australia's golfers have been placed on notice that snail-pace play won't be tolerated this summer.
1 Aug 2023
Morri: Rollback decision about saving face
Like a stone dropped in a pond the fallout from Jay Monahan’s rejection of the distance rollback proposal will continue to make waves in golf for a long time to come.
31 Jul 2023
PGA Tour memo covers LIV return, compensation and rollback
The PGA Tour has set up a compensation scheme for players who did not defect to LIV Golf and is also looking at establishing a pathway to reintegrate those who did.
28 Jul 2023
McIlroy throws support behind rollback
Proposals to limit the distance golf balls travel when struck by elite players have received the backing of four-time major winner Rory McIlroy.
23 Mar 2023
Rahm: ‘Why change what's working?’
A rule proposal by golf's governing bodies to limit the distance balls can travel in professional tournaments would only hurt players who hit it shorter off the tee, World No.2 Jon Rahm says.
22 Mar 2023
Players speak out in opposition to rule change
Proposals that would limit how far players can drive the ball at elite tournaments are "bad for the game of golf", two-time major winner Justin Thomas says.
17 Mar 2023
Opinion: LIV … golf but longer?
Another divide at the top level of the game has emerged. This time with clear intention.
15 Mar 2023
Model Local Rule proposal to limit golf ball distance at elite level announced
The R&A and USGA have proposed a Model Local Rule (MLR) that gives competition organisers the option to require use of golf balls that are tested under modified launch conditions to address the impacts of hitting distance in golf.
15 Mar 2023
Morri: Rahm’s distance comments don’t measure up
It’s an unanswerable question (aren’t they usually the best kind?) but how much attention should we pay to the game’s best players when considering topics outside the actual playing of the game?
6 Feb 2023
Morri: New rules reinforce the same public golf message
It didn’t attract much fanfare, but last week’s announcement that specific rules have been introduced for golfers with a disability may be the most important thing to happen in the game for years.
14 Nov 2022
Morri: Distance debate back on the horizon
One thing the arrival of LIV Golf has achieved has been to shift focus away from the otherwise perennially simmering distance discussion.
10 Oct 2022
Hip injury keeps Cam out of BMW Championship
Australia's World No.2 Cameron Smith has been forced to withdrew from this week's BMW Championship with a hip injury.
16 Aug 2022
Morri: Less for pros, more for the rest of us
Less distance for pros and elite amateurs but more for those who need it. That looks to be the trade off the R&A and USGA are seeking as they inch ever closer to a roll back of distance at the top levels of the game.
21 Mar 2022
R&A and USGA further limit use of green-reading materials
Golf’s governing bodies have made available a Model Local Rule (MLR) to further limit the use of Green-Reading Materials.
2 Dec 2021
Morri: Why do we play golf?
“The ‘rules’ of golf are to score as low as possible,” he said, “but the PURPOSE of golf is for you to decide.”
15 Nov 2021
Golf’s modernised rules of amateur status published
Golf’s new Rules of Amateur Status have been published by The R&A and the USGA ahead of coming into effect on January 1, 2022.
27 Oct 2021
Does this deserve a free drop?
It is a debate that flares every now and then ... should a player be able to get relief from a divot? Here are two sides of the debate for you to consider.
19 Oct 2021
Morri: Rules are rules
No other sport does a rules snafu quite like golf, as evidenced by the ‘debacle du jour’ from the Solheim Cup this past week.
6 Sep 2021
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