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In short: whoever is ready hits first. Instead of the classic order, where the player farthest from the hole always has the honour to play, ready g...

Two players, one team, one ball after the first shot. In greensome both players in the pair hit their own ball from the tee, the team chooses the b...

A penalty area is the part of the course where a ball that lands in or on it can be taken up in exchange for one penalty stroke, rather than being ...

PGA stands for Professional Golfers' Association, in other words a professional body for professional golfers and coaches. The letters show up in t...

The letters WD appear next to a player's name on a leaderboard and stand for withdrawn, meaning that the player has pulled out of the tournament an...

Your handicap is the average of your eight best rounds out of the twenty most recent. That single sentence is what the entire World Handicap System...

The safest way to clean a golf cap is by hand, in cool water, with a small amount of gentle detergent — then air-dry it over a rounded object so th...

The short answer is tailored, knee-adjacent shorts made from a performance fabric — flat-front styles that sit at or just above the top of the knee...

For most golfers, the honest answer is two. One wet towel to scrub grooves clean and one dry towel to keep your hands, grips, and face in working o...

The short answer: those tidy little threads running across the back pockets of a brand-new pair of golf shorts are a basting stitch, and they are d...

The short answer: most golf caps are simply called baseball caps, but on the course you'll hear players use more specific names depending on the sh...

Most golf towels come down to three materials: cotton terry, synthetic microfiber, and waffle-weave blends that mix polyester with polyamide. Each ...