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Rules of Golf

Official Rules of Golf

For the full rulebook, always go to the source — the R&A, golf's rules authority.

Download the official Rules of Golf (R&A)

Opens randa.org — the R&A's own free Rules of Golf download and app, always the current edition.

Common on-course rulings
These are quick, plain-English summaries of the most common situations — not a substitute for the official Rules of Golf or your competition's own local rules. If a real dispute can't be settled from this, the Committee's ruling is final.